Lattice Chicken Pie

Preparation info
  • Makes

    5 to 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Farm Journal's Complete Pie Cookbook

By Nell B. Nichols

Published 1965

  • About

Count on this 2-crust pie to make friends and to disappear quickly

Ingredients

  • 1 (3 lb.) broiler-fryer, cut up
  • 3 c. water
  • 3

Method

  • Simmer chicken with water, celery tops, 1 tsp. salt and peppercorns until tender, about 1 hour. Remove from broth; cool slightly. Strain broth and make gravy (recipe follows).
  • Slip skin from chicken and remove from bones while still warm. Cut into bite-size pieces and combine with peas, pimiento and 2 c. Chicken Gravy.
  • Sift flour and 1 tsp. salt in bowl