Pleased to Present: Peaceful Pot Pie
PEACEFUL POT PIE: for peaceful eating, for comfort food, for the love of easy homemade meals.
Ingredients
- 1 package faux chicken, cut into 1/2 inch cubes like Gardein chik'n scallopini or Terryaki Strips or Butler Soy Curls (See recipe notes)
- 1 cup sliced carrots
- 1 cup frozen peas
- 1/2 cup sliced celery
- 1/2 cup chopped onion
- 1/3 cup vegan butter
- 1/3 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon celery seed
- 2 teaspoons faux chicken or veggie broth base or use 1 veggie bouillion cube like Better than Bouillion No Chicken Base (see recipe notes for more)
- 2/3 cup non dairy milk like Westsoy or Trader Joe's soymilk
- 2 9 inch unbaked pie crusts like Wholly Wholesome organic pie shells
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 425 F.
- In a saucepan (about the 2-quart size), combine chick'n, carrots, celery, and peas. Add water enough to cover and bring to a boil. Then turn it down to a simmer for 15 minutes, uncovered.
- After 15 minutes, remove from heat and drain veggies with a strainer over a 2-cup or larger heatproof measuring cup to reserve the liquid. Set veggies aside. Add enough water to reserved veggie cooking liquid to measure to 1 3/4 cups. Add the 2 teaspoons broth base or 1 veggie bouillon cube and mix together. Set aside. (If using broth rather than base or bouillon, then use enough to measure to 1 3/4, omitting the water)
- In the same saucepan. veggies were cooked in, cook onion in the butter over medium heat until soft and translucent.
- Whisk in flour, salt, pepper, and celery seed. Cook for a couple of minutes, then slowly stir in broth and then the non-dairy milk
- Turn heat to low-med and simmer until thickened, stirring frequently. (A few minutes should do)
- Put one pie crust into a pie plate and then spoon veggies into the crust. Pour hot broth over vegetables in the pie crust. Top with remaining pie crust and then cut a few slits in the top crust for steam to escape.
- Place on a baking sheet and bake for 30-35 minutes until golden and bubbly.
Notes
we like Gardein Chick'n Scallopini or Gardein Chicken Terriyaki Strips (without the sauce packet) for our chick'n filling ingredient.
Also, Butler Soy Curls work very well, can be used for a variety of recipes, and can be purchased at Amazon. (must be rehydrated before using in this recipe)
Better than bouillon no chicken base is our go-to choice or Better than Bouillon vegetable base.
Wholly Wholesome organic pie shells are great if not using your own recipe and they make a gluten-free pie crust, too!
Other veggie broth choices are Pacific broth and Edward and Sons bouillon cubes.