Chicken and Bacon Pot Pie with Bacon Cheddar Biscuits
What can be better than a creamy chicken and bacon pot pie, topped with bacon cheddar biscuits? It is said that bacon makes everything better, and this Chicken and Bacon Pot Pie with Bacon Cheddar Biscuits is proof that it is true!
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 40 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 4-6 servings
Calories
Author Deborah Harroun
Ingredients
Chicken and Bacon Pot Pie
6slicesbacondiced
3carrotspeeled, cut in half lengthwise, then sliced (about 1 1/4 cups sliced carrots)
1medium oniondiced (about 1 1/4 cup diced onion)
2stalks of celerysliced (about 1 cup sliced celery)
3clovesgarlicminced
1cupfrozen peas
4tablespoonsbutter
4tablespoonsflour
2cupschicken broth
1/3cupheavy cream
2cupscookedshredded chicken
Bacon Cheddar Biscuits
3slicesbacondiced
1 1/2cupsall-purpose flour
1 1/2teaspoonsbaking powder
1/4teaspoonsalt
6tablespoonsbuttercut into small pieces
3/4cupshredded cheddar cheese
3/4cupheavy cream
1tablespoonbuttermelted
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 400ºF.
Heat a large skillet over medium heat. Add the bacon and cook until crisp. Remove with a slotted spoon to a paper towel lined plate and set aside.
Drain the bacon grease from the skillet, leaving about 1 tablespoon in the skillet. Return to the heat and add the carrots, onion and celery and cook until softened, about 5-8 minutes. Stir in the garlic and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add in the peas and cook for an additional minute. Season with salt and pepper, then pour the vegetable mixture into a 9x13-inch baking dish. Set aside.
Return the skillet to the heat and melt the butter over medium heat. Sprinkle in the flour and whisk for a minute. Slowly whisk in the chicken broth. Continue to cook until the mixture starts to bubble and become thick. Once the consistency of cream, stir in the heavy cream and cook an additional minute. Stir in the reserved bacon and the chicken. Pour the mixture over the vegetables in the dish. Cover with foil while you make the biscuits.
In a small skillet, cook the bacon until crisp. Remove to a paper towel lined plate and set aside.
In a bowl, combine the flour, baking powder and salt. Add the butter, and with a fork or a pastry cutter, cut the butter into the flour mixture until it resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in the cheddar cheese and the bacon. Add the cream and stir just until combined.
Dust a work surface with flour and pour the mixture out onto it. Knead a few times, just until the mixture comes together. Roll the dough out to about 1/3” thick. Using a round cutter, about 3” in diameter, cut out 9-12 biscuits. (I don’t like to re-roll the scraps as they can become tough, so I will just bake the scraps on a separate baking sheet to let the kids eat.)
Uncover the pot pie mixture and place the biscuits on top. Bake the until the pot pie is bubbly and the biscuits have started to brown, about 20-25 minutes. If the biscuits start to get too brown, cover the dish with foil. Remove from the oven.
As soon as the dish comes out of the oven, brush the melted butter on top of the biscuits. Let the mixture sit for 5 minutes before serving.