Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie
Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie

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Anytime you find yourself with leftover chicken, consider it a blessing. You can certainly go for a second round of last night's dinner, but the wonderful thing about this mild-mannered meat is that it's so easy to repurpose it into an entirely different meal. It doesn't matter what cut you have handy.

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To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few ingredients. You can cook leftover chicken and ham pie using 17 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie:
  1. Take Pastry
  2. Make ready EITHER 375g Shop-Bought Puff Pastry
  3. Prepare OR 125g Plain Flour
  4. Make ready 125 g Unsalted Butter (Room temp, cubed)
  5. Make ready 75 ml Cold Water
  6. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  7. Take Filling
  8. Take 320 g Leftover Cooked Chicken (shredded)
  9. Get 90 g Leftover Cooked Ham/Bacon (chopped)
  10. Take 30 g Unsalted Butter
  11. Get 35 g Plain Flour
  12. Make ready 300 ml Chicken Stock
  13. Make ready 125 ml Double Cream
  14. Prepare 4 Chestnut or Button Mushrooms (diced)
  15. Get 2 Spring Onions (finely chopped)
  16. Take 1 tbsp Mixed Herbs
  17. Make ready 1 Egg Yolk (beaten)

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Instructions to make Leftover Chicken and Ham Pie:
  1. Preheat oven to 180c fan/350f/gas 4. Line a large baking tray with baking paper. If making pastry, proceed to step 4 before starting to make the filling. If using shop bought pastry, start at step 2.
  2. Melt the butter on medium heat in a saucepan then beat in the flour. Cook this for a minute or two to cook out the flour taste a little. Add the stock and whisk constantly for 2-3 minutes until thickened then whisk in the cream.
  3. Fold in the spring onions and mushrooms and cook for 1 minute. Stir in the chicken, bacon, and cream and sprinkle in the herbs. Season to taste. Remove from heat and allow to cool completely.
  4. HOME MADE PASTRY, START HERE!! Rub the butter into the flour using fingertips until all the flour has turned pale yellow but there are still chunks of butter larger than breadcrumbs. Stir in the flour. Use a wooden spoon to very gradually mix in the water until it starts to form together. Very quickly press the dough into a ball, wrap in cling film and chill in the fridge for at least 20 minutes.
  5. On a lightly floured surface, roll out the pastry into a 30 x 33 cm rectangle. Cut this rectangle in half lengthways and place one half onto the prepared baking tray. Gently fold the other pastry in half and make cuts in the folded side about 1cm apart, leaving a 1cm border.
  6. Spoon the cooled filling onto the pastry on the tray, leaving a 1cm border of pastry around the edges. Open the folded pastry back out and gently place it over the filling. Crimp all around the edges with a fork.
  7. Brush the top of the pastry with the egg yolk. Sprinkle the top of the pastry with more mixed herbs and black pepper (optional).
  8. Bake for 25-30 minutes until puffed up and golden brown.
  9. Enjoy!!

An assemblage of leftover chicken and ham, some noodles and vegetables, a little cheese–just about whatever you have on hand will work in this casserole. This dish made good use of my leftovers. Some chicken, ham, noodles and cheese, and you've got dinner. Use leftover ham and frozen vegetables to make this easy, flavorful cheesy crust ham pie - a delicious new take on traditional pot pie. Bake in individual ramekins for easy serving or regular casserole dish - it's up to you.

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