Individual chicken potpies with roasted chicken, mushrooms, peas, carrots and sweet potato biscuit...

CHICKEN WORTH PICKIN’ Starvin Guy Chicken Pie (2) Individual chicken potpies with roasted chicken, mushrooms, peas, carrots and sweet potato biscuit crusts From our recipe makeover show Eat, Shrink & Be Merry!, these delicious, individual chicken potpies fooled taste-testers into believing they were eating a high-fat, high-calorie comfort food! Filling 1 tsp olive oil 1 cup diced onions ½ cup diced celery 1 tsp minced garlic 3 cups thinly sliced mushrooms ¾ cup frozen mixed peas and carrots, thawed 1 tsp dried thyme ¼ tsp poultry seasoning 1¾ cups reduced-sodium chicken broth 1 cup cream-style corn 1 cup 2% evaporated milk 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 1 large rotisserie chicken, meat cut into chunks (light and dark meat; about 3 cups total) 1 tbsp minced fresh parsley Biscuit Crusts 1 cup all-purpose flour ½ cup whole wheat flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda ¼ tsp salt ¾ cup mashed/puréed cooked sweet potato (canned is fine) ½ cup buttermilk 3 tbsp butter, melted MAKES 8 SERVINGS PER SERVING 321 calories, 8.3 g total fat (3.7 g saturated fat), 21 g protein, 41 g carbohydrate, 3.5 g fiber, 62 mg cholesterol, 568 mg sodium • Preheat oven to 400ºF. Place eight 7-oz ramekins on a baking sheet lined with foil and set aside. • To make filling, heat olive oil over medium-high heat in large pot. Add onions, celery and garlic. Cook until onions begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook until mushrooms are tender. Stir in peas and carrots, thyme and poultry seasoning. Cook 1 more minute. Add broth and corn and let mixture simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes. • In a small bowl, whisk together evaporated milk and flour until smooth. Add to pot. Cook and stir until mixture thickens. Remove from heat. Add chicken and parsley. Cover and keep warm. • To make biscuit crusts, combine both flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together sweet potato, buttermilk and 2 tbsp of the melted butter. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir gently until a ball is formed. With floured hands, transfer biscuit dough to a lightly floured surface and roll out or pat down to about ¹⁄ ³ -inch thickness. Using 2½-inch-round cookie cutter, cut dough into circles just slightly smaller than the top of your ramekins. Fill ramekins with warm chicken mixture and top with biscuits. Brush tops of biscuits with remaining melted butter. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, until filling bubbles and biscuits are puffed up and golden brown. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. They’re hot! 161

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Starvin Guy Chicken Pie (2)Individual chicken potpies with roasted chicken, mushrooms, peas, carrots and sweet potato biscuit crustsFrom our recipe makeover show Eat, Shrink & Be Merry!, these delicious, individual chicken potpies fooled taste-testers into believing they were eating a high-fat, high-calorie comfort food!

Filling1 tsp olive oil 1 cup diced onions ½ cup diced celery 1 tsp minced garlic 3 cups thinly sliced mushrooms ¾ cup frozen mixed peas and carrots, thawed 1 tsp dried thyme ¼ tsp poultry seasoning 1¾ cups reduced-sodium chicken broth 1 cup cream-style corn 1 cup 2% evaporated milk 3 tbsp all-purpose flour 1 large rotisserie chicken, meat cut into chunks (light and dark meat; about 3 cups total) 1 tbsp minced fresh parsley

Biscuit Crusts1 cup all-purpose flour ½ cup whole wheat flour 2 tsp baking powder 1 tsp baking soda ¼ tsp salt ¾ cup mashed/puréed cooked sweet potato (canned is fine) ½ cup buttermilk 3 tbsp butter, melted

MAKES 8 SERVINGS

PER SERVING 321 calories, 8.3 g total fat (3.7 g saturated fat), 21 g protein, 41 g carbohydrate, 3.5 g fiber, 62 mg cholesterol, 568 mg sodium

• Preheat oven to 400ºF. Place eight 7-oz ramekins on a baking sheet lined with foil and set aside.

• To make filling, heat olive oil over medium-high heat in large pot. Add onions, celery and garlic. Cook until onions begin to soften, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms and cook until mushrooms are tender. Stir in peas and carrots, thyme and poultry seasoning. Cook 1 more minute. Add broth and corn and let mixture simmer, uncovered, for 2 minutes.

• In a small bowl, whisk together evaporated milk and flour until smooth. Add to pot. Cook and stir until mixture thickens. Remove from heat. Add chicken and parsley. Cover and keep warm.

• To make biscuit crusts, combine both flours, baking powder, baking soda and salt in a large bowl. In a medium bowl, whisk together sweet potato, buttermilk and 2 tbsp of the melted butter. Add wet ingredients to dry ingredients and stir gently until a ball is formed. With floured hands, transfer biscuit dough to a lightly floured surface and roll out or pat down to about ¹⁄³-inch thickness. Using 2½-inch-round cookie cutter, cut dough into circles just slightly smaller than the top of your ramekins. Fill ramekins with warm chicken mixture and top with biscuits. Brush tops of biscuits with remaining melted butter. Bake for 13 to 15 minutes, until filling bubbles and biscuits are puffed up and golden brown. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving. They’re hot!

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