Skillet Chicken & Biscuits Pot Pie

Life is Short, Lick the Spoon…

What to d with leftover Alison’s chicken…A stormy night and a hearty chicken pot pie just made for each other, especially when herby biscuits top it off… I had half of a roasted chicken and some of the roasted onions and garlic from last night (Alison’s Anchovy Butter Chicken), and what could be better for dinner when the rain storms are predicted. This recipe is pretty easy and delicious to boot and begins with a nice stock made from the roasted chicken carcass, a few additional herbs, and some of the roasted onions, and garlic simmered for 45 minutes or so then strained. I pulled all of the chicken from the bones and reserved it for the thick, creamy pot pie mixture once all the aromatics and vegetables had been prepared.

Butter 4 tablespoons
1 rib of celery and some of the tender inner leaves and small ribs, diced
1/2 of a sweet onion, diced
1 large carrot, scrubbed clean and diced
1/2-3/4 peeled and diced baking potato
4 cloves of roasted garlic, smashed
Fresh rosemary leaves, chopped about 1/2 tablespoon
4 Fresh sage leaves, chopped
Freshly chopped parsley to your taste
3 sprigs of fresh thyme, leaves only
1/4 cup flour
1+1/2 cups whole milk
1 cup better than bouillon chicken stock, or chicken bone broth
1 cup frozen peas
Salt and pepper to taste or pepper or AM brand salt blend and pepper
Cheater… 1 can of Grands biscuits
*Optional: 3 Tablespoons Optional garlic butter or Cheddar Bay Biscuit seasoning to brush over the biscuits

Prepare all of your ingredients to make the whole process go smoothly. Melt butter in an 8″ cast iron pan, when melted add all of your diced veggies and herbs and cook for about 8 or so minutes, stirring often to soften, toss in the flour and thoroughly blend in and cook for 1 to 1+1/2 minutes. Add some of the chicken broth, stir in, and then add the rest. Stir in the milk slowly, stirring until thickened.
At this point taste for seasoning, add additional salt and pepper to taste and any extra chopped herbs that you may like. Gently simmer for several minutes (about minutes).