Make your own Chicken & mushroom pie when you can’t nip to the shops & buy one

This easy and delicious chicken and mushroom pie recipe comes from Abigail Donnelly, Woolworths TASTE’s Food Director.

SERVES 6
DIFFICULTY Easy
PREP TIME 15 minutes
COOKING TIME 30 minutes

Ingredients:

1 tablespoon olive oil
2 tablespoons butter
3 leeks, chopped
Half an onion, chopped
2 cloves crushed garlic
200g brown mushrooms, sliced
2 cups chicken stock
Half cup cream
1 cooked chicken
Puff pastry

Method:

1. Heat the oven to 180ºC.
2. To a pan over a medium heat, add olive oil, butter, chopped leeks, chopped onion and crushed garlic. Gently fry to soften.
3. Add sliced brown mushrooms and fry until golden. Add chicken stock and simmer for 10 minutes. Stir in cream.
4. Remove all the flesh from the rotisserie chicken and add that to the mushrooms and stock.
5. Remove from the heat and spoon into a large ovenproof dish.
6. Top with a sheet of puff pastry, folding the edges over the dish.
7. Bake for 20 minutes, or until the pastry is golden.
8. Serve with mash.

Source: https://taste.co.za/recipes/quick-chicken-and-mushroom-pie/