Tasty Tuesday - Cheater Pot Pie & LINKY PARTY

Welcome to another week of Tasty Tuesday here at The Youngn's!

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This week's recipe is from Taste of Home. In general, I don't like the Taste of Home magazine because most of the "recipes" involve combining various boxed food to make a "meal". However, this is a tasty recipe that you actually have to cook, no boxed/canned food included.

{Ingredients}

• 1 fryer chicken, 3 to 4 pounds, cut up (I use 2-3 chicken breasts)
• 4 cups Water
• 3 medium carrots, halved
• 2 medium onions, quartered
• 4 tsp chicken bouillon
• 1 bay leaf
• ½ lb Mushrooms, fresh
• 2 celery ribs, cut into 1-in pieces
• 2 tbsp Butter
• 5 tbsp Flour
• ½ cup Milk
• 1 cup Frozen Peas
• 1 tsp dried basil
• 1 tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper

Biscuits:

• 1 ½ cups flour
• 2 tsp Baking Powder
• 2 tsp Sugar
• ¼ tsp Salt
• 5 tbsp Shortening
• ½ cup Milk

{Directions}

• Place the chicken, water, carrots, onions, bouillon and bay leaf in a Dutch oven; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 25 minutes. Add mushrooms and celery; simmer 15 minutes longer or until chicken is tender.
• Remove chicken; allow to cool. Strain broth, reserving vegetables; skim fat. Set aside 2 cups broth (save remaining broth for another use). Discard bay leaf. Remove meat from bones; discard bones. Chop vegetables and cut chicken into bite-size pieces.
• In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add milk and reserved broth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in the chicken, cooked vegetables, peas and seasonings. Pour into a greased 2-qt baking dish; set aside. 
• For biscuits, in a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, sugar, and salt. Cut in shortening until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Stir in milk just until moistened. Turn onto a lightly floured surface; knead 8-10 times. Pat or roll out to 1/2 –in. thickness; cut with a floured 2 ½ in. biscuit cutter.
• Place biscuits on top of chicken mixture. Bake, uncovered, at 400 degrees for 25 minutes or until golden brown.

One of these days, I'll actually remember to take a picture before we devour dinner ;)

~S