CHICKEN PIE

By stepjo7269

Aunt Nancy

Ingredients

• Filling:
• 1 chicken boiled in 3 C. water (save broth)
• 4 hard boiled eggs, sliced
• 1 small can LeSuers English peas, drained
• 1/2 c. butter
• 1/4 c. flour
• 1/4 C. chopped onion
• 1 tea. celery salt
• 1 tea. black pepper
• ½ tea. salt
• 2 C. milk (I used 1 C.)
• 3 C. broth ( I used 2 C.)
• Crust:
• 2 C. flour
• 10 T. (scant 2/3 C.) Crisco
• 1 raw egg
• 3-4 T. ice cold water
• make crust:
• Work shortening into flour until well blended. Add egg and work into flour mixture. Add water as needed to make dough.
• Roll dough on floured pastry cloth and line a 3 qt. casserole with ½ of the dough.
• Boil the chicken until tender. Debone chicken.
• Layer the chicken on the bottom of the crust.
• Add eggs then English peas.
• Sauce:
• Melt butter over low heat. Add flour; do not brown. Then add: remaining ingredients except broth. Cook until thickened.
• Add 2 c. broth and mix well. Pour over the chicken mixture.
• Top with remaining crust. (May cut into strips if desired.)

Preparation

Step 1

Bake at 400 F. until brown (approximately 30 minutes).