Creamy Chicken Pie

Our dinner for tonight is a yummy Creamy Chicken Pie

Ingredients:

• 2 pieces of chicken breast are chopped into small cubes bite
• 2 big brown mushrooms chopped into small bites
• 1 carrot chopped into small cubes
• 1 clove of garlic salt and pepper
• 1 stick of celery with leaves chopped

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For the mash potatoes topping

• 500g potatoes
• 7 tbsp milk
• 115g/1 stick butter
• Cheddar cheese grated
• For the sauce:
• 40g/3 tbsp butter
• 3 tbsp flour
• 3 tbsp whipping cream salt and pepper and 1 bunch scallion (spring onion)

Method

1. Heat oil in a saucepan, fry onion garlic until soft add chicken, mushrooms, celery and add 1/4 cup chicken stock season with salt and pepper and bring to boil for about 5 minutes set aside.
2. Meanwhile, make the topping, peel potatoes cut into large chunks, and put them in a large saucepan of salted water.
3. Cover, bring to a boil, and simmer for 20 minutes until tender.
4. Drain and return the potatoes to the pan, add milk and butter to the potatoes, and heat for 3 minutes. Remove from heat and mash together until smooth.
5. Stir in cheese.
6. Preheat the oven to 200C and divide the chicken mixture between 4 ovenproof ramekins dishes.
7. To make the sauce, melt butter in a pan.
8. Add the flour, stir until smooth and cook for 1 minute.
9. Gradually add the milk, stirring all the time until smooth.
10. Bring to the boil, stirring, and cook until thickened.
11. Stir in cream and season with salt and pepper.
12. Cut each scallion into 4 pieces.
13. Add scallions to the sauce and pour over the chicken.
14. Spoon the mashed potatoes over the top of the cream and spread over with a fork.
15. Put the dishes onto a baking sheet.
16. Sprinkle over the remaining cheese and bake for 30 minutes until golden.

Prepared, tried, and tested by Joy