Craving a bit of old fashioned, down home cooking? Cozy-up to a piping hot bowl of chicken potpie. This dish is pretty easy to make-it just takes some time.
What you need:
1 chicken (You can do a whole chicken if you want, or even just chicken breasts or thighs-whatever you think is enough chicken for you and whoever else is eating it.)
4 large carrots, cut into pieces
4 white potatoes, cut into bite-sized pieces
1 onion, diced
1 can mushroom soup
1 box lasagna
salt and pepper to season
What to do:
If you're using a whole chicken, chances are you're going to have to take out the innards and wash out the insides first. If you like giblets, you can cut up the innards and put them in the potpie as well. But, we usually don't use them.
Once, you've cleaned the chicken, place it in a large pot and fill the pot with water until the chicken is covered. Then throw in a little bit of salt and pepper and cover the top with the lid. Cook on low heat. This will make your chicken broth.
Once the water comes to a boil, which will take a little while, carefully lift the chicken out of the broth. Put the chicken aside on a cutting board. Now, throw in all of your chopped veggies and mix in the can of mushroom soup. Keep it simmering uncovered on low.
While the veggies are cooking, carefully strip the chicken of all its meat and put the meat into the pot with the veggies and broth. This is the most tedious part. Once you've done that, go ahead and dispose of the chicken carcass. Now it's time to add the final ingredient: the lasagna. Break up the lasagna into bite sized pieces and throw them in. Keep the pot-pie cooking for another 30 minutes or so.
Eat your heart out:
Now you can dig in to mom's chicken potpie. Everyone likes this heart-warming dish and it's good any time of the year. It's also cheap and makes several servings. Share this bit of home with your friends.
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