Southwestern Chicken Pot Pie

Glancy Family Cookbook Volume II, chapter 3

Category: Main Dishes

Yields 6

You can substitute a store-bought cornmeal crust for the homemade crust.

Ingredients

1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup yellow cornmeal
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter
1/4 cup cold water
4 green onions, cut diagonally into 1/2" pieces
2 carrots, pared, halved lengthwise, and sliced crosswise
2 tsp chili powder
3 tbsp unsalted butter
3 tbsp all-purpose flour
1 1/2 cups milk
1 cup chicken broth
3 cups cooked chicken, cubed (about 12 oz)
1 can (15-16 oz) black beans, drained and rinsed
1 can (10 oz) corn kernels with red and green peppers, drained
1 can (4 oz) chopped green chiles, drained
1/4 tsp salt

Steps

To prepare cornmeal pastry: Combine flour, cornmeal, and salt in medium-size bowl. With pastry blender or 2 knives, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
Sprinkle cold water, 1 tablespoon at a time, over mixture, tossing lightly with fork after each addition until pastry is moist enough to hold together.
Shape pastry into a ball. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed.
To prepare filling: Cook green onion, carrot, and chili powder in butter in 10" skillet over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 5 minutes.
Add flour; cook, stirring constantly, 1 minute or until smooth and bubbly.
Stir in milk and chicken broth; cook, stirring constantly, until mixture thickens, 1-2 minutes.
Stir in cooked chicken, black beans, corn kernels, green chiles, and salt. Spoon chicken mixture into 13" x 9" x 2" baking dish.
Roll pastry out on lightly floured surface with floured rolling pin into rectangle 1" larger than baking dish.
Center pastry over filling; fold overhang over pastry, pressing to form decorative edges. Using sharp knife, cut decorative vents in pastry.
Bake in preheated moderate oven (350 degrees) for 35-40 minutes or until pastry is golden and chicken mixture is heated through.