Simplified Chicken Pie Shepard's Pie Style Mumy

This is my version of Simplified Chicken pie Shepard's pie style. Biasanya I buat chicken pie ni without the pie crust, the original pie recipe I got is from my BFF Debie; her Moreira's chicken pie. some alteration to suit my 'malay tekak' and end product is like this. heheheh... sedap, cepat and kurang melecehkan.. i think earlier i have posted the same recipe but the original version. this time I’m having it in a simplified version.

So here it goes..

Things that you need:

Chicken filling

Chicken meat*
Mushroom
Carrot
Dried herbs; oregano, parsley, chili flakes(if you like spicy)
Garlic*
Onions*
1/4 cup of thick cream
Salt, pepper, brown sugar to taste
A teaspoon of butter
Some oil to stirfry

How to prepare:

Dice chicken meat, clean them and put aside. Slice onions and garlic (if you're using powder form just marinate them with the chicken meat) and stir fry until golden brown, season with the brown sugar to   the onions(taste a lot better this way) and add in the chicken and mushroom. Add in all dry herbs continue to stir pour in the thick cream and butter, stir again until well combined and cook. At this point lower the heat as thick cream is not so friendly with too much of heat. Nanti 'berketil- ketil' pulak kuah tu. Don't forget to season with salt and fresh pepper( powder form pun ok jugak lah no problem). Add a little bit of water to have extra gravy for serving later..

Topping mashed potato:

A small bag of potatoes ( here you can varies how you want your mash potato to be. Kat supermarket tu ader banyak jenis potato, from cheap ones, to super expensive ones which will have different taste each of them. You can even have them mashed with the skins, ader yg kulit pink, red, light yellow and many more.. Just be creative. Add cheese and sour cream if you like too!!!

50g of butter(dalam satu sudu besar makan lah)
1/4 cup or less of thick cream again(you can opt for low fat milk at this point, mash potato will taste lighter than)
Salt and pepper to taste, you can sprinkle dried parsley as deco too..

How to prepare:

Boil the cleaned potatoes either in a pot or cut them into smaller pieces and boil in a microwave. I always use the 2nd method heheheh... If you want to have the skin too make sure you lightly scrub the potatoes while cleaning them. Once cooked, toss put in the butter and cream/milk and start to mash. Add in the seasoning to taste. Put aside.

Pie crust base:

This is the cheating part! Just get the ready made either at the super market, or any bakery shops!!! Hahahaha... Open pack and follow instructions!! But do not get the flakey desert pie crust. Instead get the savory pie crust.



Combining and baking:

Put in chicken filling in the pre-bake pie crust, leave the gravy in the pan for serving later. Top the chicken filling with the mash potato, cover the whole surface. Spread some egg yolk on the pie to get the golden brown effect heheheh.. Bake for about 30 minutes or until the crust is cooked. Once brownies, sides looks crispy means it is almost done..

*any part of the chicken meat you can use, you can even use with bones if you like and want to. To get a more express, you can opt the onions and garlic from fresh ones to powdered form. They will definitely cut your preparing time a lot faster.


Good luck you guys.. Happy cooking!!