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This is another great "comfort food" recipe, but with a twist! It is like a chicken pot pie but instead of a regular flour crust, you make the crust from mashed sweet potatoes. It is wonderful!!
Enjoy!
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CHICKEN PIE with SWEET POTATO CRUST
3 cups diced cooked chicken
1 cup sliced cooked carrots
6 small white onions, quartered and cooked
3 Tbsp. flour
1 cup milk
1 cup chicken broth
salt and pepper to taste
Layer chicken, carrots and onions in a greased 2-1/2 quart
casserole. In a small saucepan, over medium heat, blend 3 Tbsp. flour with a small amount of the 1 cup milk until smooth. Slowly add rest of milk and the chicken broth; cook until thickened... add salt and pepper to taste. Pour over chicken and vegetables.
Cover with Sweet Potato Crust. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes.
Makes 6 to 8
servings.
SWEET POTATO CRUST:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup mashed sweet potatoes
1 egg, well beaten
Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening until
resembles coarse cornmeal. Add mashed sweet potatoes and egg; blend well. Roll dough on lightly-floured board to about 1/4-inch thickness. Place over vegetables and chicken in casserole.
Yield: crust for 1 pie.
Recipe source: A Thru Z Crafts and Recipes yahoo group, submitted by Gail Plaskiewicz
This is another great "comfort food" recipe, but with a twist! It is like a chicken pot pie but instead of a regular flour crust, you make the crust from mashed sweet potatoes. It is wonderful!!
Enjoy!
hugs,
peg
CHICKEN PIE with SWEET POTATO CRUST
3 cups diced cooked chicken
1 cup sliced cooked carrots
6 small white onions, quartered and cooked
3 Tbsp. flour
1 cup milk
1 cup chicken broth
salt and pepper to taste
Layer chicken, carrots and onions in a greased 2-1/2 quart
casserole. In a small saucepan, over medium heat, blend 3 Tbsp. flour with a small amount of the 1 cup milk until smooth. Slowly add rest of milk and the chicken broth; cook until thickened... add salt and pepper to taste. Pour over chicken and vegetables.
Cover with Sweet Potato Crust. Bake at 350 for about 45 minutes.
Makes 6 to 8
servings.
SWEET POTATO CRUST:
2 cups flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/3 cup shortening
1 cup mashed sweet potatoes
1 egg, well beaten
Combine flour, baking powder and salt. Cut in shortening until
resembles coarse cornmeal. Add mashed sweet potatoes and egg; blend well. Roll dough on lightly-floured board to about 1/4-inch thickness. Place over vegetables and chicken in casserole.
Yield: crust for 1 pie.
Recipe source: A Thru Z Crafts and Recipes yahoo group, submitted by Gail Plaskiewicz