Southern Chicken Pie Recipe
- 2 fryers
- 3 ribs celery
- Salt and pepper
- 2 tbsp. chicken bouillon
- 1/2 stick butter
- 3 c. self-rising flour
- 7 tbsp. Crisco
- 3/4 c. lowfat milk
- Extra flour and extra 1 c. lowfat milk
- Prepare chicken: Thoroughly wash 2 plump fryers.
- Cover with water in large pot (you will want lots of liquid).
- Add in salt, pepper, and 3 whole ribs of celery, including tops if available.
- Simmer till chicken is tender.
- Cold.
- Remove chicken and celery from stock.
- Debone chicken and set aside in separate bowl.
- Throw away skin, bones, and celery.
- Return stock to stove.
- Enhance flavor with 1 to 2 Tbsp.
- chicken bouillon and 1/2 stick butter.
- Remove from heat.
- Prepare pastry and dumplings: Combine 3 c. self-rising flour and 7 Tbsp.
- Crisco till grainy texture.
- Add in approximately 3/4 c. sweet lowfat milk.
- Blend well by hand.
- Divide dough into thirds.
- Choose your deepest baking dish or possibly pan.
- Roll 1/3 of pastry very thin and cut a top crust which will fully cover baking dish and set this top crust aside.
- Roll another 1/3 pastry very thin and cut into wide strips and line the upper sides of baking dish.
- Roll remainder of dough very thin and cut strips approximately 1 x 3 inches.
- Bring stock back to simmer.
- Place several strips of pastry on top of simmering broth.
- While these strips are cooking in batches (for about 5 min), begin layering your pie with alternate layers of chicken and cooked dumplings.
- End with layer of chicken.
- Make the stock into a very light gravy by stirring 3 Tbsp.
- flour into 1 c. of lowfat milk and gradually adding to simmering stock.
- Cover the layered chicken and dumplings with the gravy.
- (Reserve remaining gravy to serve with completed pie.)
- Add in top crust and crimp edges together with side strips of pastry.
- Cut gashes in top for steam to escape.
- Bake in 350 degree oven approximately 45 min or possibly till top is nicely browned.
fryers, celery, salt, chicken bouillon, butter, flour, crisco, milk, flour
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/southern-chicken-pie-34673 (may not work)