Humble chicken pie

Name: Humble chicken pie
Cook time: 120 min
Total time: 120 min
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 1 leftover free-range chicken carcass, plus up to 300g leftover cooked chicken; 4 rashers of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon; olive oil; 2 onions; 3 large carrots; 2 potatoes or 250g celeriac; a few sprigs of fresh thyme; 2 fresh bay leaves; 200g button mushrooms; 250g plain flour, plus 1 heaped tablespoon; 125g unsalted butter (cold); 1 large free-range egg

2 hrs

Not Too Tricky

serves 6

About the recipe

For this recipe, you will need 1 leftover chicken carcass, plus up to 300g leftover cooked chicken. A simple delicious chicken stew done one of my favourite ways – topped with gorgeous crumbly pastry. Enjoy!

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nutrition per serving

Calories

27%

Fat

37%

Saturates

65%

Sugars

Salt

12%

Protein

46%

Carbs

21%

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

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By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

1 leftover free-range chicken carcass, plus up to 300g leftover cooked chicken

4 rashers of higher-welfare smoked streaky bacon

olive oil

2 onions

3 large carrots

2 potatoes or 250g celeriac

a few sprigs of fresh thyme

2 fresh bay leaves

200g button mushrooms

250g plain flour, plus 1 heaped tablespoon

125g unsalted butter (cold)

1 large free-range egg

Method

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