Chicken pie
Apart from the obvious chicken, this pie's puff pastry "lid" also conceals mushrooms, bacon, hard-boiled eggs and leeks.
80,9024.4/5 for 13 ratings
Grade this recipe: Last modified on: September 8th 2018
For 6 people, you will need:
- 0
4 leeks - 1
300 g mushrooms - 2
300 g chicken breast - 3
1 shallot - 4
3 tablespoons olive oil - 5
½ lemon - 6 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 7
125 g small pieces of bacon - 8
1 tablespoon goose fat - 9
1 chicken stock cube - 10
150 ml water - 11
5 hard-boiled eggs - 12
150 g Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée) - 13
20 g beaten egg - 14
salt - 15
pepper - Total weight: 2,380 grams
How long does it take?
Time required for this recipe:
| Preparation | Cooking | Start to finish |
|---|---|---|
| 1 hour 16 min. | 1 hour 13 min. | 2 hours 29 min. |
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Step by step recipe
Stage 2 - 20 min.
Rinse 300 g mushrooms rapidly, then dry and cut into small pieces.
Stage 3 - 5 min.
Cut 300 g chicken breast into medium-sized chunks.
Stage 4 - 1 min.
Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. Add 1 shallot chopped, salt and pepper. Leave to cook for 1 minute without colouring.
Stage 5 - 10 min.
Add the mushrooms and cook until they are soft.
Stage 6 - 1 min.
Stage 7 - 5 min.
Using the same pan, heat 3 tablespoons olive oil and add the chopped leeks.
Cook uncovered until they are just done, then salt and pepper.
Set aside.
Cook uncovered until they are just done, then salt and pepper.
Set aside.
Stage 8 - 7 min.
Stage 9 - 5 min.
Still using the same pan, melt 1 tablespoon goose fat. When smoking hot, add the chicken pieces.
Fry rapidly until browned all over.
Fry rapidly until browned all over.
Stage 10 - 15 min.
Mix 1 chicken stock cube and 150 ml water to make a chicken stock. Add this to the pan and cook the chicken pieces gently in the stock (this method is called braising), uncovered.
If you can, use the juices from cooking poultry.
If you can, use the juices from cooking poultry.
Stage 11 - 5 min.
Preheat the oven to 430°F (220°C).
Choose a gratin or pie dish and spread a layer of mushooms in the bottom.
Add the bacon on top.
Choose a gratin or pie dish and spread a layer of mushooms in the bottom.
Add the bacon on top.
Stage 12 - 3 min.
Then add a layer of leeks.
Stage 13 - 3 min.
A layer of chicken.
Stage 14 - 3 min.
And a layer of sliced hard-boiled eggs.
Pour any remaining chicken stock over the top.
Pour any remaining chicken stock over the top.
Stage 15 - 3 min.
Roll out the puff pastry to make a lid and pierce 2 holes, which will act as vents to let the steam escape.
Stage 16 - 5 min.
Trim off the overhanging pastry around the edge and tuck the pastry into the dish.
Stage 17 - 5 min.
Use the trimmings to make decorations to stick on the top.
Stage 18 - 3 min.
Glaze the pastry.
Stage 19 - 30 min.
Bake until the puff pastry is nicely browned.
Remarks
Chicken pie is very good reheated and freezes well.
Keeping:
A few days in the fridge, covered with plastic film. Freezes well.Nutritional information
| Whole recipe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 2,853 Kcal or 11,945 Kj | 125 gr | 138 gr | 266 gr |
| 143 % | 48 % | 13 % | 40 % |
| Per 100 g | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 120 Kcal or 502 Kj | 5 gr | 6 gr | 11 gr |
| 6 % | 2 % | 1 % | 2 % |
| Per person | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Energetic value | Proteins | Carbohydrates | Fats |
| 475 Kcal or 1,989 Kj | 21 gr | 23 gr | 44 gr |
| 24 % | 8 % | 2 % | 7 % |
How much will it cost?
- For 6 people : 10.38 €
- Per person : 1.73 €
Note : These prices are only approximate.
Source
After Gaston Lenotre.More recipes?
This recipe uses (among others) | Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Warm chicken salad, Vol-au-vent, Chorba, Couscous, ... All |
| Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Bolognaise lasagne, Mixed salad, Crispy potato and mushroom brik rolls, Rice à la grecque, Quick flaky pizza, ... All |
 | Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Avocado "tarte fine", Apple Pie, Courgette tart with mint, Comtoise tart for Seàn, Pissaladière with puff pastry, ... All |
| Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Nougat, Minted Melon, Cretan Bread, Toffee apple upside-down cake, Rum babas, ... All |
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