Easy Chicken Pot Pie Recipe - 5 Ingredients & Ready in 30 Minutes (2024)

Try this easy chicken pot pie recipe the next time you’re craving comfort food. This family and reader favorite uses only five ingredients and takes only about 30 minutes to bake. It’s a quick, easy and satisfying meal for busy fall and winter nights.

Chicken pot pie is one of my favorite comfort foods, and this shortcut recipe makes it easy to have it whenever a craving hits.

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This easy chicken pie recipe features chicken breast, carrots, corn, green beans in a delicious sauce sandwiched between two layers of delicious flaky crust. It it SO good!

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I like to joke that I was born under the sign of Pot Pie. On the night before I was born, my mom had chicken pot pie for dinner, and it’s always been one of my favorite foods.

Maybe I was destined to love the savory goodness of gravy, chicken and vegetables baked in a flaky crust.

Back in my 1970s era childhood, pot pie came frozen in cartons from with little cubes of chicken and equally unnatural cubes of carrots and potatoes and peas. This version is so much better than that — and it’s quicker to make, too.

This post was originally published in 2012, and it was updated in 2022 with new photos and tips.

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Recipe

Unlike many other chicken pie recipes that are labor intensive, mine is quick and easy — without sacrificing flavor.

You only need 5 ingredients, plus salt and pepper. It’s a great way to use up leftover chicken, and prep time is minimal since you use a premade pie crust.

If you’re using leftover chicken, which is what I recommend, you’ll need about 10 minutes of prep time and another 30 to 40 minutes of baking time.

This recipe also works with other leftover meats, including turkey, beef and ham. After the holidays, when we have lots of leftover ham, I love making a ham pot pie.

Quick. Tasty. Simple as pie. There’s really no excuse not to try this easy chicken pot pie recipe.

🥘 To Make Chicken Pot Pie, You Will Need:

• Pie crust – You can make a crust from scratch, but I like using a refrigerated pie dough.
• Cream of celery soup – You can substitute cream of mushroom or cream of chicken soup, as well.
• Mixed Vegetables – I typically use frozen mixed vegetables that include carrots, corn, peas and green beans. You could also use canned vegetables or something like Veg-All
• Chicken Broth – I always keep cans or cartons of chicken broth in the pantry to use in recipes.
• Cooked Chicken – Leftover roasted chicken, rotisserie chicken, grilled chicken or poached chicken works for this recipe.
• Deep dish pie pan – For best results, use a deep dish pie pan since the chicken pie has a lot of filling.
• Salt and pepper

📋 How to Make Chicken Pot Pie

Chop or shred leftover chicken for pot pie. I prefer to use only white meat in my chicken pie, and two chicken breasts usually provide enough meat for a pot pie.

If you don’t have leftover chicken to use for this recipe, you can poach two chicken breasts.

Next, whisk together the cream of celery soup and chicken broth in a sauce pan over medium heat. I like the flavor of cream of celery soup, so that’s what I use when I’m making this easy pot pie recipe. But you can use whatever soup you have on hand, including cream of chicken or cream of mushroom.

When I’m making this recipe, I never measure things precisely. It’s very forgiving.

But you’ll probably need about a cup of broth. I prefer a creamier pot pie with a juicy gravy. I will sometimes add a tad more broth once I’ve mixed in the chicken and vegetables to ensure the filling isn’t too dry.

Once the broth and soup are combined and creamy, add in the mixed vegetables to soup mixture.

Cook until heated through, and then stir in the chicken.

Season with salt and pepper, if desired.

Next, press one pie crust into a deep dish pie pan. Trim the edges, if necessary.

Spread the filling into pie crust. Cover with the remaining crust, crimping and trimming the edges, as necessary.

Cut slits in pie crust to let steam escape, or use a pie bird.

For a browner crust, brush the pie crust with an egg wash, avoiding the edges of the crust.

Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 30 to 40 minutes until the crust is lightly browned. To keep the edges of the crust from getting too dark, you may need to cover it with foil or a pie shield.

📖 Variations

• Make this recipe using a mix of leftover white and dark meat chicken.
• Try it with different frozen mixed vegetables or canned mixed vegetables.
• Substitute cream of chicken soup or cream of mushroom soup for the cream of celery soup.
• If you don’t have chicken broth, use water or dissolve a chicken bouillon cube in a cup of boiling water. Adjust the salt, as necessary.
• Use leftover ham, turkey or beef.

Frequently Asked Questions

More Comfort Food Favorites

Try one of these other delicious and easy entrees the next time you’re craving comfort food.

• Cheesy Homemade Lasagna
• Slow Cooker Beef Stroganoff
• White Chicken Chili
• Black Eyed Peas
• Easy Chicken Parmesan

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