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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.

92K 14 4.4

Last modified on: September 8^th 2018

Keywords for this recipe:Puff pastry Chicken Pie Leeks Mushrooms Bacon Eggs

For 6 people, you will need:

1 4 leeks
2 750 ml mushrooms
3 357 ml chicken breast
4 1 shallot
5 3 tablespoons olive oil
6 ½ lemon
7 3 tablespoons olive oil
8 125 ml 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 ml Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée)
14 20 ml beaten egg
15 salt
16 pepper

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Step by step recipe

Stage 1 - 20 min.

Prepare 4 leeks.

Stage 2 - 20 min.

Rinse 750 ml mushrooms rapidly, then dry and cut into small pieces.

Stage 3 - 5 min.

Cut 357 ml 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 ml 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.

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 %

% are calculated relative to a Recommended Dietary Intake or RDI of 2000 k-calories or 8400 k-joules by day for a woman (change to a man).

How much will it cost?

For 6 people : 10.38 €
Per person : 1.73 €

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Source

After Gaston Lenotre.

This recipe uses (among others)

	Mushrooms: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Mushroom Pancakes au Gratin, Beef Wellington, Rabbit civet "à la normande", Special Parmesan baguettes, Stuffed Mushrooms, ... All
	Chicken breast: You can check-out other recipes which use it, like for example: Vol-au-vent, Paté en croute (terrine in a pie crust), Lille style chicken, Chicken club sandwich, Chicken breasts in a potato crust, ... All
	Water: You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Papadums, Benoîton, Mushroom velouté, Cassoulet, Valay-Brest, ... All
	Puff or flaky pastry (pâte feuilletée): You can get more informations, or check-out other recipes which use it, for example: Quick flaky pizza, Leek and artichoke tart à la piémontaise, Rustic chicken and mushroom pie, Small foie gras pasties, Ham spirals, ... All

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