Chicken Pie

Name: Chicken Pie
Yield: For 4-6
Ingredients: 1 small boiling chicken; 8 peppercorns, 1 bayleaf, salt; 8 peppercorns, 1 bayleaf, salt; 2 carrots, 1 onion; 2 carrots, 1 onion; 1 oz butter, 1 oz flour; juice of ½ lemon; 8 peppercorns, 1 bayleaf, salt; 1 oz butter, 1 oz flour; 4 oz mushrooms; plain pie pastry; chopped parsley; 6 rashers bacon; top of the milk

Preparation info

For
4-6

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Poor Cook

By Susan Campbell and Caroline Conran

Published 1971

About

Ingredients

1 small boiling chicken
2 carrots, 1 onion
8

Method

Cover the chicken with water in a large saucepan, bring slowly to the boil, skim and add the sliced vegetables, bayleaf, peppercorns and salt. Simmer for 1½ hours or longer, until the bird is tender.

Allow to cool a little in the cooking liquid. Preheat oven to Reg 7/425°. Make