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Dad’s Chicken Pot Pie

December 20, 2016

Warm up with one of my family’s favorite dishes: chicken pot pie! Flaky, golden biscuit pieces top a savory chicken and veggie filling, including carrots, potatoes, sweet peas zucchini. All baked in a creamy and smooth white sauce. 

Warm up with one of my family's favorite dishes: chicken pot pie! Flaky, golden biscuit pieces top a savory chicken and veggie filling, including carrots, potatoes, sweet peas zucchini. All baked in a creamy and smooth white sauce.

If I had to choose any meal from my childhood that had the most lasting impact, it would be my Dad’s chicken pot pie. This dish instantly brings me back to my childhood every time I smell the garlic, onion and chicken stock cooking!

I can remember helping my Dad make this dish by sauteing the veggies and placing the biscuits in neat little rows. My Dad is a great cook, and he’s definitely where I get lots of inspiration from. Back in the day, my family would have devoured this entire casserole dish in one sitting. We probably would have made two pot pies just like this one to feed us Hein kids. 

Warm up with one of my family's favorite dishes: chicken pot pie! Flaky, golden biscuit pieces top a savory chicken and veggie filling, including carrots, potatoes, sweet peas zucchini. All baked in a creamy and smooth white sauce.

When we were younger, he used to cook a couple times week to help my mom out. When he first started making chicken pot pie for the family, he used pie dough. But after a while he got tired of how finicky it can be sometimes, and just switched to canned biscuits. Chicken pot pie was never the same! I actually love the biscuits more than traditional pie crust because the bottoms of the biscuits absorb the sauce, leaving you with a deliciously yummy soggy biscuit bottom (lolz) and a crispy, flaky biscuit top. :) 

Warm up with one of my family's favorite dishes: chicken pot pie! Flaky, golden biscuit pieces top a savory chicken and veggie filling, including carrots, potatoes, sweet peas zucchini. All baked in a creamy and smooth white sauce.

This dish is light, creamy, and packed full of veggies– carrots, peas, zucchini and potatoes. It’s so easy to make the sauce– just butter, flour, milk and chicken bouillon. Try the biscuit top alternative instead of pie dough sometime! 

Warm up with one of my family's favorite dishes: chicken pot pie! Flaky, golden biscuit pieces top a savory chicken and veggie filling, including carrots, potatoes, sweet peas zucchini. All baked in a creamy and smooth white sauce.

Our family has made this dish so many times, we don’t even use a recipe anymore. But here’s the official, Hein-family approved recipe! 

Dad's Chicken Pot Pie
2015-06-21 17:34:38
Yields 4
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Prep Time
20 min
Prep Time
20 min
Ingredients
  1. 2 Tbsp butter
  2. 1/4 tsp black pepper
  3. 1/4 tsp salt
  4. 1/4 tsp onion powder
  5. 1 tsp minced garlic
  6. 1 chicken bouillon cube
  7. 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
  8. 2 cups milk
  9. 1 bag frozen mixed vegetables
  10. 1 can diced white potatoes
  11. 1 zucchini, diced
  12. 2 cups diced, cooked chicken
  13. 1 can jumbo refrigerated biscuits
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In a large pot, melt the butter and add the salt, pepper, onion powder and minced garlic. Add the flour and whisk for 2 minutes.
  3. Slowly pour in the milk and let it come to a boil. Add the bouillon cube.
  4. Add the frozen mixed veggies, potatoes, zucchini and chicken. Let it boil for a few minutes until the sauce thickens.
  5. Pour into a 9x13 baking dish.
  6. Top with the biscuits and bake for about 10 minutes, or until biscuits are browned.
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Emily Weeks, RDN, LD
Emily Weeks, RDN, LD

Hi! I’m Emily, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and self-taught intuitive chef. I firmly believe that cooking is the simplest and most important step we can take to improve our minds and bodies and build healthier communities. Join me and let’s bring food back to the kitchen!

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  1. Katie @ Mom to Mom Nutrition says

    June 22, 2015 at 11:13 am

    Sounds like you and your siblings made dad a feast! And I love that he is a great cook— I hope my boys are some day! My husband and Dad? Not so much lol!

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      June 23, 2015 at 9:22 am

      We sure did haha… cooking is a great workout the more you make! Same goes for me— I hope to have kids someday who love to cook as much as I do. My boyfriend doesn’t like cooking so much.. haha.

  2. dixya | food, pleasure, and health says

    June 22, 2015 at 12:30 pm

    im not a chicken pot pie kind of person but my boyfriend will go crazy over this. im so glad you had a wonderful day with the familia :)

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      June 23, 2015 at 9:25 am

      All it really is, is mixed veggies & chicken in a cream sauce with flaky biscuits on top, you’ve gotta give it a try ;-) hehe!

  3. RAchel @ Athletic avocado says

    June 22, 2015 at 1:45 pm

    I have always wanted to make this! When I do, Im gonna use this recipe!

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      June 23, 2015 at 9:25 am

      It’s probably the easiest chicken pot pie recipe you’ll find!

  4. Farrah says

    June 22, 2015 at 5:33 pm

    I love this idea! :D I have a hard time with portion control when I make a whole pot pie (“let’s just eat the whole thing!!!”), so this is especially awesome! :P

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      June 23, 2015 at 9:26 am

      Yeah this is great, because you take 3 biscuits and stop there! (well… try to stop there. lol)

  5. Linz @ Itz Linz says

    June 22, 2015 at 8:54 pm

    this looks so good and really easy!!

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      June 23, 2015 at 9:27 am

      Thanks girl! :) It really is so simple!

  6. Rosi says

    June 23, 2015 at 6:06 am

    This looks amazing! My mom is coming to visit me in August and I’m making her teach me her chicken pot pie recipe, now I’ll have two! :)

    • Emily Hein, RDN, LD says

      June 23, 2015 at 9:27 am

      Let me know if you try it!

  7. Kennedy [email protected]'s Creative Corner says

    June 23, 2015 at 2:23 pm

    This looks so delicious! I love the addition of zucchini and potatoes! This looks so hearty and filling! Great recipe!

    I recently made a southern cooking and baking blog.
    https://kcolescreativecorner.com
    I would greatly appreciate it if you would check it out.
    Thanks! :)

  8. Emily @ Sinful Nutrition says

    June 26, 2015 at 7:36 am

    I LOVE chicken pot pie! I’m gunna try this out with some sweet potato biscuits! :D

  9. Janet says

    June 29, 2015 at 10:21 pm

    Surely not only for father’s day, but for all dads anytime of the day. I wasn’t able to browse this recipe for father;s day but I am certain that my husband will love this. This is his kind of recipe! Thanks for sharing!

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