Chicken Pot Pies With Chanterelles Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Grease a pie dish. Separate parsley leaves and stalks. Chop both and set aside.
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Fry the chicken breasts in the hot oil until both sides are browned, 7 to 10 minutes. Slice into 1/2-inch chunks. Return the chicken to pan, add mushrooms and garlic, and cook and stir until soft, about 5 minutes. Strain off and save the juices from the mushrooms as they cook.
• Transfer pan contents to the prepared pie dish along with carrots and peas; add parsley leaves. Mix to get a good distribution of ingredients throughout the dish.
• Combine chicken broth, reserved mushroom juices, milk, parsley stalks, thyme, and rosemary in a pot. Bring to a boil. Mix cornstarch and water together to make a paste and add to the pot. Reduce heat and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 5 minutes. Strain the gravy over the pie dish and season with salt and pepper.
• Roll out the thawed pastry until it will cover the pie dish. Lay over pie and press down at the sides, cutting away excess pastry. Brush beaten egg yolk over the pastry. Cut a small "X" in the middle of the pie to vent.
• Bake in the preheated oven until browned and bubbly, about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Chicken: heat oil in lg deep pot ove rmed-hi heat. Add carrots, celery and onion; saute until golden, about 10mins. Add garlic, thyme, bay and peppercorns; stir 2 mins. Add 8 cups water, 1/2 cup salt and sugar; bring to simmer, stirring until salt and sugar dissolve. Remove from heat. Add remaining 8 cups water and 4 cups ice cubes. Let stand until cooled completely. Submerge chicken in brine, cover and chill at least 12 hrs and up to 24 hrs. Preheat oven to 375. Remove chicken from brine, pat dry, place in roasting pan. Sprinkle with pepper. Roast about 1 hr 20 mins. Transfer to platter, cool. Spoon fat into small container. Freeze fat (for puff pastry). Tear chicken meat into small pieces. Pot pie:Combine milk and garlic in small pan, simmer 2 mins. Remove garlic from milk and chop finely, discard milk. Whisk 1/3 c water and cornstarch in bowl to blend; set aside. Heat 1 T oil in heavy large pot over med-hi heat. Add mushrooms and saute til tender, about 6 mins. Transfer to bowl. Add remaining 2 T oil to same pot; add carrots, leeks, and potatoes and saute til soft, about 10 mins. Add chopped garlic and thyme, stir 2 mins. Add 3 1/2 cups broth; bring to boil. Reduce heat, cover and simmer til tender about 15 mins longer. Rewhisk cornstarch mixture and add to veg mixture; stir until broth boils and thickens,a bout 2 mins. Stir in chicken, mushrooms, peas and cream. Simmer uncovered til heated thru, 6 mins. Stir in lemon juice and hot pepper sauce. Season with salt and pepper. Divide among 6 ramekins. Cover, chill. Preheat oven to 375. Top pot pies with baked puff pastry rounds. Bake until heated thru - about 15 mins.