Mini Chicken Pie:

Mini chicken pie with vegetables and homemade shortcrust pastry is so yummy!!!!

I am so glad to be sharing this recipe for mini chicken pie with vegetables and homemade shortcrust pastry with you.

There are two reasons why it is good to make an individual mini chicken pie.

Firstly for presentation, having an individual mini chicken pie with vegetables looks delectable on a persons plate.

Secondly this mini chicken pie is fantastic to make and then put in your freezer ready for future use.

Suitable for the freezer 

When you live alone it is the perfect way to make sure you eat a good meal. It is portioned correctly and easy to take out the freezer and heat in the oven when ever you want it. There would be no waste of food, which can happen when living on your own.

If you have a busy household and not everyone can eat at the same time, then a mini chicken pie with vegetables is perfect to suit that environment.

I have showed you how to make your own shortcrust pastry. But of course you can cheat a little and buy the readymade pastry if you wanted to.

Personally though I love the flavour more of the homemade pastry I make myself. The texture and flavour is so nice. It goes perfect with this homemade mini chicken pie. So go on be brave and try making the pastry yourself.

And once you know how to make the shortcrust pastry, it is very easy to do. It doesn’t take long either.

Below I have given you the recipe for the shortcrust pastry. I have given you the ingredients and the method for the filling base. Then I give you four options to chose from – different types of sauces.

I hope you try all of the four variations of mini chicken pie with vegetable and the homemade shortcrust pastry. (Hopefully Homemade !!!!!!)

They are all wonderfully flavoursome. I genuinely can’t decide what my favourite is. I make all four and freeze them. And randomly just take one out for dinner.

Other Pastry Recipes

Another delicious pie recipe is vegetable pie. If you fancy a dinner without meat occassionally then this pie is full of flavour and worth making and trying.

Or why not try a chicken, leek and potato pie.

If you love the shortcrust pastry then I would recommend the traditional cornish pasty recipe on my blog.

One of my favourites and it is very popular is the vegetable spring rolls made with filo pastry.

Talking of filo pastry, another great recipe is cheese and chicken pizza made with filo pastry. Wow amazing homemade pizza.

For other great recipes browse the website and check out other blogs.

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Shortcrust Pastry – Method & Instructions

Put flour into food processor

Cut butter into small pieces and add into flour

Blast flour and butter in the food processor for a few minutes

If you don’t have a food processor then you rub butter in the flour with your finger tips until you get a crumbly mixture. Make sure your hands and butter are cold

Check your mixture. If it is nice and crumbly and butter is evenly mixed with flour then turn the food processor back on and slowly add water

If making by hand just add water, mix with a knife then bring together with hands to form a large ball

Mixture will start to come together

Take out and combine the pastry by squeezing it in your hands to form a large ball

Wrap pastry in cling film and put in the fridge for half an hour. You can leave in longer, even over night. But if you do, pastry will be hard when you first take it out the fridge. You will need to leave it out in room temperature for about an hour until it softens before you try and roll it out

Mini Chicken Pie Base Filling – Method & Instructions

Cut up chicken breast into very small pieces

Dice up carrot very small

Cut broccoli into small pieces

Dice leek very small

Cut potatoes into small pieces

Cut spinach up nice and small

Put olive oil in a hot wok OR deep frying pan OR pot as an alternative to a wok

In a wok place your chicken, potato, carrot, leeks and broccoli and fry on a medium heat for 10 – 15 minutes

Season with salt & pepper

At the end of cooking the chicken and vegetable add the spinach

Devide mixture into 4 – one part for each individual mini chicken pie

Add one of the following options

Putting the Mini Chicken Pie together – Method & Instructions

Pre-heat the oven on Gas 5 / 190°C / 375°F

Cut pastry into four pieces

Sprinkle some flour onto your worktop area

Sprinkle flour onto your rolling pin

Roll each piece of pastry out to about 1/4 inch thick

Cut circle for the base of your pie (it doesn’t matter if it is a bit big, it can be cut later)

Cut the lid for your pie

Place the pastry base into your tins (see the video for example)

Make sure your chicken & vegetable mixture is cooled

Then put each portion of chicken & vegetable filling mixture on the pastry base – making sure not to put it on the sides

Then dip your finger in some egg or milk and with your finger touch all the edges making sure it is wet with the milk or egg

Do the same around the edges of the lids

Place the lids on top (milked side down)

Press down the edges with your fingers to get a seal all round the mini chicken pie

To tidy it up you can cut around the edges to make a better shape

With a knife put a few holes in the top of your mini chicken pie for the air to escape

Pressdown the side with a fork making a nice decorative finish for your individual mini chicken pie. This will also ensure it is sealed properly

Place in the oven for 25 – 30 minutes

Enjoy your delicious mini chicken pie with vegetables and shortcrust pastry

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