Recipes - Chicken Pot Pie w/ Cornbread Crust

How pretty does this dish look? I know! Too bad it didn't taste as good as it looked.

Recipe created by Cristina Ferrare
Ingredients:
Filling:

* 1 Tbsp. olive oil
* 1 Tbsp. unsalted butter
* 1 medium Onion , chopped
* 1/4 cup flour
* 2 cups chicken stock
* 2 cups chopped Roasted Chicken
* 1/2 cup frozen sweet petite peas
* 1 potato , diced and boiled
* 1 1/2 cup chopped, cooked carrots
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* Cracked pepper
* Dash of Tabasco® sauce

Crust:
* 3/4 cup white or yellow cornmeal
* 3/4 cup flour
* 1 Tbsp. baking powder
* 1 1/2 Tbsp. sugar
* 1/2 tsp. salt
* 3/4 cup milk
* 1 large egg
* 2 Tbsp. canola oil

To make filling: Preheat the oven to 400°. Spray a 2-quart casserole with cooking spray. In a large sauce pan, heat olive oil and unsalted butter together. Add onion and sauté until tender, about 4 or 5 minutes. Add in flour until blended. Slowly stir in 2 cups of heated chicken stock, whisking well. Cook mixture over medium heat until thickened and bubbly, about 4 minutes. Stir in chicken, peas, potato, carrots, salt, pepper and Tabasco®. Pour into a 2-quart ovenproof casserole dish coated with cooking spray and spread mixture evenly.

To make crust: In a bowl, stir cornmeal, flour, baking powder, sugar and salt. Stir milk, egg and canola oil until well combined. Stir wet ingredients into dry ingredients. Spoon the batter evenly on the filling. Bake until the top is golden brown, about 22 to 25 minutes.


So, things w/ cornbread aren't exactly low calorie, but i really wanted to make this comfort food. This would have been good if it were saucier and less of a cornbread crust. I found that all i wanted to do was slather on butter so that it didn't taste as dry. If i make this again i would increase the broth by 1-2C. Remember you need to increase flour if you do this too (and salt/Tabasco too). I think in doing that, i won't feel the need to add butter. Also, the crust was just as thick as the pie filling. It just felt like too much to me. No need to overdo it. I would probably decrease the crust by 1/2.