The Ultimate Cozy Comfort Food
One of my top 5 comfort foods, chicken pot pie with biscuits is a hearty, warming and oh-so-cozy dish that’s an entire meal in and of itself, no side dishes needed.
What’s to Love
Great for making in advance. I love to make the components in advance, then just toss everything together and drop it in the oven for an easy weeknight dinner. If you want to make everything in one go, you’ll still be able to finish it within an hour. It’s a full meal. While a salad on the side wouldn’t hurt, this is really a filling and complete meal on its own. You’ve got your meat, veggies, and biscuits all in one pot. Made from scratch. Of course you can use canned biscuits if you must, but this recipe is written so you can make it entirely from scratch. Versatile. Swap in your favorite veggies or swap out the heavy cream for whatever dairy (or non-dairy) milk is in your fridge.
This recipe is also super nostalgic to me. I have so many warm memories of my grandmother making a giant batch of chicken pot pie with biscuits and then sharing it for dinner by the wood stove (followed by her cream puffs or apple dumplings for dessert!). I’m not sure how the weather is where you are, but there’s a chill in the air here and I’m hungry, so let’s learn how to make chicken pot pie with biscuits.
What You Need
Let’s talk a little bit about the ingredients we’re using:
Biscuit dough. I’m using a slightly scaled up version of my biscuit recipe. I originally just used the recipe as written but Zach decided he needed more biscuit, so here we are. In a pinch, sure, you could substitute one of those tubes of store-bought biscuits, but my recommendation is from scratch. You’ll need flour, baking powder, sugar, salt, milk, and butter to make these at home. Chicken. You’ll need pre-cooked chicken for this recipe (it’s great if you have leftovers you need to use!). You can buy and pick a rotisserie chicken, dice some cooked chicken breast, or you can shred your chicken in the slow-cooker or in the instant pot. You can substitute turkey if you have that, but I do have a turkey pot pie I prefer that suits that meat better! Veggies. I use fresh onion, potatoes (russet are my preference, though just about any would work) and fresh carrots, as well as frozen mixed veggies. Butter and flour are used to thicken the sauce (we’re making a simple roux). Chicken broth. These days I have been making my chicken stock from scratch, but store-bought will work just fine. You could also use vegetable broth. Heavy cream. This adds body to the chicken pot pie with biscuits and a subtle creaminess (without making it too rich). You can use heavy cream, whipping cream, double cream, or even half and half or milk, just keep in mind these will make the sauce a bit thinner. Spices: Salt and pepper, I list amounts but always taste-test and adjust as needed, as your chicken or broth may have more or less flavor than mine. Smoked paprika is my secret ingredient for the best flavor (it’s not a traditional pot pie ingredient but it’s so good, I also use it in my chicken and rice soup!), ground mustard, and just a dash of dried thyme
This is just an overview of the ingredients I used and why. For the full recipe please scroll down to the bottom of the post!
How to Make Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits
Make the Biscuits
I like to make the biscuit layer in my food processor. This makes quick work of things, is less messy, and is also the technique I use for making my scones (cause it’s just so darn easy). If you don’t have a food processor or just don’t want to lug yours out, I’ll include notes in the recipe card to make this layer without one. SAM’S TIP: Feel free to make and use my sourdough biscuits instead — yum!
Make the Pot-Pie Filling
This filling layer is very similar to how I make my chicken pot pie soup, just obviously much thicker!
Assemble and Cook
SAM’S TIP: When cutting your biscuit dough, always press straight down (whether using a knife or a biscuit cutter) rather than sawing into the dough. This ensures that the biscuits will rise straight up rather than leaning. Your whole entire house is going to smell amazing the whole time you’re cooking this. Yum.
Tips for Making Chicken Pot Pie with Biscuits
Enjoy! Let’s bake together! Subscribe to my newsletter to be notified of all the newest recipes, and find my free recipe tutorials on YouTube 💜 Recipe originally published October of 2020, I’ve updated the post to include new tips and notes but the recipe is unchanged (it was perfect as-is!).
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