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Pennsylvania Dutch Chicken Pot Pie

Pennsylvania Dutch Chicken Pot Pie

Melanie - Gather for Bread
Traditional PA Dutch chicken pot pie. Homemade comfort food recipe. One pot old fashioned dinner with homemade noodles. Amish style cooking at home.
5 from 5 votes
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour 30 minutes
Total Time 2 hours
Course Main
Cuisine American
Servings 6 -8

Ingredients
  

  • 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

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 parsley. Bring to a boil. Cover and reduce 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 processor on add 5 Tablespoons 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 just find the food processor to be the easiest for this.)
  • On a floured surface flatten dough into a circle. With a pastry rollerr using flour as necessary to keep from 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 floured baking sheet. You can pile on top of each other just make sure there's plenty of flour 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.
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