Chicken Pot Pie With Homemade Puff Pastry - Alton Brown Recipe

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Chicken Pot Pie With Homemade Puff Pastry - Alton Brown
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  1. In a zip-top bag, combine bread flour, whole wheat flour, salt and butter. Place in freezer for 1 hour.
  2. Place a 10-12 cast iron skillet over high heat. Add 1 tbsp vegetable oil. When it shimmers, cook chicken pieces (in batches, if necessary to avoid crowding) along with 1 tsp kosher salt. When cooked through but not browned, transfer to a large bowl and set aside.
  3. Return pan to heat, but reduce to medium. Add another 1 tbsp oil, then add onions, mushrooms, carrots, celery and garlic, as well as 1 1/2 tsp kosher salt, black pepper, dried thyme and dried tarragon. Cook, stirring often, until onions are wilted, about 4 minutes. Add butter. When melted, sprinkle over flour and stir well for 1-2 minutes to cook out the raw-flour taste. Slowly stir in chicken broth and milk. Bring to a simmer and cook 3 minutes until thickened.
  4. Off heat, return chicken to sauce, along with peas, fresh thyme and fresh tarragon. Place a large flat lid on top of the skillet and set aside.
  5. Dump the flour-butter mixture onto a clean counter. Using a bench scraper, chop into the mixture until the butter is reduced to the size of peas. Sprinkle ice water over the mixture 1-2 tbsp at a time, then fold in with bench scraper. Once 8-10 tbsp of water is incorporated, and the flour is starting to form clumps, scrape the mixture together into a 4 square pile, and start whacking it with a rolling pin, until it forms a 12x4 rectangle. Fold in thirds and repeat. If the butter starts to feel soft, place a baking sheet (which you previously stored in the freezer) on top, then place ice packs or zip-top bags of ice on the sheet pan, for 5-6 minutes, until it firms up again.
  6. After 4 repeats of the letter fold above, the last will be a book fold - fold both ends into the center, then fold in half at the resultant seam. Wrap tightly in parchment paper and refrigerate 1 hour.
  7. Preheat oven to 425°F.
  8. Set 4 16-ounce souffle dishes or onion soup crocks on a baking sheet. Beat together egg wash and have standing by. Cut dough in half; roll one piece out to about 1/4 thick, using bench flour as necessary to avoid sticking. Find a pot lid a little wider than your dishes and use it to trace out two circles from the dough; repeat with the other piece. Brush each disk with egg wash.
  9. Fill dishes almost to the top with chicken mixture. Top each with a disk of dough, egg wash side down. Brush the exposed tops with more egg wash. Bake in preheated oven 15 minutes, then rotate pan 180°, lower heat to 400F and cook another 15-20 minutes until tops are deep brown and crispy. Cool on a rack 10-15 minutes before serving.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 1594.69 Kcal (6677 kJ)
Calories from fat 956 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 106.22g 163%
Cholesterol 260.86mg 87%
Sodium 2501.74mg 104%
Potassium 1410.86mg 30%
Total Carbs 118.86g 40%
Sugars 10.93g 44%
Dietary Fiber 10.04g 40%
Protein 44.17g 88%
Vitamin C 19.2mg 32%
Vitamin A 0.4mg 15%
Iron 88mg 489%
Calcium 320.9mg 32%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 187.43 Kcal (785 kJ)
Calories from fat 112.36 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.48g 163%
Cholesterol 30.66mg 87%
Sodium 294.04mg 104%
Potassium 165.83mg 30%
Total Carbs 13.97g 40%
Sugars 1.28g 44%
Dietary Fiber 1.18g 40%
Protein 5.19g 88%
Vitamin C 2.3mg 32%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 15%
Iron 10.3mg 489%
Calcium 37.7mg 32%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Weightwatchers Points

  • 39.9
    Points
  • 43
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium,
  • High in Total Fat

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