Cooking the Chicken
I am always looking for a good excuse to use the nice Dutch oven
my folks gave to me,
1. This can be done a day ahead. Simmer the chicken in the Dutch oven with 3 to 4 quarts of water, the onion, bay leaf , peppercorns, garlic and cloves for 45 minutes until tender. On a note, I added some seasoning salt to pat the chicken with before I added the stock, I didn't put this in the ingredients because it is not traditional. I then browned the chicken just slightly to give the stock more color.
Strain and reserve the stock.
Pull the chicken off the bones and reserve to a bowl.
Here we have the Chicken, the chopped vegetables, potatoes ready to go and the noodles. George Moser sent me these nice colored noodles so I used those. See below how to make your noodles first.
The potatoes are chopped larger than the carrots so they will take approximately the same time to cook. It is ok for the potatoes to break down a bit as that helps thicken the stock.
The Noodles
1. Break the eggs into the bowl |
2. Add the water and salt. This was my grandma's trick to fill the half egg shell with water. so her rule of thumb was to add a half egg shell of water per egg. |
Add the flour a half cup at a time and mix it in.
If you are going to add your tomato or spinach powder you can add 1/2 cup of the powder. |
Keep adding a little at a time until the dough starts to get stiff and pull away from the bowl. |
Now put out on the board and add a little extra flour and work it in till it is stiff enough to roll out. |
Roll out dough to a sheet about 1/4 inch thick. This is easiest to do when the dough is room temperature. |
Cut the noodles into squares or strips. these are about 2 inches by 4 inches. Sprinkle some flour over these noodles until ready to use. You can also lay them on sheets and dry them.
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Bring the stock to a simmer and add the carrots, onions, celery and potatoes. |
Drizzle in a tablespoon or 2 of annato oil that you get from soaking the seeds in oil. The Penn Dutch like Saffron but I didn't have any. This is mainly for coloring the broth a nice yellow. The Saffron however adds a nice flavor. |
Cover and simmer the stew for 30 to 45 minutes. |
Take a potato and carrot out and check for tenderness. |
When they are starting to get tender add the noodles. a little of the flour that clings to the noodles is fine. Stir the noodles as they fall in so they don't stick together. After they have been exposed to the heat for a 15 seconds they will be fine. |
Now simmer for another 15 minutes until noodles are done and the stock has thickened.
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Here is how it looks completed. You can thicken the stock more if you like by using a slurry of
2 tablespoons flour and 1/ 2 cup water, and pour in while stirring gently with a spoon, as it is simmering
Chop a small handful of parsley. Add half of it to the Pot Pie and gently stir in.
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Top the Pot Pie with some of the chopped parsley for garnish. |
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Warm your bowls in the oven and Ladel some of the Pot Pie filling in the bowl distributing the vegetables and noodles evenly. Then ladle some of the sauce over the top. I like the sauce not too thick, about the same as cream.
Fried Pot Pie
This makes an excellent breakfast and any meal for that matter.
Scoop out 1 cup or so of the chilled Pot Pie. |
Bread it in some seasoned flour |
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Fry in some oil or oil and butter. They are delicious!
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