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Easy Chicken and Leek Pie with Puff Pastry
My Easy Chicken and Leek Pie with Puff Pastry is served with mashed potatoes, peas and gravy for the ultimate comfort food. It's a family-favourite dinner recipe that always goes down well, even with the pickest eaters. It's a simple dish, but it's packed with flavour and goodness.
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
30 mins
Cooling Time
30 mins
Total Time
1 hr 20 mins
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 651 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
International
Ingredients
- 3 chicken breasts, diced
- 2 leeks
- 1 onion
- 2 cloves of garlic
- 2 tablespoon vegetable oil
- 1 tablespoon butter
- 1 cup chicken stock (broth)
- ½ cup milk
- 1 ½ tablespoon cornflour ( corn strach)
- ½ teaspoon sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 ready-rolled puff pastry
Instructions
- Heat up the oil in a large pan.
- Add the diced chicken breasts and sear them on both sides.
- Remove the chicken from the pan and set it aside.
- In the same pan, add the peeled and chopped onion and garlic, and fry them until golden.
- Add the washed and roughly chopped leeks together with the butter, and leave them to soften for 2-3 minutes.
- Pour over the chicken stock, and place a lid on the pan.
- Leave it to cook for 5 minutes until the chicken is tender and some of the liquid has been absorbed.
- Mix the cornflour with the milk, and add it to the pan.
- Stir well until the liquid thickens into a sauce.
- Season with salt and pepper, transfer the filling to an ovenproof dish, and leave it to cool down.
- Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 180 degrees Celsius ( 350 Fahrenheit).
- Top the pie filling with the puff pastry, and use a sharp knife to make incisions into the pastry to allow the stem to escape during baking.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until golden.
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Notes
- To avoid a soggy puff pastry, cooling the pie filling beforehand is a crucial step. Never add the puff pastry to a piping hot filling, as the butter in it will melt straight away and it will not puff up in the oven.
- I chose not to brush the pie top with egg wash, it always seems like such a waste of a good egg. The puff pastry will still be as golden and flaky even if you skip that step.
- Make sure the oven is well preheated before the pie goes in, the hot temperature will puff up the pastry right away and you get a lovely pie with perfect crust.
Nutrition Information
Calories
651kcal
(33%)
Carbohydrates
44g
(15%)
Protein
44g
(88%)
Fat
33g
(51%)
Saturated Fat
10g
(50%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
4g
Monounsaturated Fat
16g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
122mg
(41%)
Sodium
780mg
(33%)
Potassium
908mg
(26%)
Fiber
2g
(8%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
937IU
(19%)
Vitamin C
10mg
(11%)
Calcium
93mg
(9%)
Iron
3mg
(17%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4people
Amount Per Serving
Calories 651
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 651kcal | 33% |
| Carbohydrates | 44g | 15% |
| Protein | 44g | 88% |
| Fat | 33g | 51% |
| Saturated Fat | 10g | 50% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 4g | 24% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 16g | 80% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 122mg | 41% |
| Sodium | 780mg | 33% |
| Potassium | 908mg | 19% |
| Fiber | 2g | 8% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 937IU | 19% |
| Vitamin C | 10mg | 11% |
| Calcium | 93mg | 9% |
| Iron | 3mg | 17% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.