Chicken Pie {with Crispy Bacon & Puff Pastry} (2024)

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This Easy Chicken Pie recipe has everything you need in a comfort food meal. With tasty meat, extra veggies, creamy sauce, tasty bacon bits and a light fluffy pastry topping, this is an ideal go-to homemade pie recipe that’s simple yet satisfying.

This Easy Chicken Pie is honestly one of my most favourite recipes ✨ ever. ✨

It’s one of those recipes where the leftovers are every bit as good as the first time round. A slice of cold leftover creamy Chicken Pie lurking is the ultimate fridge find!

When you’re in need of a winter warmer comfort food dish, THIS is the recipe to turn to.

The fact that we’re using ready-made sheet puff pastry here makes this a very easy, no-fuss pie. Yes, that’s right. We’re only giving it a top, which makes it ultra convenient but still delicious and hearty (but read on to find out how to give your pie a base if you’d rather).

There’s plenty of flavour and you can give yourself a little win by making two at the same time – one for now and one for the freezer. Your future self will love you for it!

➡️ If you love this recipe you might also like my other pastry-topped favourites – my Steak Pie and Cheesy Vegetarian Pie.

➡️ Or other great make-ahead pies include my Shepherd’s Pie, Easy Fish Pie and my Cowboy Pie too.

Why you’ll love this Chicken and Bacon Pie

⭐️ Great for batch cooking

⭐️ Packed with extra veggies

⭐️ Ultimate comfort food meal

How we came up with this simple Chicken Pie recipe

It was a Jamie Oliver Chicken Pie recipe that reignited my love of the dish about 10 years ago and I’ve been making my version this way ever since.

Sometimes I think pies can be something people shy away from making because of the mistaken assumption they’re difficult to do.

So, I have made it my mission to create some very simplified pie recipes so us busy cooks can make them for the whole family to enjoy – either for a special meal or a simple midweek dinner.

I feel like my fine-tuning of this recipe has resulted in what I set out to achieve – a creamy chicken pie with bacon and puff pastry that is relatively quick (for a pie) and totally easy, even if you consider yourself a beginner as a cook.

Oh – and SO DELICIOUS, too!

Ingredients

• Oil – Any oil other than extra virgin is fine. Olive oil or sunflower oil are perfect
• Chicken breasts – You’ll need about x4 (or approximately 650g)
• Bacon – Using a smoked bacon, pancetta or prosciutto here really adds a lot of flavour to the pie. I cut mine up into very small pieces so it cooks into the sauce
• Onion, celery and carrots – I use frozen Soffrito mix (onions, celery and carrots chopped into small cubes). I do a big order from Ocado every month and stock the freezer up ready for this top shortcut. Or you can prepare from scratch (see notes)
• Dried thyme – If you have fresh thyme, use 3 tsp as it’s not as strongly flavoured
• Salt and black pepper
• Plain flour
• Chicken stock – Stock made with a cube is absolutely fine
• Milk – I used semi-skimmed as it’s what we have. Full fat will make the pie more creamy. I wouldn’t recommend skimmed it won’t be very creamy at all
• Puff pastry – You can use shortcrust pastry if you prefer
• Egg – This is for beating to wash over the pastry before cooking (which makes the topping golden and crispy)

How to make a Chicken Pie

1. Fry the chicken and bacon until cooked, add the vegetables, then flour and thyme. Gradually add stock, milk and flour, stirring until smooth. Spoon into a pie dish and leave to cool.

2. Smooth the pastry over the top, decorate the topping if you wish and brush with beaten egg. Bake for about 30 minutes on 220C until golden.

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