Store-bought chicken pot pie?

[Phils]

Theo,

Not necessary to apologize for the thread... it's a good one and the word "tractor" was even used a few times!

Now I want to find and try a "chicken pie".

Phil

 

[curly]

If you could get a pie pan shaped like a tractor...that alone woul;d make the cpp better

 

[rox]

Who says you have to tell them a caterer did the work?

You are not bothering anyone with the thread. Its a good one. I wanna see how this turns out for you and if Rox can manage to surprise the French Chief Hubby.

Its How the Chicken Pot Pie Turns...

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Later,
Dan

Good news and bad news,
Good news is today we finally finished pulling the suckers off all the trees. I think we must have been at that a good three weeks. Bad news is we were both to tired to cook a regular dinner so we agreed jsut to each make what we wanted. I chose Belgium endive, cut in half lengthwise sauteed in Mas Des Bories Olive oil, when cooked through I added sugar to carmalize and had a whole big plateful. The contrast between the bitterness of the Belgium endive and the sweet of the carmel is delicious yum-yum. Hubby heated up some frozen snails and then made a sandwich of left over roast beef. So the bad news is no chicken a la king tonight.

Now the good news. Two fields on one of our upper terraces are so full of weeds hubby is going to rototill tomorrow (the rest of the 12 acres we hand weeded). So that means I will be in the house by myself tomorrow and can sneak cooking without him looking over my shoulder. I already took out the chicken this morning from the freezer so tomorrow will be the chicken a la king ambush day

Honestly it is not just my husband virtually all the French are very very interested in their food and are highly suspecious of anything they have not had before. We had our neighbor over for Mexican food and he really approached it with trepidation. I'm not kidding you at every single dinner party or big family get together the talk always ends up about food, men and women.

They use a much wider assortment of ingedients/raw materials over here. It is not jsut buying a chicken over here but what kind of chicken. And at every party an effort is made to bring a good wine and of course finished off with different home made liquors. My husband makes a heck of a cherries in pure grain alcohol. I have to go to the pharmacy to get the alchohol and they limit you to 2 liters at a time but they know me there so I can get as much as I want. He takes the fresh cherries from our tree adds sugar and water and the alchohol and lets it sit for a month and then it is done. There is a lot of trading around in home made foods over here. What is really great is when my brother in law comes with his homemade Italian sausage.

So food over here is a big deal and tomorrow I am going all out for an ambush of chicken a la king. Will have to go to the store to buy American bread as I want it authentic. I'll be following Bird's recipe, I ahve got my fingers crossed.

Edit: I came up with a good idea. I'm not going to tell him it is chicken a la king, I'm going to tell him it is chicken on toast. I'm afraid if I use the words "chicken a la king" it will turn him off and he won't eat it. Chicken on toast is more French sounding since toast is a French word. They do a lot of appetizers on toast here so I am probably safe with that description.

 

[sunspot]

the bad news is that i found some chicken pies that were very high in taste and quality but did not contain any vegetables at all (hence chicken pie vs chicken pot pie).
Theo

Are you going to share where chicken pies can be had?

 

[Bird]

Rox, you know if you go to google.com and search for "chicken ala king recipes" you'll find dozens of variations. I just now looked and the first one I came up with here is about what I do, but I haven't been putting bell pepper in mine. Of course since I do like bell peppers, that might be a good addition to the recipe. And of course, I've normally just used whole milk instead of half and half, and normally just use canned mushrooms since we always have some of those on hand.

 

[rox]

Rox, you know if you go to google.com and search for "chicken ala king recipes" you'll find dozens of variations. I just now looked and the first one I came up with here is about what I do, but I haven't been putting bell pepper in mine. Of course since I do like bell peppers, that might be a good addition to the recipe. And of course, I've normally just used whole milk instead of half and half, and normally just use canned mushrooms since we always have some of those on hand.

Bird I'm a little worried about the pimentos since I have never seen him eat them ever. He done'st even eat olives with pimentos in them. I'm really debating wethere to put in piments. I like pimentos but I am leaning agoinst putting them in. I think I'll use red peppers instead. And also I think I'll get some fresh peas and add that in, but other than that I'
l'll follow the recipe. I'm kind of excited to surprise him.

 

[JDeereman]

Theo,

Not necessary to apologize for the thread... it's a good one and the word "tractor" was even used a few times!

Now I want to find and try a "chicken pie".

Phil

Thanks for your support phil. and always remember that green tractors are the way to go.

Theo

 

[JDeereman]

If you could get a pie pan shaped like a tractor...that alone woul;d make the cpp better

I am having a hard enough time finding round pies of the right size namely big. so many brands out there but mostly small one serving size 8 to 10 ounce. the large pies are few and several chicken only and not chicken pot pies.

Theo

 

[JDeereman]

Are you going to share where chicken pies can be had?

So far the best ones are the most expensive ones and they are served up by the bakery in portland mentioned early on at $18 each for large and $11.50 each for small size. i could serve up tenderloin steaks cheaper but unless i find something better or at least as good and cheaper, i will swallow hard and pay handsomely for my flub. two more frozen brands are in the toaster oven as i write this. when i am done i plan to write a book so long as i survive this crazy mission with my sanity still intact.

Theo

 

[JDeereman]

Rox, you know if you go to google.com and search for "chicken ala king recipes" you'll find dozens of variations. I just now looked and the first one I came up with here is about what I do, but I haven't been putting bell pepper in mine. Of course since I do like bell peppers, that might be a good addition to the recipe. And of course, I've normally just used whole milk instead of half and half, and normally just use canned mushrooms since we always have some of those on hand.

Bird i know you mentioned toast but isn't chicken a la king served mainly over fresh baked puff pastry shells if you want to impress? i'm thinking rox should go that route to play it safe. other options beside shells and toast include noodles, bisquits and rice.

Theo