Is there any better comfort food than Chicken Pot Pie? I think perhaps not. If you are from the South, no doubt your family has a variation of chicken pot pie as well.
My mother has been making this delicious chicken delight for as long as I can possibly remember. Exactly the same way, with homemade biscuits on top. I do not know how to make homemade biscuits, but I was raised by a biscuit maker extraordinaire. Maybe I’ll one day get a lesson on making biscuits to share with y’all, but for now I’ll just share this delectable dish that I hope you’ll enjoy and try.
The problem with my mom’s recipes is that many of them are in her head and she doesn’t have them written down, which makes it a bit hard to share, since she doesn’t know exact amounts of everything.
This one is pretty easy to duplicate, so I am going to tell you exactly how she does it and hopefully you can duplicate it. She bakes this in a white Corningware oval dish.
Iris’s Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
(Read and Print recipe below!)
And that’s it! This is comfort Southern food for sure. We’ve been eating this in our family for as long as I can remember. If you don’t make homemade biscuits (like me!) then I am sure that those frozen biscuits from the grocery store would work too. In fact, I think those are pretty darn good!
Chicken Pot Pie, what’s not to love?! Just the right time of the year for this recipe.Â
Homemade Chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients
- Cooked chicken breast or dark meat and deboned
- Cook fresh vegetables in chicken broth until tender carrots, celery, potatoes, green peas (canned. Not sure the exact amount of chicken broth, but I’d say at least one can amount and maybe a bit more. Use the water you’ve cooked the chicken in.
- Mix flour and water together and add to the vegetables and broth to thicken.
- Pour into baking dish approx. 9 x 13
- Place biscuits on top sprinkle with black pepper on top of biscuits
- Bake at 450* until biscuits are brown on top.
Instructions
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See above
LOL, my mother is the same way.It’s so hard to get a recipe out of her because if I ask how much of an ingredient to use, her answer is always the same,”Oh about that much.”
She also makes amazing biscuits and cornbread from scratch.I’ve tried for years to replicate her results without success.
I don’t even know your mama, but I just love her. I adore the posts about her and especially where you show her beautiful hands. This looks fabulous and I can almost smell it cooking.
Rhoda that sounds so good . I am from the south and my mother made homemade biscuits almost every morning growing up , and they were so very good. we opened a fresh jar of homemade jam with them.omg omg OMG!!! . homemade cornbread in the evening . i did learn to make them in her biscuit bowl. funny thing though we just knew where the flour line in her bowl was so we filled it to that line and the same with the milk , and shortening . this recipie sounds so good like it could fix anything wrong in the world on a cold night . i think i am going to give it a try,
I am officially hungry and its only 9:26 AM- that looks sooo good! Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Hi — would love to try this recipe. About how much water and flour would you suggest I use for the biscuits?
can’t give you amounts, probably a couple of heaping tablespoons of flour and enough water to make a loose paste but what I do know is to mix the water and the flour together before adding it, this way you don’t get knots of flour.
sorry that was for the pie, here’s my recipe for biscuits. using abouts.
about 1/4 cup oil, about 1/2 cup milk, about two cups of flour, add the flour slowly until it begins to come together then add a little more, roll or pat out on a flour covered surface. cut with either an old tomato paste can or a sweetened condensed milk can, depending on the size of biscuits you want. then bake in a preheated to 400′ over for 12-15 minutes until they begin to brown. (I have used these cans for over 30 years and I keep them stored in the flour container, I cannot make biscuits with lard or shortening. The birds won’t even eat them)
This makes a pie pan full of biscuits.
Hi, I promise I’m going to get my mom’s biscuit recipe and share soon! I just have to watch her as she makes them and get it documented. In the meantime, try those frozen biscuits from Pillsbury or Mrs. Schuberts.
We had chicken pot pie for dinner just last night! Such a comfort meal.
I use pie crust instead of biscuits since I’m not a biscuit maker, either, but I was wondering if those frozen biscuits would work on top. Next time I’ll give them a try!
Oh, wow does this make me hungry. I can almost taste it. Growing up we always had the .50 cent pre-made chicken pot pies but after tasting home made ones there is no comparison. I think chicken pot pie will have to be added to our menu soon.
I can totally relate to your mom not knowing exact measurements. My mom doesn’t know the measurements for her cornbread. She always uses the same bowl and just pours everything in until it looks right. Which makes it pretty hard to replicate.
Laughing because all generations of women on my Mom’s side of the family “keep it in our heads” though I’ve started to write them down for future generations! Recently, an older co-worker whose wife was ill had to cook his own dinners. He headed out from work one day to go get groceries. Shortly thereafter he called the office to ask me how long it took to cook corn on the cob. Laugh if you must, but all I could tell him was “Until it’s done!”
Sounds wonderful!
This looks delish! Thanks for sharing, but you MUST get your Mom’s recipe for the biscuit topping! Here’s a helpful idea for getting the recipe from her without her feeling like she’s ‘on stage’. Ask her to show ‘you’ how to make the biscuits and secretly set up a video on the space where she will do most of the work. She will feel less self conscious about being on camera and you will be able to ‘prompt’ her to give all her tips. We did this with a family recipe from my husband’s grandmother and it is now so wonderful to have as a memory to her ! We enjoy playing the video at Easter time as we recreate her ‘secret’ Italian taralle recipe. It is like she is with us once again- hearing her voice again and all her little comments! When she would add ‘a little of this and a pinch of that’ my husband was able to right then and there see just how much she meant and ‘convert’ it into teaspoons and tablespoons that are easier to record, follow and duplicate now. I cannot tell you how priceless this video is to us now and I suggest you take the time to do this with her most famous recipes. Same goes for videoing your Dad as he works on your house! You will treasure these, I promise!
HI, Joanne, mom doesn’t mind sharing at all, so she wouldn’t be nervous about me being in the kitchen with her and getting the biscuit recipe down pat. I do need to video both my parents though, sooner rather than later. They are precious people and we need to have something of them on video. I really need to do it soon!
This looks yummy but I have to say, it’s your mom’s Southern Chicken and Dumplings that I just love. We call it slippery pot pie and my mom made it when we were small but since she hated it herself, it quickly fell off the menu list. When you wrote the post with the recipe, I immediately made it, and although it’s not quite a staple in our house, I pull it out when I’m feeling nostalgic and need to touch my roots.
Thank you for both recipes.
I know you don’t consider yourself a cook, but every chef needs an appreciative audience. As much as I like your decor posts, the recipes are amazing…tomato gravy. Who knew! You must try to get the proportions for the biscuits. Even the ones in chain restaurants are better down South; it’s the flour. It’s softer with less gluten, so the end result is more tender. The same thing goes for cakes. Of course, experience making them doesn’t hurt either!:) CTD
I make this on the stove or in a crock pot but call it “chicken stew and biscuits”. To me, “pot pie” involves similar filling, but some cream and either one or two crusts. Maybe because I’m a northerner who just recently moved to the Atlanta area? hee
Like your mom, my “recipes” are in my head. Some of them were passed down from my mom, her mom, her mom’s mom, etc…but many are a result of me just figuring it out over the years. This is especially true for my soups and stews! My 17yo gets irritated because he (rightfully) points out that all of his favorites will go to the grave with me (I’m a whopping 40yo *lol*) because I can’t offer him measurements. I tell him he needs to spend more time with me, making these dishes and then he will learn how to gauge the ingredients for himself.
I know many of your southern readers won’t believe a northerner makes good biscuits, but I do. Like teresa said, it’s the flour. I mix King Arthur’s organic bread flour (for the rise) with their pastry flour (tender!) and the biscuits turn out lovely. Flakiness demands a good fat ratio…but that’s a debate for another day 🙂
I was going to say something similar, Skye. Up here in New England a pot pie is actually pie (!), a savory filling between two crusts. And what is here, to me, also, would be more stewlike. So funny, our regional culinary differences. I have to say that I am a biscuit lover from way back and always appreciate any recipes. Thanks, Rhoda, for sharing your mom’s kitchen secrets with us.
Oh, and I have to tell y’all that she uses hog lard in her biscuits. I’ll get to that one another day!
I’ve tried several of your Mother’s recipes that you’ve blogged about. You won’t believe this, but recently I was thinking about asking you if you had a homemade biscuit recipe from your Mom. I know the canned biscuits will do in a pinch, but I’d really like to learn to make the real thing too.
Oh yum! Sounds absolutely delicious!
Your Mom’s pot pie looks delicious. I’m pretty sure anything your Mom makes would be very good. If she has a recipe for cornbread I would love that…mine is awful!
Imust say woke up to a chilly day not knowing what to make 4 a fridaydinner and then i get on fb .Well here it is chicken pot pie i’m hoping i can make it as good as your looks.
Thankx 4 the idea
I didn’t read all the comments so I don’t know if anyone else said it our not, but my Grandma was the BEST biscuit maker! And I wish I had learned while she was still alive…but now I will never have the chance:( Making biscuits from scratch I believe is an art…so while your mother is here and you are spending so much time with her while she is helping you with your house project, I would put that on the list of things to do TODAY:)!!!! Let her teach you…like my grandma…she didn’t have a recipe, it was just what she did. PLEASE PLEASE learn it now!!! And then you can share with the rest of us! Good Luck:) and thanks so much for sharing SO much of your life with us! I truly enjoy! From one southern girl to another!!