Chicken Pot Pie

Sunday, January 17, 2010

Here is a recipe that I got from our WW newsletter. I tried it last night and it was awesome!!

Old Fashioned Chicken Pot Pie
5 points per servicing - Serves 6

cooking spray butter flavored if possible
1 tsp of butter
1 small onion, chopped
2 cups mushrooms, sliced
1/4 tsp paprika
1/4 tsp dried thyme
1/2 tsp salt
1/4 tsp black pepper
2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
1 cup canned chicken broth
3 cups chopped cooked chicken breasts
2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
1/2 cup fat-free evaporated milk, divided
4 rolls -reduced fat crescent rolls dough, unrolled

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Coat a 10 inch round shallow baking dish with cooking spray and set aside.

Coat a large pot with cooking spray. Add butter and melt over medium heat. Add onion and mushrooms and cook, until tender, stirring frequently, about 5 minutes. Stir in paprika, thyme, salt and pepper. Add vegetables, broth and chicken. Cover and simmer 15 minutes.

In a small cup, combine flour and 1/4 cup of the evaporated milk; stir into chicken mixture. Cook over medium heat until thickened, stirring constantly, about 2 minutes. Stir in remaining 1/4 cup of evaporated milk and cook until mixture is slightly thickened, 2 to 3 minutes more.

Spoon chicken mixture into prepared baking dish. Unroll crescent rolls and arrange dough around inside edge of baking dish to form a border (there will be a hole in the middle). Bake until rolls are golden brown and filling is bubbly, about 15 minutes. Cut into 6 pieces and serve.

I did a variation on this recipe. I changed the veggies to fresh onion, mushrooms (like called for) but added 5 ribs of celery and 5-6 carrots. I boiled my chicken (3 breasts) in water AND chicken stock, which really makes a great stock and then sauteed my fresh veggies in that until tender. I then added some frozen Lima beans that I had microwaved for the appropriate time. When it came to adding the evaporated milk, I just did not have enough sauce in my veggie and chicken mixture so I added a can of 98 % fat free cream of chicken soup. This only added 2 1/2 points to the entire dish. When all was done I had enough to fill a 9 x 13 baking dish and I used and entire can of crescents for the top. This also made about twice the servings by adding more fresh veggies. Although I would have to guesstimate my changes, I don't think the points per serving would have increased by more than 1 if that much. This was really hardly, full of filling foods and perfect for a cold rainy day. Happy eating!!

Windy