Sunday 21 January 2018

Potato Topped Chicken & Spinach Pie – Using Leftovers



Carole's Chatter: Potato Topped Chicken & Spinach Pie


I just hate throwing out good food.  So having lots of mashed potato after making Bangers & Mash, I decided to make a potato topped pie.  Then I remembered that I had quite a lot of cooked roast chicken in the freezer (leftover from Christmas Day when I overcatered).

So the Potato Topped Chicken & Spinach Pie came to be.

Ingredients:

Leftover mashed potato
Leftover cooked chicken (bones removed and sliced)
2 blocks of frozen spinach
¼ onion (diced)
Grated cheese
Butter
Spoonful of flour
Oil
Salt & Pepper


Method:

Preheat your oven to moderate

Defrost your chicken and spinach

Grease your baking dish with oil

In a small pot melt a stick of butter and then stir in a spoonful of flour.  Add a little lemon juice and water and salt & pepper to your taste.  I didn't add too much water because I thought quite a bit would be created as the spinach cooked.

Put your chicken and spinach into the dish.  Pour the butter/flour etc mix over the top and stir gently.

Spoon the mashed potatoes onto the top of the pie – trying to get it reasonably even.  Sprinkle grated cheese on top along with a few knobs of butter.

Cook until the top is golden brown – about 30 minutes or so.  If your chicken was still really cold when you put it in then add another 10 minutes.

Carole's Chatter: Potato Topped Chicken & Spinach Pie

I didn't add a lot of extra spices etc because the chicken was lemon pepper flavoured so I knew that would come through.

This dish was a success.  But it hovered close to the line in saltiness – luckily just on the right side.

3 comments:

  1. That looks really good. Love how you used your leftovers!

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  2. The inventor of shepherd's pie would be proud of you!

    best... mae at maefood.blogspot.com

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  3. Voila! Chicken Sepherd's pie. Sounds very good.

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