Crustless chicken pot pie

Now since this is supposed to be a food/recipe post I think I am supposed to cover the life cycle of a chicken, then throw in something about artisanally harvested vegetables, and the joys of soup reduction...we don't have time for all of that filler so just imagine this paragraph is three printed pages long.

 

Step one, hop in your hoopty and head to Walmart, Aldi, or wherever your favorite local store is.

Step two, at the store pick up the following:

 

A 15oz/425g can of mixed vegetables

A 15oz/425g can of diced potatoes (or diced taters we don't dialect judge here)

A 10.5oz/298g can of condensed cream of chicken soup

A bag of finely shredded sharp cheddar cheese

A container of pre-diced pre-cooked chicken (unless you really want to cook it from raw)

Enough heavy cream to use 4 or 5oz (120 to 150ml) don't chicken out and buy half & half it won't be the same and whatever is left makes excellent coffee creamer

Herbs & spices--use what you like or not I'm not eating this batch you are:

Tarragon

Garlic

Thyme

Rosemary

Now let's jump in!

 

Crank up the oven to 325F/163C (350F/177C if you are using a metal pan)

 

Dump about 16oz/454g of chicken in your baking pan--I use a covered ceramic casserole dish

 

Drain your mixed veggies and taters, and dump them in the pan too.

 

Add about 3/4c/180ml of shredded cheddar

 

Sprinkle in herbs--warning tarragon is strong...easy memory device is terror is not gone because a little goes a LONG way!

 

In a separate bowl or 4c/1L measuring cup mix your cream of chicken with the heavy cream.  Yes you are only diluting it halfway, trust me on this unless you want soup as the rest of the moisture is in the veggies.

 

Now mix your diluted soup into your pan with the rest of the ingredients--yes it will look a bit off from being diluted with heavy cream.

 

Now pop that casserole in the middle of the now heated oven.  

 

Set a timer on your phone or if you're not going to wander away on your oven/kitchen timer (bonus trivia, the wind up kitchen timer was often carried around with our grandmas as they did other tasks, so don't feel bad about using the timer in your phone while you do laundry, pick up behind your kids, whatever is distracting you.)

 

Now this is important, when the timer goes off remove the casserole from the oven 😁

That's it, serve with bread rolls, biscuits, or I add some croutons to the top myself.

 

Bon appetite

 

Maura out