Looking for the ultimate comfort food for your next dinner party? Try this recipe for Chicken Pot Pies in Puff Pastry Shells. Make the filling ahead of time and then bake the puff pastry shells right before your guest arrive!
I’m so excited. Our third installment of our year-round seasonal progressive dinner party is here! Today we are talking all about comfort food. 14 of my favorite blog friends have joined forces to bring you one heck of a fall progressive dinner party. Well, ok… it’s more like a virtual progressive dinner party. But who’s judging here?
Have you ever been to a progressive dinner party? The premise is that each home has a different course and you hop from home to home eating your way through multiple courses. Unfortunately we are all spread out throughout the United States and Canada and don’t have the luxury of have a progressive dinner party in real life together. So instead, we have created a virtual one!
Today, I’m sharing Chicken Pot Pies in Puff Pastry Shells. Growing up we did not eat chicken pot pie in my home. My husband on the other hand ate it religiously. Think prepackaged calorie loaded pot pies (he would eat them for snacks)! So when we moved in together it was my goal to make a healthier chicken pot pie that wasn’t loaded with as much fat and calories and of course all the preservatives and ingredients you can’t pronounce.
Over the years I feel like I’ve perfected the chicken pot pie filling, and I’ve also grown to love this ultimate comfort food dish. I have learned that I enjoy it much more with puff pastry than with a thick hard pie crust. I also tend to go a little overboard on the veggies since let’s face it–I’m a veggie kind of girl and since I’m the one making it I want to enjoy it, too! Most nights, I’ll make the filling and just bake square of puff pastry to put on top of our bowls. But when I’m entertaining and want a “prettier” presentation I’ll buy the puff pastry shells.
I think these are perfect for our fall progressive dinner party today and to be honest, any dinner party you might be hosting this fall. No one will ever expect to see chicken pot pie on the menu! Best of all you can make the filling ahead of time and reheat right before guest arrive. Then just pop the puff pastry shells into the oven and voila… your meal is ready! Less time in the kitchen, more time with your guest!
Chicken Pot Pies in Puff Pastry Shells
Equipment
- 1 Stove Top
- 1 Oven
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil
- 3 carrots peeled and sliced
- 2 celery stalks diced
- 1 onion diced
- ½ cup frozen peas
- ¼ cup chicken broth
- 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
- 2 cups shredded rotisserie chicken
- 1 tablespoon cornstarch
- 1-½ cups whole milk
- 1 tablespoon fresh parsley + more for garnish
- 12 Puff Pastry Shells
Instructions
- Heat a large pot to medium heat then add chicken fat (or oil), carrots, celery, and onion. Cook for 5 minutes with lid on. Then add frozen peas, chicken broth and poultry seasoning. Mix well, and cook for an additional 5 minutes with lid on.
- Once the veggies are soft sprinkle in 1 tablespoon of cornstarch over veggies, mix well then pour 1-½ cups of whole milk into the pot. Mix well and cook for 5 minutes on medium heat. Stir in cooked shredded rotisserie chicken. Cook for 5 minutes until heated through. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon fresh parsley over the chicken pot pie mixture, stir and turn off heat.
- While pot pie mixture cooks preheat oven and cook puff pastry shells to package instructions.
- Once the puff pastry shells are cooked, cut out the middles, stuff each shell with chicken pot pie filling and then top with puff pastry lid. Serve and enjoy.
Notes
- Fat - I like to use the chicken fat rendered at the bottom of my store bought rotisserie chicken instead of using oil. Either will work or you can even use butter.
- Vegetables - I sometimes like to add in sliced or chopped mushrooms and diced parsnips to my chicken pot pie mixture.
- Puff Pastry Shells - You can find Puff Pastry Shells in the freezer section typically in the baking/pie area. I use Pepperidge Farm brand. This recipe calls for 12 shells which is 2 package of puff pastry shells.
- Entertaining - These individual pot pies are perfect for entertaining. They work as an appetizer or as the main dish next to salad. Kids will also really enjoy these.
Rik Myers
Nicely done!
Mom used to make this in the early-mid 70s, though she leaned on time- and money-saving approaches common to working parents in the suburbs of Chicago. I was hankering for Mom’s comfort food when I found Pepperidge Farm puff pastry shells at my local grocery store. Searcing for a recipe I found yours, which is very good! And well received by my partner and our friend.
Called Mom and she gave me her recipe which is like yours in most ways. Rotisserie chicken was not a grocery item back then, but we baked a chicken twice monthly so it was “convenient” as yours. We also almost only ate canned or frozen vegetables as fresh vegetables were largely limited.
So in the interest of recreating a childhood memory and updating for our changed grocery landscape, I made your version as published in this blog and an adaptation that made it more like Mom’s. For the Mom version, I cubed rather than shredded the chicken, substituted frozen mixed peas and carrots for fresh, and added a small can of chopped button mushrooms. Both were delcious and well received in side by side tastings.
Thank you for kicking this off for our family!
Katie
Hi Rik, I love reading about your mom’s version and glad that you could recreate something similiar that tastes like mom’s comfort food! Thank you for taking the time to leave a 5 star review.
Coco Bastien
Didn’t you forget to add puff pastry shells to the ingredients list? I mean it is kind of obvious but often when making a grocery list I run strictly from the recipe and would probably have forgotten to order them.
Katie
Hi Coco, I sincerely apologize for the error. As you might have noticed this is an older recipe. In fact, I’m working on updating this recipe in the coming month and will have so much more helpful tips and tricks and overall information! Thank you for pointing out my error. I added the package of puff pastry shells to the recipe card. I hope you enjoy this recipe as much as my family does.
B
Can these be frozen?
Katie
Hi B, Yes, you could freeze the filling. But I would not freeze the cooked puff pastry shells. They come frozen already. I would simply make the filling and freeze that, thaw when ready to make. Reheat in a skillet then make the puff pastry shells. Hope that answers your question.
Laura
My family loved this quick, delicious dinner. All the adults had 3!
Katie
Laura, thank you so much for taking the time to leave a 5 star review. I love using puff pastry instead of pie crust!
puff and pie thai
Wow! The first pics make me say that’s perfect for today. I See and like your puff pot pie picture. Amazing style of decorations.
Katie
Thanks!
Suzanne
What a great idea for when I’m feeling too lazy to make pastry dough!
Katie
Suzanne–you must try your chicken pot pie like this or at least make the filling and then bake some squares of puff pastry!
Sommer @ ASpicyPerspective
Love pot pie!! These look sooooo good! 🙂
Katie
Thanks Sommer!
Jeff Miller
This would be great for me and my disabled son. I make all the meals (it’s just him and me) and this package would be AWESOME. Hope I win.
michele
I would bring Chicken Pot Pie, my all time fav!
irma
Chicken Pot Pies in Puff Pastry Shells looks so good I think I will try this one
Jessica @ A Kitchen Addiction
What a great idea to make pot pie with puff pastry!They are so fun!
Katie
Thanks Jessica–I prefer chicken pot pie with puff pastry over pie dough any day of the week! lol
Kristin @ Yellow Bliss Road
Katie these look delicious – Chicken Pot Pie is one of my favorites, and this looks much better than the frozen ones I usually get! 😉
Katie
Kristin–its so easy to make! Your kids will love it!!!
Brenda @ a farmgirl's dabbles
Whoa, that looks awesome!! Perfect comfort food!
Katie
Thanks Brenda!
Christine (Cook the Story)
Katie, Your Chicken Pot Pies are adorable. I think that, at the same time, my kids would love them and think they were cute and small just for them AND I could serve these as an elegant but comforting appetizer for a dinner party. Great job, my friend!
Katie
Thanks Christine! I love your thinking–perfect for both kids and adults!