About
How does fast food make such compelling and comforting food? The answer, it turns out, can be found right in your own kitchen anytime you want. Copycat KFC® Pot Pie is just one example, though you'd be hard-pressed to find a better homecooked comfort food. The crust is a buttery, crispy puff pastry baked golden-brown, with a bubbling mixture of chicken, potatoes, and carrots for that classic, savory pot-pie-feeling. The sauce is creamy and meaty, ready to wrap a warm blanket of flavor around your tastebuds. Better just skip the drive-thru and whip up a Copycat KFC Pot Pie or two (or six) instead!
Ingredients
- 4-5 potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch cubes
- 4-5 carrots, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch slices
- 2 cups frozen peas
- 2 (10.5-ounce) cans cream of chicken soup
- 15 ounces milk
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 rotisserie chicken or fried whole chicken, cut into bite-size pieces
- salt, to taste
- pepper, to taste
- 2 sheets puff pastry dough, thawed to room temperature
Directions
Step 1 -Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
Step 2 -To a boiling pot of water, add the potatoes and carrots and cook until they are almost tender, about 9 minutes.
Step 3 -Drain the liquid from the vegetable mixture.
Step 4 -Add the peas to the hot vegetables and set the mixture aside.
Step 5 -In a large pot over medium-low heat, add the cream of chicken soup, the milk, and the sugar and mix well.
Step 6 -Bring the soup mixture to a simmer.
Step 7 -Add the chicken and the vegetable mixture to the soup mixture and simmer, stirring frequently, until it is warm.
Step 8 -Season the filling mixture with the salt and the pepper.
Step 9 -Spoon the filling mixture into six 5-6-inch foil pot pie tins, being careful not to overfill.
Step 10 -Cut the puff pastry into 6-inch circles and roll each circle out slightly to make sure the crust will overlap the rims of the pie tins.
Step 11 -Moisten the edges of the pastry circles.
Step 12 -Cover each of the pie tins with the pastry circles, pressing the edges of the crust to the rim.
Step 13 -Bake the pies until the puff pastry is puffed and golden-brown, about 18 minutes.
Step 14 -Serve hot.
