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Chicken and Leek Pies

Not Updated for Ages Time: 1 hr 30 min Yields: pies Cost: $2.44 per pie Difficulty: 4/10

From BBC good food but with changes because the first time we made it we were also trying to watch a televised game of goalball and were turning the chicken in commercial breaks.

Ingredients

  • Bacon 150 grams
  • Chicken thigh 3 whole
  • Leeks 2 whole
  • Butter 45 grams
  • Plain flour 45 grams
  • Milk 225 ml
  • Chicken stock 200 ml
  • Frozen peas 150 grams
  • Dijon mustard 1 tsp
  • Puff pastry 4 whole (sheets)

Steps

  1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees conventional.
  2. Chop bacon into 5mm by 3cm strips, slice leeks into 4mm discs.
  3. Rub chicken with salt, pepper, oil and bake whole for 30 minutes or so, turn halfway.
  4. Fry bacon on medium-high heat in large pot until browned.
  5. Add leek fry until softened.
  6. Assemble pie cases and keep in fridge.
  7. Mix butter and flour together then add to pan. Add milk gradually.
  8. Add chicken stock and peas, fry another 4 minuets.
  9. Add mustard remove from heat.
  10. Chop chicken into rough 2cm by 1cm chunks and mix in.
  11. Assemble pies and cook in pie maker for 14 minutes.