Description
Traditional PA Dutch chicken pot pie. Homemade comfort food recipe. One pot old fashioned dinner with homemade noodles. Amish style cooking at home.
Ingredients
Units Scale
- 1 whole chicken (about 5 lbs)
- 1 bay leaf
- 4 stalks celery (chopped)
- 4 medium carrots (chopped)
- 1 medium onion (finely chopped)
- 1 -2 tablespoons fresh parsley or 1-2 teaspoons dried parsley
- salt and pepper, to taste
Pot Pie Dough:
- 2 cups flour + extra for rolling out
- 1 egg + 2 egg yolks
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 5-6 Tablespoons milk
Instructions
- Remove anything inside the chicken. Rinse the chicken. Place chicken in a dutch oven or stock pot. Cover with water. Add a bay leaf and 1 teaspoon of parsley. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce the heat to low-medium. Simmer for about 1 hour or until thoroughly cooked.
- Turn off the heat. Remove chicken from broth. Allow chicken to cool. Meanwhile, strain broth.
- Once cool. Remove chicken from bones. You’ll need about 4 cups. Reserve the rest for another use.
For pot pie squares:
- In a food processor, add flour, egg, egg yolks and salt. With the processor on, add 5 Tablespoons of milk through the chute. The dough should come together easily and form into a ball. If it’s too dry, add an additional tablespoon of milk. If it’s too dry add flour a tablespoon a time until dough forms easily into a ball. (You can also use a stand mixer or mix by hand. I find the food processor to be the easiest for this.)
- On a floured surface flatten dough into a circle. With a pastry roller or rolling pin, using flour as necessary to prevent sticking. Roll out to about 1/8 inch thickness.
- Using a pizza cutter, cut into approx 2-inch squares. If there’s extra dough on the edges, roll into a ball and repeat.
- Place squares on a floured baking sheet. You can pile them on top of each other, just make sure there’s plenty of flour between them to keep them from sticking.
For Pot Pie:
- Heat chicken broth in a Dutch oven and add carrots and celery. Cook until softened, about 15-20 minutes. Turn up the heat, bring to a boil. Drop dough squares one at a time into the pot, stirring frequently. If you drop a bunch in together they will stick together in a clump.
- Maintain a very gentle boil, cook the dough for 4-6 minutes. Add the reserved chicken and chopped fresh parsley. Stir and season with salt and pepper to taste. Cook until hot. Serve.
- Prep Time: 30 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour 30 minutes
- Category: Main
- Cuisine: American



