Once you have puff pastry on top of chicken pot pie, you’ll never go back to pie crust or canned biscuits. This recipe is more of an amalgamation of two things that should have been put together a long time ago: my 15-minute puff pastry and the filling from my Lazy Girl Chicken Pot Pie (<–which is chicken pot pie filling on top of toast, if you’ve never been as lazy as me). I was thinking the other day about what kind of dinners for two to share with you. These things are hard to decide for me, because my brain is fully entrenched in sugar. And when I’m not eating sugar, I could eat a greek salad with a scoop of quinoa every day and never tire of it (boring, I know). I started collecting recipe suggestions from friends & family (and you’re more than welcome to leave your requests in the comments below, friends!), and one thing that keeps coming up was how much my Dad loves my Lazy Girl Chicken Pot Pie. It brings up a whole discussion about comfort food for two, and now we will see it through. Plus, these oversized coffee mugs are so cute, I can barely stand it.
Creamy chicken pot pie for two:
So, we’re starting here with creamy chicken pot pie for two. It takes just 1 chicken breast (shredded leftover rotisserie chicken works well), a half batch of my homemade puff pastry (you can slice a store-bought sheet in half & put the rest back in the freezer, though), and a handful of veggies. Truthfully, the whole thing comes together in less than an hour, and I love every bite. I made it 3 times in a row for recipe testing purposes, and discovered that you can make it in a small casserole dish or two large (10-ounce) ramekins. The only caveat with making this creamy chicken pot pie for two in a dish other than an oversized coffee mug is that the filling can bubble up and impede browning on your crust. It’s still perfectly delicious, but if you’re looking for that picture-perfect golden brown crust, you’ll want to use a cooking vessel that lets you drape the crust over the filling without touching it. But really, it’s delicious any way you make it. And now I need more comfort food dinner for two suggestions in the comment section, please. My oven mitts are ready for you :) Quick recap: 1- These are the exact jumbo coffee mugs that I used2- This small casserole dish is a great substitution (pictured below)3- These over-sized shallow ramekins worked well, too. (would have pictured them, but ate them too fast!) SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave *From 1 medium chicken breast, cooked. Or, use leftover rotisserie chicken.
