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    Home » Recipes » Main Dishes » Chicken

    Chicken Pot Pie for St. Patrick’s Day

    Published by Melissa on February 28, 2019 | Updated June 10, 2022 | 36 Comments

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    collage of Tender, Flaky, Homemade Chicken Pot Pie for St. Patrick's Day via @barbarabakes

    Comfort food with a St. Patrick’s Day twist. Individual pot pies with a clover in the middle of a tender, flaky crust, hiding a chunky chicken and vegetable filling in a creamy white sauce. 

    Homemade Chicken Pot Pie for St. Patrick's Day

    Also included in this post is a Recipe Round Up. I’ve joined a fun group of bloggers to put together a roundup of recipes on the first day of every month. This month we’re sharing St. Patrick’s Day Recipes. 

    My mom often cooked frozen pot pies when I was growing up. They were easy, filling and best of all cheap. It wasn’t until after I got married I realized that they really weren’t very tasty.

    I switched to the Marie Calendar frozen pot pies, which was definitely a step up, but ever since I started making pot pies from scratch, a frozen pot pie just won’t cut it anymore.

    Making Pie Dough For St. Patrick's Day Chicken Pot Pie

    Making them at home is a bit time consuming, but not difficult, and the end result is comfort food at it’s finest. Pot pies are one of my kids’ favorite dinners. Usually, I make a large pot pie in a 9×13 pan, but I decide to change it up for St. Patrick’s day and make individual pot pies.

    You need more crust making individual pies, but more crust is never a bad thing in my book.

    closeup of Chicken-Pot-Pie-St-Patricks-Day-Barbara-Bakes

    You can make your pot pies in any oven safe dish. I bought some disposable tins at the grocery store.

    In the past, I’ve made them in cute little soup crocks and left the pastry edge unfinished. I like the rustic look and not having to waste any of my favorite part, the crust.

    Deconstructed Chicken Pot Pie in a child's blue bowl with children's fork and spook

    My daughter likes to cook the crust separately while she’s making the filling. She cuts the crust into fun shapes and serves the cut outs on a plate so the kids can top the filling with as many fun shapes as they’d like.

    It’s a fun and easy way to get the kids involve if you want to let them help cut out the shapes as well. (And if they don’t like the pie crust, none of it goes to waste!)

    Pressure Cooker Chicken Pot Pie for St. Patrick's Day

    You can also make the chicken pot pie filling in the pressure cooker, which is my go-to method on nights I’m not using leftover cooked chicken or rotisserie chicken.

    Any way you make it, it’s pure comfort food and your family will ask for it again and again. 

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    Chicken Pot Pie for St. Patrick’s Day

    Course: Chicken
    Servings: 4 mini pot pies
    Calories: 1132kcal
    Author: Barbara Schieving
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    Equipment

    • OXO Good Grips Silicone Pastry Mat,Tan,One Size

    Ingredients

    • ⅓ cup butter
    • ⅓ cup flour
    • ⅓ cup chopped onion
    • ¼ teaspoon salt
    • ¼ teaspoon pepper
    • 1 ¾ cup chicken broth
    • ⅓ cup milk
    • 2 cups cooked chicken
    • 1 cooked potato diced
    • ½ cup frozen peas
    • ½ cup frozen carrots

    Crust

    • 2 ½ cup flour
    • 1 teaspoon salt
    • ¼ cup unsalted butter chilled
    • ⅔ cup shortening chilled (You get the flakiness from the shortening and the great taste from the butter)
    • 5 to 6 tablespoons ice water

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 425º.
    • Heat butter over medium heat until melted. Add onions and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Whisk in flour, salt and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly until smooth and bubbly.
    • Gradually stir in chicken broth and milk. Heat to boiling and boil for 1 minute, stirring constantly. (Add more milk if it's too thick).
    • Remove from heat and stir in chicken and vegetables. Pour into individual baking dishes and top with pie crust. Cook uncovered 30 to 35 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool a few minutes before eating.
    • Pie Crust
    • Combined flour and salt in a bowl. Cut butter into small cubes. Cut butter and shortening into flour mixture until it resembles very coarse meal. Gradually add water. Divide in four equal pieces, form into round disks, and wrap in plastic. Chill for 30 minutes.
    • On a floured surface, roll out each crust at least 1" larger than baking dishes.

    Nutrition

    Serving: 1g | Calories: 1132kcal | Carbohydrates: 85g | Protein: 30g | Fat: 75g | Saturated Fat: 35g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 35g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 159mg | Sodium: 1279mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 4g

    collage of 10 St. Patrick's Day Recipes

    Shepherd’s Pie Recipe
    Slow Cooker Guinness Beer Cheese Dip
    Irish Cream & Mint Iced Mocha
    Irish Potato Soup
    Mint Chocolate Chip Brownies
    Irish Soda Bread
    Guinness Gingerbread
    Irish Nachos
    Dark Chocolate Guinness Fudge
    Irish Apple Cake with Custard Sauce
    Chicken Pot Pie

    More St. Patrick’s Day recipes you might like:

    Instant Pot Corned Beef and Cabbage, Pressure Cooking Today
    Mint Chocolate Chip Pie for St. Patrick’s Day, Barbara Bakes
    19 St. Patrick’s Day Recipes, Brown Eyed Baker
    Beef and Guinness Stew for St. Patrick’s Day, Reluctant Entertainer
    St. Patrick’s Day Round Up, Real Mom Kitchen
    Irish Corned Beef Reuben Sandwich, Kitchen Belleicious

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    1. teresa

      March 12, 2013 at 9:47 am

      i’ve always really wanted to make my own chicken pot pie from scratch. this looks wonderful!

      Reply
    2. Cindy Harris

      March 12, 2013 at 8:34 am

      Is the crust just on the top?

      Reply
      • Barbara Schieving

        March 12, 2013 at 9:17 am

        Hi Cindy – it’s perfect for pi day. You could even carve a pi symbol if you wanted. Yes, I only put crust on top to save on calories, but if you want to do a double crust, go for it.

        Reply
    3. gloria

      March 12, 2013 at 8:31 am

      Love these crust!!

      Reply
    4. Cindy Harris

      March 12, 2013 at 8:31 am

      I want to make chicken pot pies for PI day. This recipe looks perfect. I have some 6 inch pie pans that make two servings–perfect for hubby and me! Thanks for the recipe!
      I have cooked chicken in the fridge ready to go.

      Reply
    5. Sylvia@bascooking

      March 12, 2013 at 7:22 am

      Love all. the crust looks perfect and tasty

      Reply
    6. Valérie (Franche-Comté)

      March 12, 2013 at 2:51 am

      C’est tout ce que j’aime

      Belle journée

      Valérie

      Reply
    7. Angie@Angie's Recipes

      March 12, 2013 at 1:36 am

      The pie looks really pretty, Barbara.

      Reply
    8. Donna

      March 11, 2013 at 11:42 pm

      I love how you left the extra crust hanging over the ramekins. Can’t have too much crust!

      Reply
    9. Maureen | Orgasmic Chef

      March 11, 2013 at 11:33 pm

      I mix butter and shortening too for my pie crusts. Yours look fantastic!

      I’ll admit that if I’m busy and I have leftover chicken, I mix the filling and put it in a casserole and top it with a sheet of puff pastry. People seem to think I worked hard on it. 🙂

      Reply
      • Barbara Schieving

        March 12, 2013 at 5:39 am

        Thanks Maureen! I think the crust is so much more flaky with a mix of butter and shortening.

        I’ve used puff pastry too. It’s a great substitute. So pretty. I like to bake it separately and then top the casserole right before serving so it’s crisp on the bottom too.

        Reply
    10. angela@spinachtiger

      March 11, 2013 at 8:10 pm

      I think chicken pot pie is up there in the top 5 of great comfort foods. Looks so good.

      Reply
    11. Patricia @ ButterYum

      March 11, 2013 at 7:26 pm

      Adorable! This would be perfect for my corned beef and cabbage hating daughter who was born on St. Patrick’s Day. Love it!!

      Reply
    12. Sandy @ RE

      March 11, 2013 at 6:47 pm

      Barbara, that looks fantastic! I NEED for St. Paddy’s Day! 🙂 Thank you for including my stew recipes, too!

      Reply
    13. Kim

      March 11, 2013 at 4:45 pm

      More crust is never a bad thing:) Those look absolutely gorgeous!

      Reply
    14. Emily

      March 11, 2013 at 4:13 pm

      Can you send about 6 over for tonight’s dinner? Thanks.

      Reply
    15. leslie

      March 11, 2013 at 1:27 pm

      Ahhhh . I just love the shamrock cut out!!!!!

      Reply
    16. Kitchen Belleicious

      March 11, 2013 at 1:01 pm

      i love the design you did on the crust. So festive and the pot pie itself sounds delish

      Reply
    17. Amanda

      March 11, 2013 at 12:47 pm

      I so need this. The shamrock in the crust is so cute 🙂

      Reply
    18. carrian

      March 11, 2013 at 9:07 am

      Everything you makes always looks so perfect and pretty, but the best part is that your food tastes so stinking delicious. Pinning this!

      Reply
      • Barbara Schieving

        March 11, 2013 at 9:20 pm

        Thanks Carrian! That’s so sweet!

        Reply
    19. Annamaria

      March 11, 2013 at 8:37 am

      Looks so delicious!

      Reply
    20. Rosa

      March 11, 2013 at 6:55 am

      A scrumptious speciality! Your pies look very tempting.

      Cheers,

      Rosa

      Reply
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