Grandmother's Chicken Pie
Grandmother's Chicken Pie might be a good recipe to expand your main course recipe box. This recipe serves 6. This recipe covers 14% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. One serving contains 450 calories, 17g of protein, and 27g of fat. If you have chicken breasts, buttermilk, sugar, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the buttermilk you could follow this main course with the Buttermilk Pie as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 45 minutes.
Instructions
Place chicken in a lightly greased 1 1/2-quart casserole.
Sprinkle with 1 teaspoon salt and pepper. Set aside.
Combine flour, baking powder, 1 teaspoon salt, sugar, and soda in a mixing bowl, stirring well.
Cut in shortening with a pastry blender until mixture resembles coarse meal.
Add buttermilk, stirring until dry ingredients are moistened.
Turn dough out on a floured surface, and knead lightly 4 or 5 times.
Roll dough to 1/4-inch thickness; cut into 1-inch strips.
Cover chicken with strips of dough, and dot with butter.
Pour hot water evenly over top of pie.
Bake, covered, at 300 for 1 1/2 hours.
Remove cover, and bake an additional 20 minutes or until crust is golden brown.