This Chicken Curry Pie is a pie of fabulous retro flavours. The Chicken Curry of my childhood. A cross between almost a boil in the bag chicken curry and incredible coronation chicken.
Chicken Curry Pie
This is a 1970's Chicken Curry Pie.There is not a tomato or vegetable in sight (well just a little onion but don't tell him).
It's a pie that is perfect for adults served with new potatoes and petit pois but my son will prefer chips and beans and I obviously won't deny him.
I absolutely adore the retro curry powder flavour and find it's super delicious in this pie. I roast a whole chicken which is more than is needed but I just add a little mayonnaise to what's left and hey presto I have a bowl of home-made Coronation Chicken in my fridge.
Recipe Steps - scroll down for full recipe card.
- Roast a Chicken and when cool pull all the meat from the bird and set aside.
- Chop the onion and garlic up finely or whizz in the processor-my preferred lazy-bird option.
- Fry in a medium saucepan for five mins in some olive oil until softened. Add the curry powder and fry gently for a further couple of mins.
- Pour in the stock and bring to a boil. Stir the cornflour in a cup with about double the water(enough that all the cornflour dissolves completely). Add to the simmering curry liquid whilst stirring with a whisk(curry).Keep stirring with the whisk until it thickens. Add the mango chutney.
- Continue simmering and season to taste.
- Add the chicken and set aside to cool.
- Feel free to use shop bought shortcrust pastry .
- To make the pastry yourself put the butter, flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor or mixing bowl. Either whizz or rub in by hand until breadcrumbs are formed. Add the egg, lemon juice and a splash of water and whizz or use a knife to mix until it just comes together. Give it a couple of kneads into a disc and cover in clingfilm and refrigerate for 30 mins. Pre-heat the oven to 190 C
- When ready to get this show on the road then dust your work surface with flour and cut ⅓ of the pastry dough away. Roll out the remaining ⅔ to line a pie dish about 20 cm and 5 cm deep or round about ish. Trim off excess pastry. Fill it with the cooled chicken mixture. Brush the edges with egg wash and roll out the remaining dough to fit. Crimp the edges and trim again if needed.
10. Make two steam holes in the middle of the pie and brush all over with egg wash. Bake for about 50 minutes. Watch the top does not start to burn. I make tin foil hats and cover the pies as soon as they start to darken.
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Easy Slow Cooker Chicken Curry
Chicken Curry Pie
This is a retro Chicken Curry Pie, perfect with new potatoes and petit pois or chips and beans to suit the kids. The pastry is based on a Paul Hollywood shortcrust and it is delicious.
Ingredients
Chicken Curry
- 1 medium roast chicken
- 1 large onion
- 500 mls chicken stock
- 2 heaped tsps mild curry powder
- 2 cloves garlic
- 25 grams cornflour
- 3 tbsps mango chutney
Shortcrust Pastry
- 275 grams plainflour
- 1 pinch fine salt
- 135 grams unsalted butter cubed
- 1 tsp lemon juice
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 egg beaten for egg wash.
Instructions
- Roast a Chicken and when cool pull all the meat from the bird and set aside.
- Chop the onion and garlic up finely or whizz in the processor-my preferred lazy-bird option.
- Fry in a medium saucepan for five mins in some olive oil until softened. Add the curry powder and fry gently for a further couple of mins.
- Pour in the stock and bring to a boil. Stir the cornflour in a cup with about double the water(enough that all the cornflour dissolves completely). Add to the simmering curry liquid whilst stirring with a whisk(curry).Keep stirring with the whisk until it thickens. Add the mango chutney.
- Continue simmering and season to taste.
- Add the chicken and set aside to cool.
- To make the pastry put the butter, flour and salt in the bowl of a food processor or mixing bowl. Either whizz or rub in by hand until breadcrumbs are formed. Add the egg,lemon juice and a splash of water and whizz or use a knife to mix until it just comes together. Give it a couple of kneads into a disc and cover in clingfilm and refrigerate for 30 mins. Pre-heat the oven to 190 C
- When ready to get this show on the road then dust your work surface with flour and cut ⅓ of the pastry dough away. Roll out the remaining ⅔ to line a pie dish about 20 cm and 5 cm deep or round about ish. Trim off excess pastry.
- Fill it with the cooled chicken mixture. Brush the edges with egg wash and roll out the remaining dough to fit the top. Crimp the edges and trim again if needed.
- Make two steam holes in the middle of the pie and brush all over with egg wash. Bake for about 50 minutes. Watch the top does not start to burn. I make tin foil hats and cover the pies as soon as they start to darken.
- Apply to shamed face.
Nutrition
Calories: 538kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 44g | Fat: 31g | Saturated Fat: 15g | Cholesterol: 233mg | Sodium: 276mg | Potassium: 521mg | Sugar: 7g | Vitamin A: 720IU | Vitamin C: 3.5mg | Calcium: 46mg | Iron: 2.6mg
All nutritional information is approximate and intended only as a guide.
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Jenny x
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Me too,unfortunately I could eat the whole thing???
Michelle Frank | Flipped-Out Food
This made me laugh...so...HARD! I can totally relate to the electronics-before-school-not-ready-to-leave-frustration-fail!
MY little...er, TYKE...would manage to find the onion in this dish: vegetable detection is his superpower, after all! But that's OK: this sounds too delicious to pass up! Thanks for sharing with #CookBlogShare!
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Yeaaah another tempremental TYKE!! Amazingly they have cleaned up their dragging of feet before school under threat of device removal.I'm sure it won't last and I'll be cussing again soon!!
Angela / Only Crumbs Remain
It's times like this, when I see a scrummy pie, that I wish hubby & I weren't vegetarians! Looks absolutely gorgeous Jenny 🙂
Angela x
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Thanks Angela,it was.I don't think you can ever go wrong with a pie.I keep meaning to make your homity pie.That looked seriously good too xx
Eb Gargano | Easy Peasy Foodie
Oh you poor thing...we've all been there though (all actual real parents will have been nodding along to this) ...I lose the plot quite regularly with my two...I like to think that it teaches them how adults are not perfect and also the art of saying sorry (I am good at saying sorry afterwards) fortunately they do always forgive me...and they still love me - yey! Anyway you can scream and shout at me as much as you want so long as you promise to bake me your scrummy chicken pie afterwards 😉 Eb x
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Thanks Eb.I try to right all my parenting wrongs with food.I'm sure they're going to end up ginormous!!!xx
joskitchenlarder
Love the simplicity of the filling, it's all about chicken curry and veg (if you want it) can be served as a side. I would happily have this gorgeous pie any time. Perfect apologies in my book 🙂 (I've been there too with my almost 7 year old going on 13)! x
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Thanks Jo,bloody kids!!!!!xx
Jacqui
If that is your biggest parenting fail I would say you are doing more than OK.
If i made this pie for my now grown son I would be forgiven everything thats has passed (and much worse sins). He loves curry and love pie. Why didnt I think of this before
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Thanks Jacqui but there's still plenty of time!!xx
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Thankyou so much.I love your blog!Do you know what he had completely forgotten about it too!I think I was more traumatised than he.I've managed to just keep my swearing to my husband since then!!
Dee
Hi, can I use puff pastry? I’m GF and it’s rather difficult to find shortcrust GF (believe in the ready made rolled pastry from the shelf, please don’t judge me!) Have looked at your vegetable pie which says you can use puff or shortcrust. Thank you
Jenny
Absolutely! I so don't judge. Ready made GF puff pastry would be great. Thanks so much for reaching out. I hope you love it!x