Easy Chicken Pot Pie Recipe

Directions:

1. In a large stock pot, bring water with chicken flavored bouillon to a boil.
2. Add chicken breast and cook until done. Cool and shred.
3. In same water, add basil, pepper flakes, salt and pepper, and garlic cloves, potatoes, carrots, celery, red bell pepper and onion and cook until almost done.
4. Return chicken to same pot with these ingredients keeping at a medium low heat.
5. In a separate bowl, combine cream of celery soup, cream of chicken soup, and sour cream.
6. Slowly fold into chicken and vegetable mixture.
7. If the sauce does not seem thick enough to your liking, in a separate saucepan make a white sauce by melting 1/4 c butter, adding 1/4 c flour and stirring constantly until made into paste. Add 1/2 & 1/2 or milk, stirring constantly until desired thickness is achieved. Add a small amount at a time to chicken mixture, stirring constantly, until desired thickness.
8. Pour approximately 1/3 of chicken mixture into an 8 x 8 casserole dish. Repeat with remaining chicken mixture for later use - or cool this mixture completely and then separate into (2) ziploc freezer bags. Label and date bags to thaw and bake later.
9. IF you are ready to bake your casserole as soon as you have made the chicken mixture: layer with biscuits and bake at 350 for approx 15-20 minutes or until biscuits are golden brown.
10. IF, however, you are making this dish AHEAD OF TIME, then refrigerate in casserole dish until ready to bake; approx one hour before eating.
11. Bake, covered, chicken mixture only, at 350 for approximately 50 minutes or until hot all the way through.
12. Layer with biscuits and return to oven for approx 15-20 minutes longer, or until biscuits are golden brown.
13. NOTE: This recipe can be easily adjusted down to 1/2 for (2) 9 x 13 casserole's or to 1/3 for (3) 8 x 8 casseroles, as stated above.
14. ALSO, when layering my biscuits over chicken mixture, I sometimes will peel the biscuits down to make sure I have enough to cover everything. This is why I use the Grands - they are thicker in size and can be peeled down.