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Chicken Pie
Basically you'll some short crust pastry, either make it yourself or just buy ready made.
Line your dish at the bottom ready for the filling.
You'll need about 3 chicken breasts depending on how big you want your pie and how many your feeding.
Cut into pieces and fry with onions. Leave to one side when cooked.
For the filling sauce you'll need the following;
3/4 pint of veg stock
1oz/25g butter
1oz/25g flour
2floz/60ml cream (optional but very tasty with!)
salt and pepper to taste.
Melt your butter, then beat in the flour and cook on a low heat for 2 mins.
Remove from the heat after 2 mins and cool before adding the veg stock, a little at a time.
Bring back to the boil and stir until thick. Turn down the heat and simmer for 15 mins. Add the cream and bring back to simmer.
If you want, you can add mushrooms, garlic and tomato and basil because this is like a basic sauce. Just add them at the simmering stage.
When the sauce is ready pour it in with the chicken and throw in your brocoli and put straight into your pie dish. Then roll out your pie top and cook for about 30mins ish.
Tomato Sauce
3 tbsp oil
3 small onions, peeled and chopped
2 red peppers, chopped
3 courgettes, grated
3 carrots, grated
3 stalks of celery, chopped
1 large pinch of dried oregano
6 x 400g tins of chopped toms
2-3 garlic cloves
Heat enough oil to cover the bottom of a deep pan.
Fry the onion, celery, pepper, courgette, carrot and garlic for 5-10 mins. Add the Oregano and the tomatoes, then season.
Simmer for about 30 mins. Liquidise and when cool, freeze extra sauce.
I love this sauce because it has so much veg in so great for disguising if your kids dont like them and you can use it for loads and loads of dishes.
I use it for spag bol, pizzas, just poured over pasta for really easy dinner, lasagne, pancakes. You name it, you can use it!
HTH