Healthier Chicken Pot Pie
Ingredients For Filling
- 1 cup of coconut oil
- 1 diced yellow onion
- 4 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 2 diced chicken breasts
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
- 1 diced sweet potato
- chopped carrots
- frozen peas
- 3 cups of chicken broth
- 1 cup of coconut milk
- dash of nutmeg
- sea salt to taste
- cracked pepper
- cayenne pepper (optional)
- 1 jalapeño pepper (optional)
Thickening agent for filling if desired
- 2 Tbsp. coconut meal
- 2 Tbsp. butter
Ingredients For Crust
- (Mix together to form dough)
- 2 cups of almond meal
- 3/4 cup of coconut oil (melted)
- 1 egg
- sea salt
- cracked pepper
- dash of nutmeg
Instructions
- preheat oven to 350 degrees
- sauté the diced onion and chopped garlic in coconut oil
- add the diced chicken, salt and pepper
- add the parsley and the rest of the vegetables, add the jalapeños and cayenne if desired
- add the chicken broth and simmer
- on low heat, add the coconut milk, coconut meal, butter and dash of nutmeg
- pour chicken mixture into a glass baking dish
- roll out dough for crust until flat
- place over chicken mixture and pinch ends until a seal is formed
- sprinkle with salt, pepper, nutmeg and cayenne if desired
- bake in the 350 degree oven for 20 minutes or until crust is set