The Best Chicken Pie Recipe With Biscuits

Here's my easy chicken pie recipe with biscuits! This was a classic fall comfort meal in my home growing up and now I'm pleased to show you exactly how to recreate it. Enjoy!

My mom's chicken pie recipe with biscuits was always one of my favorites. She made a variety of delicious fall dinner recipes such as multiple cozy fall soups, my Granny's soft dinner rolls, or even one of her fancy salad recipes. Even so, chicken pie is just the best!

What made her recipe stand out was the drop biscuits on top instead of the usual pie crust. Don't get me wrong, I love a good oil-based pie crust topping. But, enjoying a buttery biscuit with warm, bubbly chicken pie filling is just so good.

One of the perks of this chicken pie recipe with biscuits is that it's basically one dish. Protein, fats, veggies, and carbs are all included. It's also a heartier meal to keep your family's bellies full and satisfied longer.

You'll love this recipe, I promise. Try it out and you'll see that it's super easy, super yummy, and super cozy!

Tips To Make The Best Chicken Pot Pie Recipe With Biscuits

Get the consistency of the chicken pie filling on point! There's a tendency to make it too watery or overly thick, but the goal is to have a gravy-like consistency for the filling. Coating the veggies in flour and then adding chicken broth to create a gravy sauce is the best way to accomplish this.

If the biscuits need more time to cook yet they are getting too brown then you can cover the baking dish with aluminum foil to prevent burning!

You really don't want to fully cook the chicken at the start of this recipe when you brown the chicken chunks before adding them to the chicken pot pie filling. Fully cooked chicken at this stage will make over-cooked, tough chicken in the end product since the pot pie will get baked for an additional 30-40 minutes.

When it comes to the biscuits, you have to use cold butter. Using softened, room temperature butter will not create the same butter, fluffy texture for these biscuits.

Why You'll Love This Chicken Pie Recipe With Biscuits

Mixing up the filling and biscuits takes only 30 minutes! Making the chicken filling as well as the drop biscuits can be done within 30 minutes. After that, it's just the oven doing all of the work!

Freeze the biscuits for later use. To do this, simply mix up the batter, shape into biscuits and flash freeze before putting into freezer bags to freeze for up to 3 months. Pull them out whenever you're ready to bake!

Double the recipe to freeze! Additionally, you can double the entire recipe to make an extra chicken pot pie for the freezer. When you're ready to use it, place it in the fridge 2-3 days in advance to thaw and then reheat in the oven at 350 until the filling is bubbly.

Save money with this chicken pot pie recipe with biscuits. Using frozen peas and carrots as well as mixing up your own biscuit batter is affordable! It uses pantry staple items as well as cheaper produce.

Chicken Pie Ingredients

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Chicken breast-Or, chicken tenders and chicken thighs would both work great.

Frozen peas and carrots mix-Instead of frozen carrots, you could also use fresh carrots diced very small.

Celery

Chicken broth

All purpose flour-This will be used to thicken the chicken pie filling.

Butter-Butter is only used for cooking, so you could choose to use oil instead if you wish.

Thyme

Parsley

Oregano

Salt -Redmond Real salt is my favorite! I use it for literally everything, including this recipe!

Pepper

Drop Biscuit Ingredients

Flour-I recommend using all purpose flour or bread flour.

Unsalted butter

Milk

Kosher salt

Baking powder

How To Make Drop Biscuits From Scratch

Start by whisking together 2 cups of flour, 1 tablespoon of baking powder and 1 ¼ teaspoon of kosher salt in a large mixing bowl.

Next, cut 1 stick of cold butter into small cubes and add it into the dry ingredients. Use your hands, a fork, or a pastry cutter to combine the butter into the dry ingredients until the dough resembles coarse meal.

Finally, add ¾ cup of milk and stir until just combined. If needed, add up to 1 cup of milk if the dough isn't coming together. It should be a thick batter and slightly sticky.

How To Make Chicken Pot Pie Filling

First, prep your ingredients. This includes slicing 4 chicken breasts or thighs into bite size chunks as well as dicing ½ of an onion and ½ cup of celery.

Second, heat a large cast iron skillet over medium heat and melt about a tablespoon of butter. Once the butter is sizzling, add chicken chunks into the pan along with salt, pepper, thyme, parsley, and oregano. Cook until browned but not completely cooked through. Remove the chicken and set it on a paper towel lined plate to drain excess grease.

To the same skillet, add another tablespoon of butter along with the ½ diced onion. Cook the onion until translucent and fragrant. Next, add in 2 minced garlic cloves. Let this cook for another 30 seconds.

After this, add 1 12 oz package of frozen peas and carrots to the skillet along with ½ cup of chopped celery. Stir to combine and cook for another 5-7 minutes until the veggies have softened.

Once the veggies have softened, coat them in 2-3 tablespoons of flour and stir until the flour has dissolved. Flour will be the thickening agent for the chicken pie gravy filling. Add 2 cups of chicken broth to the skillet and stir until combined.

Finally, stir back in the chicken chunks to complete the chicken pie filling.

You can choose to bake the chicken pie recipe with biscuits directly in the cast iron skillet. Or, transfer the chicken filling into a baking dish. Top with 6-9 drop biscuits (this depends on how large you make your biscuits and how large your baking dish is).

Bake the chicken pot pie for 30-40 minutes in a preheated oven at 375. The drop biscuits will be golden brown and the filling should be bubbling. Be careful to avoid overcooking as this could result in tough/chewy drop biscuits.

Chicken Pie Recipe With Biscuits FAQs

What ingredients do I need for chicken pot pie?

• 4 chicken breast
• 12 oz bag of frozen peas and carrots
• ½ celery diced
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 2-3 tbs flour (thickening agent)
• thyme
• oregano
• salt
• pepper
• parsley
• butter
• 2 pie crusts or drop biscuits

What are some common mistakes to avoid when making chicken pot pie?

Avoid making chicken pot pie too watery by adding enough flour to thicken the consistency. Also, make sure you don't overcook the chicken and make it too tough. Additionally, be sure to cook your crust through the entire way.

Does chicken pot pie have potatoes in it?

Potatoes are an optional add in to chicken pot pie. For a lower carb option, cut out the potatoes and stick to pie crust or drop biscuits. Or, use sweet potatoes instead of russet potatoes for additional health benefits.

What gives chicken pot pie its flavor?

Give chicken pot pie by using lots of spices and seasoning such as high quality salt, freshly ground black pepper, thyme, parsley, and oregano. Also using a good amount of fats such as butter will help produce better flavor in a chicken pie. Use chicken broth to thicken the filling as well instead of water.

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