Quick and Easy Chicken Pie

A cheap and quick version of a family favourite

Ingredients

• Large Chicken Breast (one per person)
• Ham (or bacon)
• Cheese
• Flour
• Butter
• Milk
• A tin of sweetcorn
• Paprika, Basil, salt and pepper (for seasoning)

Instructions

STEP 1:

1. Cook the chicken until tender and chop into reasonably thick chunks.

STEP 2:

2. While the chicken is cooking, mix flour and butter in a bowl until throughly mixed. Add a little milk and mix until a dough is formed.

STEP 3:

3. In a pan, melt some butter and then add flour to form a rue.

STEP 4:

4. Add milk a little at a time to the rue to make your base sauce.

STEP 5:

5. Add cheese, sweetcorn, chopped and cooked ham (or bacon) and seasoning as required.)

STEP 6:

6. Pour sauce into a pie dish and add the pieces of chopped chicken. Mix well.

STEP 7:

7. roll out the dough from earlier to form a good sized pastry topping.

STEP 8:

8. place the pastry topping securely on top of the saucy mix.

STEP 9:

9. Cook at 250 for around 15 minutes, or until the pastry is hard and golden brown.

STEP 10:

10. Serve either on its own or with steamed vegetables.

STEP 11:

STEP 12:

This Recipe is perfect for when you need to cook something impressive, but don’t have the time on your side.