Mrs Garretts Chicken Pies Recipes

Steps:

• For filling, mix together oil and flour in a large heavy pot over medium heat and stir constantly until browned to make a roux.
• Add onions and cook until golden, about 20 minutes.
• Add chicken and brown on all sides, then add celery, green peppers, and water to cover.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 1 hour.
• Remove chicken from pot and set aside to cool.
• Add mushrooms, garlic, scallions, parsley, and cayenne to the vegetables in the pot, season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Simmer uncovered, for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pick meat from the chicken, shred, and return to pot.
• When vegetables are cooked, remove pot from heat and set aside to cool.
• For the pastry, combine 8 cups flour, salt, and 1 cup shortening in a large bowl and cut mixture with a pastry cutter or 2 knives until it has the consistency of coarse meal.
• Mix in 3 cups water, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough forms.
• Roll out dough on a floured surface into a large rectangle.
• Spread with 1/2 cup shortening and sprinkle with 2 tbsp flour.
• Fold dough onto itself in 3 layers, like a letter.
• Spread with remaining 1/4 cup shortening, sprinkle with flour, and fold into a square.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375*F.
• Roll out dough on a floured surface and cut into ten 7 inch circles.
• Fill circles with chicken mixture.
• Brush edges with egg wash, then fold over to form plump turnovers.
• Use a fork to seal edges.
• Place on baking sheet and brush with egg wash.
• Bake until golden, about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• For filling, mix together oil and flour in a large heavy pot over medium heat and stir constantly until browned to make a roux.
• Add onions and cook until golden, about 20 minutes.
• Add chicken and brown on all sides, then add celery, green peppers, and water to cover.
• Bring to boil, reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer for 1 hour.
• Remove chicken from pot and set aside to cool.
• Add mushrooms, scallions, parsley, and cayenne to the vegetables in the pot, season to taste with salt and pepper.
• Simmer uncovered, for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, pick meat from the chicken, shred, and return to pot.
• When vegetables are cooked, remove pot from heat and set aside to cool.
• For the pastry, combine 8 cups flour, salt, and 1 cup shortening in a large bowl and cut mixture with a pastry cutter or 2 knives until it has the consistency of coarse meal.
• Mix in 3 cups water, 1/2 cup at a time, until dough forms.
• Roll out dough on a floured surface into a large rectangle.
• Spread with 1/2 cup shortening and sprinkle with 2 TBs flour.
• Fold dough onto itself in 3 layers, like a letter.
• Spread with remaining 1/4 cup shortening, sprinkle with flour, and fold into a square.
• Wrap in plastic wrap and chill overnight.
• Preheat oven to 375*F.
• Roll out dough on a floured surface and cut into ten 7 inch circles.
• Fill circles with chicken mixture.
• Brush edges with egg wash, then fold over to form plump turnovers.
• Use a fork to seal edges.
• Place on baking sheet and brush with egg wash.
• Bake until golden, about 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180ºC. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Slice the top off the bread rolls. Set aside.
• Using a teaspoon, gently remove bread from the inside of the rolls, leaving a 2cm thick crust on base and sides. Brush inside of rolls and underside of tops with 1 tablespoon of oil.
• Place on prepared baking tray. Bake for 5 to 10 minutes or until crisp.
• Heat remaining oil in a non stick frying pan over a medium heat. Add onion and cook for 3 to 4 minutes or until soft. Add chicken. Stir until well combined. Cook for 4 minutes or until just cooked.
• Sprinkle packet of soup mix over chicken and stir until well combined. Remove pan from heat.
• Slowly add cream and milk, stirring constantly. Return to heat and bring to the boil, stirring constantly. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes or until sauce has thickened. Stir through parsley if using.
• Spoon chicken mixture into prepared bread rolls. Bake for 5 minutes or until heated through. Serve.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Butter a 9x13 casserole dish or baking pan.
• In a large skillet heat 1 tablespoon oil over medium heat. Season the chicken well with salt, pepper and 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning. Add to skillet and cook through, stirring often. Remove to a large bowl and set aside.
• Turn the heat down to medium-low and add the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, the onion, carrots, celery, garlic and 1/2 teaspoon Italian seasoning. Cook 7-8 minutes, stirring often, stir in the peas and cook 2 more minutes. Remove the mixture from the pan to the bowl with the chicken.
• With heat on medium-low melt 3 tablespoons butter in the pan, whisk in the flour and cook 3 minutes. Slowly whisk in chicken broth then the milk. Turn heat up to medium-high and bring to a simmer for 3 more minutes, stirring often.
• Add the chicken broth to the bowl with the chicken/vegetables and mix well, then mix in both cheeses.
• Pour the mixture into the buttered casserole and spread out evenly.
• Roll the pie crust out on a lightly floured surface to about 10-inches in diameter and cut circles out of it with a biscuit or cookie cutter. Arrange them over top of the pasta.
• Bake 30 - 35 minutes until the casserole is hot in the center and the crust is golden brown, if the crust starts to darken too much cover with aluminum foil. Let set 5 minutes before serving.

Steps:

• In a pan, place the chicken, sausage, onions, carrot, wine, margarine, salt and piripiri.
• Cover with water and let stew over a low heat until it is well cooked.
• Remove from the heat and separate the flesh from the skin and bones.
• Cut and shred all the ingredients into little bits.
• Dilute the flour in the milk and add to the sauce of the stew, putting it over a low heat to thicken.
• Return the meat and other shredded ingredients to the pot.
• Grease little muffin tins with butter and line them with puff pastry.
• Fill and cover them with more pastry, sealing the edges together.
• Bake in a hot oven until they are just coloured.

Steps:

• Cut the chicken breasts up into one-inch pieces and add to a large pot.
• Cover just to the top with water and boil for 20 minutes, or until done.
• Reserve the water (broth) for use later in the recipe.
• Meanwhile, chop the potatoes and par-boil.
• In a skillet over medium heat, sauté the onion in melted butter until tender.
• Whisk in flour and stir until smooth.
• Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Add 2 cups of the reserved chicken broth and milk and whisk, stirring constantly, until smooth, thick and bubbly.
• Stir in chicken, potatoes, and salt and pepper. Set aside.
• To make pastry, combine flour and salt in a large bowl.
• Cut in shortening into mixture becomes coarse crumbs the size of peas.
• Add cold water 1 tbsp at a time and mix gently until dough becomes a sticky ball.
• Divide into 8 equal parts.
• On a lightly floured surface, roll 4 parts into 10-inch circles.
• Place pastry circles into four 6-inch disposable pie pans.
• Divide chicken mixture evenly into pie pans.
• Roll the last 4 portions of pastry into circles.
• Place over the tops of the pans and fold edges under and flute.
• Cut slits in the top of each pie to allow steam to escape.
• Cover tightly with foil and freeze for up to 2 months.
• To serve, bake frozen pies uncovered at 400 degrees for 1 hour or until brown.

Steps:

• In a hot pan cook the chicken. Remove chicken from pan and add butter and onions, cook until onion is soft.
• Stir in flour, gradually add milk stirring constantly.
• add mushrooms, broccoli, herbs, mustard, pepper and cheese. Mix well. Stir through chicken and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 200 degrees celcius. Line greased pie dish with pastry. Add chicken filling and cover with patry. Trim edges.
• Brush with egg and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
• Cook for 30-35 mins or until pastry is golden brown.