Tasty and Simple Chicken Pie Recipes: Tamale, Empanada, Creamy Delight, and More!
Chicken is a highly adaptable food that can serve to make numerous tasty foods. Wonder whether a hot pie, a thick soup, or a flaky pastry would suit you the best?
It’s such a good feeling to cuddle up to your dinner plate, all snug and warm, and then at the same time, you relish the delicious, rich, and tasteful meal.
How about we consider these terrific and savory chicken dishes that are a little less difficult to prepare but still neighbor with great tastes?
Chicken Tamale Pie (Mexican Comfort Dish)
Servings: 8-10
Keep stirring the lumpy dough, which will eventually become thick and smooth.
Ingredients:
- 4 tablespoons margarine or butter, divided
- 1 onion, chopped
- 1 minced garlic
- 2 cups chicken, cooked and cubed
- 1 can (12 oz) tomato puree
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 1 cup pitted and chopped ripe olives
- 1 tsp ground coriander seed
- 3 tsp salt, divided
- 1 tsp ground pepper
- 6 cups chicken broth, divided
- 2 cups of cornmeal
Instructions:
- Heat 1 tsp of butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the onion and garlic, and sauté for 1 minute.
- Mix the chicken with tomato puree, chili powder, olives, coriander, 1 tsp salt, pepper, and 1/2 cup chicken broth in a large bowl.
- Cover and simmer for 15 minutes at a low heat.
- Heat oven to 325°F. The rest of the broth is boiled in a saucepan.
- Add salt and butter, and then mix in the cornmeal.
- Bake for 1 1/2 hours.
- Serve warm and enjoy!
Empanada Pie (South America Chicken Pot Pie)
Makes 4
Give a flavorful twist to a traditional pot pie with flaky pastry and scrumptious filling in this dish!
For the Pastry:
- 2 cups of all-purpose flour
- 3/4 tsp salt
- 8 tablespoons margarine or butter, divided
- 2 tablespoons shortening or lard
- 1/3 cup cold water
For filling:
- 1/2 cup pitted and sliced green olives
- 1 cup sliced onion
- 1 cup sliced green pepper
- 1 optional hot green chili, sliced
- 1 cup sliced tomatoes
- 1 cup raisins
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1 teaspoon tomato paste
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup diced cooked chicken
- 1 beaten egg
Instructions:
- Combine salt and flour in a bowl.
- Cut in 6 tablespoons of lard and butter and mix to a crumby mixture.
- Add water and stir to form a dough.
- Chill in the refrigerator when not in use.
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Roll out 2/3 pastry and press in a 9-inch pie plate, then prick with a fork for venting.
- Roll out the top pastry for the top crust.
- Melt 2 tablespoons butter in a frying pan and fry onion and pepper for 3 minutes or until tender.
- Add the olives, raisins, vinegar, tomatoes, and tomato paste, and stir for 5 minutes.
- Add salt and cinnamon, then stir in chicken.
- Fill with filling and cover with top crust.
- Seal the edge and make a decorative edge with a knife, then brush with egg for glaze.
- Bake in the oven for 30 minutes, until golden brown.
Fancy Chicken Puff Pie (Rich & Creamy Delight)
Servings: 4
Open-faced pastry with chicken breast, ham, and asparagus—a dish, usually eaten on one special day—is one of my favorites.
- 1/4 cup minced scallions or shallots
- 1/4 cup flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/4 cup sherry
- Salt and white pepper, to taste
- A dash of nutmeg
- 1/4 pound thin slices of ham
- 3 cups thin chicken and ham slices
- 1 1/2 cups thin slices of asparagus
- 1 cup thick cream
- 1 sheet puff pastry
- 1 beaten egg
Instructions:
- Turn oven to 425°F.
- In a frying pan, melt butter and sauté minced scallions.
- Add in flour and stir for 3 minutes
- Slow stir in sherry and broth.
- Bring to a boil, stirring.
- Add in pepper, salt, and nutmeg.
- Simmer for 5 minutes
- Stir in chicken, ham, asparagus, and cream.
- Put the mixture in a 9-inch pie dish
- Roll out the puff pastry and cover mixture.
- Brush with egg and make pastry decorative slits
- Bake at 425°F for 10 minutes, then 350°F for 10-15 minutes, or till a golden brown
Chicken à la King with Buttermilk Biscuits (Classic Comfort Dish)
Rich, full, and a family staple, this dish is best over homemade or store-purchased buttermilk biscuits.
Servings: 3-4
- 2 cups chicken, in chunks
- 1/8 teaspoon ground pepper
- 1/2 cup pimento, in chunks
- 1/4 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced
- Two cans of cream of chicken soup (10.5 ounces each).
- Combine these ingredients in a saucepan over low heat and simmer for 20 minutes and warm them through
- Serve over warm biscuits
Buttermilk Biscuits
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 cup shortening or butter
- 3/4 cup buttermilk
- Turn oven to 425°F.
- Combine together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Cut in shortening and mix till it is crumby.
- Stir in buttermilk till a dough forms.
- Roll out dough and cut out 2-inch rounds
- Bake 15-20 minutes till a golden brown
Chicken and Corn Soup (Light and Comforting)
Not much, but it is a simple meal you enjoy on a cold day.
Servings: 2-3
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 1/2 cups cooked chicken, in chunks
- 1 can (8 3/4 oz) cream-style corn
- 1 tablespoon dry sherry
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 1/2 tablespoons and 3 tablespoons mixed together with cornstarch
- 1 cup watercress leaves
- Put these ingredients in a pot and warm chicken broth over a low flame.
- Throw in chicken, sherry, salt, and pepper, cover, and let simmer for 2-3 minutes.
- Combine water and cornstarch, then add to pot and simmer for 1-2 minutes and thicken a little.
- Add watercress and serve hot.
Serve yourself these tasty chicken dishes 🙂
