Prof's Chicken Pot Pie

Total Time: 1 hr 50 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• 3 -3 1/2 lbs chicken breasts
• 1 (14 ounce) can chicken broth
• 1 (10 1/2 ounce) can cream of chicken soup
• 1 -2 carrot, peeled and chopped
• 4 celery ribs, chopped
• 2 large onions, minced
• 3 garlic cloves, minced
• 8 ounces fresh parmesan cheese, shredded
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon black pepper
• 2 teaspoons paprika or 2 teaspoons chili powder
• 2 bay leaves
• 4 pie crusts
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 heat olive oil in large oven proof skillet.
• 3 add the garlic, onion, celery and carrots and saute for 4 minutes.
• 4 add the chicken to the skillet and brown on either side, remove from heat.
• 5 add chicken broth, salt, pepper and bay leaf to the skillet.
• 6 cook chicken in oven for 45-60 minutes (or until cooked).
• 7 once chicken is cooked, remove from skillet and chop.
• 8 place skillet on stovetop and boil off excess chicken broth.
• 9 return chicken to the skillet, add cream of chicken soup, parmesan cheese and chili powder and let simmer for 10 minutes.
• 10 pour mixture into two pie crusts and use the other two pie crusts as the topping.
• 11 at this point you can either freeze you pies or brush the crusts with the beaten egg.
• 12 place in 350 degree oven for half-hour (or until bubbling).