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Chicken pie

Apart from the obvious chicken, this pie's puff pastry "lid" also conceals mushrooms, bacon, hard-boiled eggs and leeks.

120 K 4.4/5 (14 reviews)

2 hours 30 min. difficulté

Average

10.40 €

6 people

16 Ingredients

Last modified on: May 10^th 2023

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For 6 people, you will need:

1 4 leeks
2 300 g mushrooms
3 300 g chicken breast
4 1 shallot
5 3 tablespoons olive oil
6 ½ lemon
7 3 tablespoons olive oil
8 125 g small pieces of bacon
9 1 tablespoon goose fat
10 1 chicken stock cube
11 150 ml water
12 5 hard-boiled eggs
13 150 g puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
14 20 g beaten egg
15 salt
16 pepper
Total weight: 2,380 grams

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Times for this recipe

Preparation: 1 hour 20 min.

Cooking: 1 hour 15 min.

All in all: 2 hours 30 min.

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Prepare 4 leeks.

Stage 2 - 20 min.

Prepare and cut into small 300 g mushrooms 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.

When the mushrooms are cooked, salt and pepper, then add the juice of ½ lemon.

Set aside.

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.

Stage 8 - 7 min.

Use the same pan to fry 125 g small pieces of bacon lightly.

Set aside.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Source: After Gaston Lenotre.

Nutritional information

	Proteins (gr)	Carbohydrates (gr)	Fats (gr)	Energy value (in k-calories)	Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe	210 RDI=80 %	640 RDI=60 %	750 RDI=110 %	3,650 RDI=180 %	15,300 RDI: 180 %
Per 100 g	8 RDI=3 %	30 RDI=3 %	30 RDI=5 %	150 RDI=8 %	640 RDI: 8 %
Per person	30 RDI=10 %	110 RDI=10 %	120 RDI=20 %	610 RDI=30 %	2,550 RDI: 30 %

The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man

Possible allergens in this recipe: egg, Gluten, Milk, Sulfites

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 10.40 €
Per person : 1.75 €

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