Recipes
Chicken
Cheat's
Cheat’s chicken and leek pot pies

Cheat’s chicken and leek pot pies

Name: Cheat’s chicken and leek pot pies
Cook time: 15 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: Serves 2
Cuisine: British recipes
Ingredients: 2 ready-roasted chicken breasts; 1 tbsp olive oil; a knob of butter; 110g baby leeks; 70g pack smoked bacon lardons; 170g mustard and tarragon cooking sauce or 170g of your favourite creamy sauce; 100ml double cream; 450g pack ready-made mashed potato with cheese

Easy
January 2009

Easy
January 2009

Test kitchen approved

Serves 2
Hands on time 15 mins

This pie recipe uses ready-roasted chicken and ready-made mashed potato for a super-quick pie ready in 15 minutes.

Save recipe

Save

Save recipe Print

Rate

Ingredients

2 ready-roasted chicken breasts
1 tbsp olive oil
a knob of butter
110g baby leeks
70g pack smoked bacon lardons
170g mustard and tarragon cooking sauce or 170g of your favourite creamy sauce
100ml double cream
450g pack ready-made mashed potato with cheese

Method

Preheat the grill to high. Remove the skin from the chicken breasts, and thickly slice the meat.
In a sauté pan, heat the olive oil and butter, then fry the leeks and bacon lardons for 3 minutes.
Add the chicken and cook for 2 minutes more. Pour the cooking sauce, cream and a splash of water into the pan. Bubble until warmed through, check the seasoning, then spoon between 2 x 500ml pie dishes.
Meanwhile, cook mashed potato in the microwave according to pack instructions. Spoon the mash over the pies and pop them under the grill for 3 minutes to brown.