Healthy Chicken & Vegie Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 4 small skinless chicken breasts
- 2 cups salt-reduced chicken stock
- 1 bay leaf
- 700 g mixed vegetables of choice (carrots, cauliflower, leeks, cabbage, asparagus, babycorn, peas)
- 2 tsp cornflour
- 2 tbs reduced-fat milk
- 2 tbs mixed herbs (parsley, thyme, oregano, marjoram) or 1 tsp dried mixed herbs
- pepper, to taste
- 6 sheets filo pastry
- olive or canola oil spray
Method
- Preheat oven to 200 °C.
- In a large covered pan, slowly poach chicken breasts in chicken stock and bay leaf for 15–20 minutes depending on size.
- Cut vegetables into bite-sized pieces and add to the pan. Cover and continue to cook for 5 minutes.
- Remove the bay leaf and place chicken and vegetables into a deep pie dish, leaving behind the juices.
- Mix cornflour with milk and add to juices, bringing to the boil to thicken. Add herbs and season with pepper.
- Pour sauce over chicken and vegetables.
- Prepare pastry crust by spraying every second sheet of filo with a little oil and layering sheets on top of each other. Place over top of dish, scrunching up slightly. Spray with a little oil and bake until crisp and brown.
- Serve immediately.
Recipe from Healthy Food Fast © State of Western Australia, 2012. Reproduced with permission.
Healthy tip!
Chilli, lemon and herbs add flavour - great alternatives to butter and salt!
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Nutrition Information
| per serving | per 100g | |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 2138 kJ | 373 kJ |
| 511 Cal | 89 Cal | |
| Protein | 78 g | 13.6 g |
| Fat, total | 7.1 g | 1.2 g |
| — saturated | 2 g | 0.3 g |
| Carbohydrate | 26.3 g | 4.6 g |
| — sugars | 8 g | 1.4 g |
| Sodium | 802.7 mg | 140 mg |
| Fibre | 8.4 g | 1.5 g |
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Comments (5)
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Hi Cath, Yep, our swear filter is turned to super sensitive and we haven't been able to turn it down! I've pushed your comment through in it's original form. It's good for a giggle at least! Thanks for your feedback about the recipe. I guess it's a tricky one because, depending on what vegies you choose, you'll get a different volume of juice. You could try using a little more cornflour or cooking the sauce down for longer to get a thicker sauce next time. Cheers, Anne
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Posted on: 11 Jan 18 -
so "but" is an unsuitable word????
Anonymous
Posted on: 31 Dec 17 -
Very tasty, but too much liquid so it didn't really thicken
Anonymous
Posted on: 31 Dec 17 -
Left out pastry and had sweet potato mash. Delicious
Anonymous
Posted on: 21 Feb 15 -
Full of flavour. Easy to make. Loved it!
Anonymous
Posted on: 15 Jul 14
