Chicken Pies
From: Marie-Thé
Comments: Prepare all ingredients of pies before assembling.
Servings: 60 pies
IngredientsPreparation
  • 5 [5 pounds / 2.3 kg] boiling chickens
  • 60 tiny boiled onions
  • 3 [20 ounces / 568 ml] cans green peas
  • 3 pounds [1.4 kg] boiled carrots
  • 10 pounds [4.5 kg] boiled potatoes
  • 180 ounces [5.625 L] chicken sauce
  • 60 pie tops
  • Cook and bone chicken [remove skin].
  • In a ramekin dish [cocotte], prepare each pie in the following order:
  • 1 tiny onion
  • 1 1/2 ounces [42.5 g] chicken [4 to 5 pieces, half with, half dark meat]
  • 1 tablespoon [15 ml] peas
  • 4 pieces carrots [arrange evenly]
  • 3 ounces [85 ml] chicken sauce
  • 3 pieces [2 1/2 ounces / 70 g] potatoes, arranged to hold pie crust
  • Make sure chicken sauce is cold.
  • Cover each pie with a pie top.
  • Place evenly on ramekin dishes; do not press down.
  • Perforate crusts with a knife.
  • Bake at 400°F [200°C] for approximately 20 minutes.
  • Keep pies in dry heat until serving time.