Just as Union Square Café Bar Nuts have been our decades-long family nibble, chicken potpie is one of the Anderson family’s signature one-pot meals, particularly this Chicken Pot Pie with Apples and Cheddar Biscuits. It’s the dish we take to under-the-weather friends or a family who’s just moved to town. It’s one of the dinners we deliver to new parents, including our own Maggy and Andy last week.
So when Crafsy asked me to work with them to create a video, it was natural I would chose my favorite topic—one pot meals—and Chicken Pot Pie with Apples and Cheddar Biscuits would be the first recipe I’d choose.
As the folks at Craftsy and I first contemplated this video, we envisioned modern casseroles, but as I started to think about all of the wildly varied dishes I called “one pot” I quickly realized that casserole was too narrow a subject.
Instead, I identified the seven cooking vessels I use create one-dish meals. With rimmed cookie sheets I make quick, complete fish dinners, and it’s the roasting pan I fill with my famous shove-it-in-the-oven stews. I cook up colorful, complete meals like paella in a large skillet and bake up biscuit- and pastry-topped potpies in pie plates. I stew meats and all manner of shanks in my wide-mouth enameled cast-iron risotto pan, and it’s lasagna that I make most often in my 13- by 9-inch pan.
I use the grill’s large surface to cook up big beautiful platters of food year round. Since we were filming indoors, I opted to use the roasting pan again, this time inserting a rack to simultaneously cook the roast, side dish, and vegetable.
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- 2 cups chicken broth
- 1 can (12 ounces) evaporated milk
- 6 tablespoons butter, divided
- 2 large leeks, dark green leaves trimmed, washed thoroughly to remove grit, light green and white part cut into medium dice
- 2 large Granny Smith apples, quartered, cored, and sliced thin crosswise
- 1 large shredded rotisserie-roasted chicken (5 to 6 cups)
- ½ cup, plus 1 tablespoon flour
- 2 teaspoons dried rubbed sage
- ¼ cup cream sherry
- Salt and ground pepper
- ⅓ cup chopped fresh parsley
- 2 cups bleached all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¾ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup grated sharp cheddar cheese
- 1 stick (8 tablespoons) unsalted butter, frozen solid
- 1 cup cold buttermilk, plus a few extra teaspoons if necessary
- Adjust oven rack to lower-middle position; heat oven to 400 degrees. Microwave chicken broth and milk in a microwave-safe bowl until steamy, 3 to 4 minutes
- Heat 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large, deep sauté pan over medium-high heat. Add leeks and apples; sauté until just tender, 7 to 8 minutes. Transfer cooked vegetables, along with the chicken, to a large bowl; set aside.
- Heat remaining 4 tablespoons of butter over medium heat in the empty pan. When foaming subsides, whisk in flour and sage; cook until golden, about 1 minute. Whisk in hot milk mixture; simmer until sauce fully thickens, about 1 minute. Turn off heat, stir in sherry and season to taste with salt and pepper. Stir sauce, along with parsley, into chicken mixture; adjust seasonings. Pour mixture into a 13- by 9-inch baking dish or divide between two 8-inch square baking pans or two 9-inch pie plates.
- Meanwhile, mix flour, baking powder, soda, salt, and cheddar with a fork in a medium bowl. Using a box grater, coarsely grate butter into the dry ingredients; mix quickly with fingertips to evenly blend. Mix buttermilk into dry ingredients until dough just comes together. Pinch dough into small rough rounds, placing them over filling. Bake until pastry is golden brown and filling is bubbly, 30 to 35 minutes.
This has always been on of my favorites, Mom. And I was reminded why when you made it for Andy and me a few weeks ago. There’s something so satisfying about the hearty cheddar biscuits paired with the tartness of the apples. I’ll keep coming back to this dish, again and again.
I hadn’t had this dish in a while, so I had forgotten how good it was (and how easy!) when we made it for Maggy, Andy, and Dash a few weeks ago. The SUPER sharp cheddar really took those biscuits to the next level. The weather is already starting to warm up here in Atlanta, but there may be one or two more chilly nights when this would be perfect on the menu! Yay for one dish dinners!
Love this!!! So perfect!
I made this recipe exactly as written. AWESOME!
I made this the other night! One with the biscuits (soooo good!) and I froze the other one …. so thankful I did as I’m thawing it now for my surprise lunch guests! Thank you!
Yum! Would love to make this. What is cream sherry? thanks!!
I enjoy your blog and have made several recipes over the years. I look forward to your cookbook!
Hey Kel,
Cream sherry is a fortified wine. There’s dry sherry and there’s also cream sherry, which I call for here. It’s adds depth of flavor and a touch of sweetness to the potpie.
OK – thanks so much for clarifying.
Hello all at 3MC. Congratulations! Baby Dash is absolutely beautiful! Truly angelic.
So, I haven’t tried this pot pie yet (have been tempted many a time). What can I use to substitute the evaporated milk? Used once in another recipe and like cream, it’s just too rich for me to handle (flavor is great though). Thank you, as always, for all things so delish!
Thank you, Laura! We all are just smitten with Dashiell. If evaporated milk is too rich for you, just sub in milk. It’s as simple as that!
Dear Pam,
I finally made your chicken pot pie. I loved the apple and the cheddar biscuits…YUM! I was wondering if you have a favorite gravy recipe as my dad was disappointed that I had none for his pot pie. In using the “quickie chickie”, there are, of course, no pan drippings. Thanks for the information.
P.S. Your saucer size oatmeal cookies are amazing! There a hit with everyone! Thanks for a great oatmeal cookie recipe I will use again and again.