Chicken, leek and mushroom Pie

Categories: MAIN COURSES and RECIPES.

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Comfort food heaven.

Lovely leeks, carrots, mushrooms and peas softened in chicken stock. Tasty diced chicken thighs and tarragon for bags of flavour, topped with a mix of white potato and sweet potato.

 

 

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Chicken, leek and mushroom Pie

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Course Main Courses
Servings 4 Servings

Ingredients
  

  • 400 g potato peeled and roughly chopped
  • 400 g sweet potato peeled and roughly chopped
  • 450 ml chicken stock
  • 2 leeks washed and finely sliced
  • 300 g carrots peeled and diced
  • 100 g mushrooms washed and sliced
  • 200 g frozen peas
  • 400 g chicken thighs skinless and boneless, diced
  • 3 tbsp tarragon chopped
  • 1 egg lightly beaten

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4.
  • Boil all the potatoes for 15-20 minutes or until tender then mash.
  • To make the filling place the stock, leeks, mushrooms and carrots in a saucepan and cook over a gentle heat for 10 minutes, stirring often until soft.
  • Add the peas, tarragon and diced chicken to the filling mix and cook gently for 5 minutes.
  • Transfer the filling to a casserole or pie dish and top with mash.
  • Brush the top with all the beaten egg.
  • Bake in the oven for 20-25 minutes until golden and bubbling.
  • Serve immediately with extra veg of your choice. I used cauliflower, broccoli, kale and chantenay carrots.

Notes

Nutrition per serving (before serving with extra veg):
554 Kcal, 66g Carbohydrate (14g sugar, 10g fiber), 6g fat (1g saturates), 32g protein
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