This chicken pie is tasty and filling. It's also easy on the family budget. You can make the pie with vegetarian chicken substitutes, there are some very good ones on the market.
The pie is great for a family get-together lunch. It's a good winter dish!
Allergy Alert: If you are allergic to any of the ingredients, don't use this recipe
Ingredients
Chicken pieces, vegetarian style if you wish
Frozen pastry
Tub of cream
Packet of chicken soup [if not vegetarian]
Onion
Green pepper
Olive oil
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180C
2. Chop and fry onion and green pepper together in a little olive oil
3. Cut chicken into small pieces, place in the saucepan with the fried onion and pepper, and fry together until browned
4. Stir the packet of soup into cream and add a little milk if necessary. Stir the mixture into the fried ingredients
5. Place the mixture into an ovenproof dish
6. Place frozen pastry over the mixture
7. Cut some vents into the pastry with a knife so that steam can escape during cooking. Put a little beaten egg on the top to create a glaze on the pie.
8. Bake the pie in the preheated oven for about 25 to 35 minutes. Make sure the chicken is well cooked through. The top should be nicely browned and the filling piping hot. Remove, allow to slightly cool, and serve.
Serving suggestion
You can serve chicken pie with a gravy - vegetarian or gluten free if you wish. Delicious!
Here's an old fashioned stew which is brilliant in winter when the cold winds blow and the kids come home hungry from school.
You can make the stew a vegetarian one, I've often used vegetarian mince and it works just fine.
It's also great for a large family, cheap to make and really filling. Result!
Allergy alert: If you are allergic to any of the ingredients, don't use this recipe
STEW
Ingredients:
Packet of lean mince - vegetarian if you wish
2 tablespoons oil
Potatoes - amount according to your choice
One onion
One or two tomatoes
Water
Salt and pepper to taste
Tin of mixed vegetables or freshly chopped vegetables
Packet of vegetable soup
Method:
Dice your onion and fry in the oil.
Then add the mince and turn until brown on all sides. You can also use stewing mutton if you wish.
Add salt and pepper to taste.
Wash the tomato or tomatoes, dice them, stir into the meat.
Add a tin of mixed vegetables if available.
Otherwise you can chop and add fresh veggies such as carrots and cauliflower.
Add potatoes if you wish. My mom likes to peel her potatoes. I wash mine, and cut them into pieces without removing the peel. It's your choice!
Leave the stew to simmer, add in water if needed.
Keep stirring the stew over a low heat. Take a packet of vegetable soup and stir into the stew.
Cook for a long time until the mince is properly cooked through.
Add a little water from time to time if needed.
Alternative
If you wish your stew to have curry flavour, brown the mince with curry powder according to taste. Don't add the vegetable soup.
Serving suggestion
Serve with lovely crusty bread and butter.
