Marie's Herbed Chicken Pot Pie

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• 3 tablespoons olive oil, more if needed
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 2 stalks celery, sliced
• 1/2 cup carrot, sliced
• 1/2 lb red potatoes, large diced
• 1/2 lb chicken, cooked and diced
• 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1/3 cup frozen peas
• 1/3 cup frozen green beans
• 1/3 cup frozen corn
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1/4 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon poultry seasoning
• 1/8 teaspoon ground mace
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/8 teaspoon pepper (to taste)
• 1 (8 ounce) package ready-made pie crusts
• 1 teaspoon dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon dried rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon dried italian seasoning
• 1 egg
• 1 tablespoon water

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 in medium saucepan saute celery, carrots and onions in olive oil until vegetables begin to soften.
• 3 add potatoes and chicken broth and bring to a boil for 8-10 minutes.
• 4 while potatoes are boiling unroll both pie crusts and sprinkle with water to moisten surface of crust. sprinkle crusts evenly with the parsley, 1/2 teaspoons thyme, rosemary and italian seasoning.
• 5 place one crust, herbs facing up in the bottom of a 9" deep dish glass pie plate or a round glass 2 quart baking dish.
• 6 add salt and pepper, poultry seasoning, ground mace, 1/4 teaspoons dried thyme and pepper. season to taste.
• 7 add chicken and milk and return to low boil.
• 8 mix flour and 1/4 celsius of water and stir into saucepan. stir mixture until it begins to thicken.
• 9 add in frozen vegetables and continue to stir and cook until thick.
• 10 pour mixture over bottom crust, and top with remaining crust, herb side up.
• 11 mix egg and water in a small bowl and brush over the top crust. use a fork to poke holes in top crust to ventilate and bake in preheated oven 30-45 minutes until golden brown and bubbly.
• 12 let cool as sauce with thicken as it cools.