Easy Homemade Chicken Pie with Flaky Shortcrust Pastry

his is my family’s favourite version of chicken pie – once you try homemade pastry, you’ll never go back to store-bought!

Learn how to make a delicious homemade Chicken Pie with buttery, flaky shortcrust pastry from scratch! This comforting chicken pie is a complete meal on its own – tender chicken filling with mixed vegetables in a creamy sauce, all wrapped in golden, crispy homemade pastry. Perfect for family dinners, potlucks, or weekend cooking.

✅ Buttery and flaky homemade pastry ✅ Creamy, flavourful chicken filling ✅ Easy to make with simple ingredients

✅ Great make-ahead recipe

In this detailed step-by-step video (even suitable for beginners), I show you exactly how to make the shortcrust pastry and the savoury chicken filling from start to finish.

Video tutorial below:

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Chicken Pie with Homemade Pastry

Prep Time

2 hrs

Cook Time

30 mins

Total Time

2 hrs 30 mins

 

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Chinese, Western

Keyword: Chicken

Author: Shiokman Eddie

Ingredients

PASTRY

• 1 kg plain (all purpose flour)
• 500 g unsalted butter
• 4 eggs large
• 2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 4 tablespoon caster sugar
• 8 tablespoon ice water
• 1 whole egg + 1 teaspoon water for egg wash

PIE FILLING

• Marinate for Chicken
• 6 chicken legs deboned and skinless
• 2 chicken breast deboned and skinless
• 1 knob of ginger 6 to 8 cm (- to taste)
• 5 cloves garlic
• 2 tablespoon light soya sauce
• 1 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1 tablespoon white pepper
• 2 tablespoon chinese rice wine
• handful of cilantro coriander leaves ( – add more if you like)

Ingredients for Filling

• 2 tablespon cooking oil
• 2 large onions chopped
• 3 large carrots diced
• 1 kg potatoes diced
• 2 – 3 cans Cream of Chicken
• 15 spice cloves
• 2 cinnamon sticks

Instructions

PASTRY

1. Add baking powder, salt and sugar into a bowl of flour and mix well.
2. Cut cold butter into the flour and rub with fingers until mixture resembles fine crumbs.
3. Add eggs and mix thoroughly until it all comes together.
4. Add ice water a little at a time and mix well until it forms into a dough.
5. Divide the dough into quarters and wrap it up in plastic bags and press it flat.
6. Refrigerate for at least an hour.

MARINATING CHICKEN

1. Cut chicken into bite sized pieces and put in a container for marinating.
2. Add grated fresh ginger and grated garlic into the chicken and mix well.
3. Add light soya sauce, sesame oil, white pepper and rice wine and mix well.
4. Chop cilantro finely and add to chicken mixture, mix well and set aside in the fridge for at least 2 hrs.

COOKING PIE FILLING

1. Fry chopped onions, cloves and cinnamon sticks until fragrant.
2. Add in the marinated chicken and stir fry until chicken meat turns partially white.
3. Add diced carrots and potatoes and stir fry evenly.
4. Pour cream of chicken all over and mix thoroughly.
5. Let it simmer until potatoes and carrots soften.
6. Taste and add more seasoning, as required.
7. Remove from wok to cool down.

ASSEMBLING CHICKEN PIE

1. Remove pie dough from fridge and roll it flat.
2. Cut to required size and press cut out dough into a tart mould to shape. Trim excess dough and poke holes in the base with a fork.
3. Fill each mould with pie filling and cover the top with cut out dough. Seal edges with a fork and poke holes on top.
4. Arrange pies in a baking tray and brush the tops with egg wash.
5. Bake in a preheated oven at 180C until golden brown, for about 20-30 minutes.

Recipe Notes

Pro Tips & Notes

• Keep butter and water cold for flaky pastry.
• Chill dough at least 30 mins before rolling.
• Cool chicken filling completely before assembling.
• Poke holes with fork on top to let steam escape.
• Egg wash top for golden shine.
• Reheat in oven (not microwave) to keep it crispy.