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Chicken Pot Pie with Garden Vegetables

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Chicken Pot Pie with Garden Vegetables

The cosy comfort classic, lightened: a creamy (milk-not-cream) chicken-and-veg filling under a crisp filo top instead of buttery pastry.

~55 mintotal~374 kcalper serving~27g protein~34g carbs~12g fat

Estimated. Worked out from the ingredients using the UK food composition tables, so treat it as a guide rather than a measurement. A typical recipe lands within about a quarter of the true figure. Makes about 4.

Ingredients

  • 2 cups cooked chicken breast (or mushrooms)
  • 1 cup carrots, diced
  • 1 cup peas
  • 1 potato, cubed
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 2 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 cups chicken or vegetable stock
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 tbsp wholemeal flour
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • Salt & pepper
  • 3–4 sheets filo pastry
  • Olive oil spray for the filo

Cooking Steps

  1. Soften the onion, garlic, carrot and potato in olive oil.

  2. Stir in the flour, then gradually add stock and milk, stirring to a light sauce.

  3. Add the chicken, peas and thyme; simmer 5 minutes and season.

  4. Pour into a baking dish.

  5. Scrunch the filo sheets over the top and mist with olive oil.

  6. Bake at 200°C (400°F) for 20–25 minutes until the filo is golden and crisp.

Optional Enhancements

  • All-vegetable with mushrooms and beans
  • Top with mashed sweet potato instead of filo
  • Dairy-free: use oat milk

Plant & Growing Tips

Carrots

  • Direct sow in loose soil; thin early.

Peas

  • Cool-season crop; plant early spring or fall.
  • Require trellising for climbing varieties.

Potatoes

  • Plant seed potatoes in early spring.
  • Hill soil for better yields.

Onions & Garlic

  • As previously described.

Thyme

  • Perennial; thrives in sunny, dry locations.

Natural Pest Control

  • Peas → netting to protect from birds.
  • Carrots → row covers for carrot fly.
  • Potatoes → mulch & hand-pick beetles.
  • Onions → companion plant with carrots.
  • Thyme → deters whiteflies & attracts beneficial insects.

Harvest

Carrots

  • Harvest when smooth, bright, and sized to preference.

Peas

  • Harvest when pods are plump but not bulging.

Potatoes

  • Early potatoes at flowering; main crop when foliage dies back.

Thyme

  • Harvest sprigs anytime.

Storing & Freezing

Fridge up to 3 days; freezes up to 2 months (add filo fresh before baking).

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