This is unique because of the caramelized pecan topping!
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr 15 mins |
| Additional Time: | 5 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 35 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 2 dozen mini pies |
Ingredients
- 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
- 2 (32 ounce) cartons low-sodium chicken broth
- 5 tablespoons butter, divided
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 cups diced Yukon Gold potatoes
- 3 large carrots, diced
- 1 cup frozen sweet corn
- 2 large stalks celery, diced
- ½ cup frozen peas
- 3 teaspoons minced garlic
- 3 teaspoons salt
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon dried rosemary
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ½ teaspoon ground thyme
- ½ teaspoon ground sage
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- 4 cups heavy whipping cream
- 1 pinch salt and cracked black pepper to taste
- 2 (17.5 ounce) packages frozen puff pastry, thawed
- 1 egg, whipped, or more to taste
Instructions
- Place chicken breasts into a large pot and cover with chicken broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 20 to 25 minutes. Take chicken out of broth; pull apart or chop as desired. Keep broth hot.
- Melt 3 tablespoons butter and olive oil in a large Dutch oven or stockpot over medium-high heat. Add potatoes, carrots, corn, celery, peas, and garlic. Saute until onions turn soft and translucent, about 15 minutes. Add 3 teaspoons salt, 2 teaspoons black pepper, rosemary, nutmeg, thyme, and sage. Cook and stir until combined into the vegetable mixture, about 1 minute.
- Melt remaining 2 tablespoons butter in the vegetable mixture. Sprinkle flour on top. Cook, stirring constantly, until vegetables are coated, about 1 minute. Ladle in the hot chicken broth, 1 cup at a time, stirring constantly, until pot is sufficiently filled; you may not need all of the broth.
- Stir heavy cream into the pot; turn up heat slightly. Add the pulled chicken. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring occasionally and scraping the bottom, until flavors blend, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, until filling has thickened, about 20 minutes. Let cool for about 5 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease two 12-cup muffin tins. Line 2 baking sheets with aluminum foil and set the muffin tins on top.
- Pour filling into the muffin cups.
- Roll puff pastry onto a work surface and smooth it out a bit. Cut into 24 pieces slightly larger than the muffin cups. Place pastry pieces on top of the filling in the muffin cups, letting about 1/4 inch of the pastry hang off the edges. Brush tops of the pot pies with the whipped egg. Season with salt and pepper. Cut some slits for venting.
- Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 15 to 25 minutes. Let sit for at least 5 minutes before serving.
- You can use 1 small whole chicken in place of the chicken breasts, if desired.
- Bake the pot pie in any baking pan you want. You could use an 8-inch pan, 9-inch pie plate, small ramekins, or a muffin pan. (I like to make everyone an individual pot pie.)
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 478 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 27 g |
| Cholesterol | 91 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 14 g |
| Saturated Fat | 15 g |
| Sodium | 503 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 35 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |