Best Dutch Oven Southwestern Chicken Pot Pie Recipes

DUTCH OVEN SOUTHWESTERN CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add chicken. Cook, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink inside, 5 to 7 minutes. Add carrots, celery, bell pepper, and scallions and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, black beans, chili powder, cumin, garlic, onion powder, paprika, salt, and black pepper. Stir to combine. Cook until heated through, about 5 minutes more.
• While mixture simmers, combine cornbread mix with milk and egg in a bowl.
• Remove Dutch oven from heat and spread cornbread batter on top of chicken mixture to form the crust.
• Place Dutch oven in the preheated oven and bake until cornbread is golden and beginning to brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

CAMPFIRE CHICKEN POT PIE

Steps:

• Stir vegetables, chicken soup, mushroom soup, and chicken cubes together in a Dutch oven with a flat lid.
• Cook over campfire coals until warmed through but not boiling, about 15 minutes.
• Arrange biscuit dough segments in a layer atop the vegetable mixture. Put lid on the Dutch oven and carefully arrange some hot coals atop the lid.
• Heat until the biscuits are cooked through, 15 to 30 minutes.

SOUTHWESTERN POT PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat the butter in a 10-inch cast-iron skillet over medium heat. While the butter is melting, add the chili powder, cumin and paprika and "bloom" the spices. Add the flour and cook, stirring, 30 seconds to 1 minute. Add the frozen vegetable mix and let it cook, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add the beans, chipotle and adobo sauce, corn and green chiles. Stir in the chicken stock and let it thicken slightly. Add the shredded chicken and stir together.
• Top with the biscuits and bake until the biscuits are golden brown, 13 to 16 minutes (see Cook's Note).
• Serve with a dollop of crema and garnished with cilantro, Fresnos and a lime wedge on the side.

CHICKEN POT PIE IN A DUTCH OVEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
• Heat the butter and oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Once the butter has melted, add the carrot, celery, onion, garlic and bay leaf. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook until the vegetables begin to soften, 5 to 8 minutes. Push the vegetables to the outer edges of the pot making a "hot spot" for the ground chicken. Add a drizzle of oil to the center of the pan and then the ground chicken. Sprinkle with salt, pepper and the poultry seasoning. Cook until the chicken is brown, 7 to 10 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour and cook for 2 minutes. Add the heavy cream and chicken stock. Cook over medium heat, stirring, until the sauce begins to thicken. Season with salt and pepper and add the parsley, rosemary and sage. Stir and set aside.
• To cook the puff pastry, butter and flour the lid of the Dutch oven (you want to use the underbelly of the lid). Whisk the egg and water together and brush the puff pastry pieces. Lay on the underbelly of the Dutch oven and place in the oven. Bake until the pastry has risen and is golden brown, 10 to 12 minutes.
• To assemble, ladle the chicken pot pie filling into a bowl and place the a puff pastry piece on top. Serve and enjoy!