In my part of the world, it’s jacket-weather yet. This means comfort food is still on the table…my table, anyways. It’s hard to think of anything more comforting than chicken pot pie (with a gluten-free biscuit topping). Except maybe that viral feta pasta dish, which I may have made a time or twelve since I posted about it here.
Feel free to make this chicken dish using your own favourite biscuit recipe. Wheat gives me heartburn, hence the gluten-free slant to a lot of my recipes. For those of you who might want to try these GF biscuits, I have to say that they turned out mighty fine!
If you have turkey or chicken leftovers from Easter weekend, this recipe (courtesy of Zen Belly) would make great use of them. I had half a bag of mixed veggies in the freezer to use up, which I used instead of the vegetables the recipe called for. I also forgot to add the optional dairy…I didn’t have any heavy cream lying around but I was thinking of adding some milk or maybe Greek yogurt. Turns out it’s just fine without any of that.
For spices, I was pretty liberal with my homemade chicken seasoning blend, recipe given to me by my dear cousin-in-law, Hetty. Here is her recipe for Kip Kruiden (Dutch for “chicken spices”):
- 2.5 tsp salt
- 1.5 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp onion powder
- 0.75 tsp savoury powder
- 0.25 tsp coriander
- 0.75 tsp garlic powder
- 0.5 tsp black pepper
- 0.5 tsp thyme
- 0.5 tsp basil
I usually double the recipe to make a big enough batch to last me a while…I do love my chicken! This spice blend is great on pork or on oven-roasted potatoes, as well. I think I put a good teaspoon of the blend into this dish.
Right after I made the pot pie, I chowed down on it. SO. GOOD. Then put the leftovers in the fridge until the rest of my “bubble” could come over and enjoy it with me. It reheated beautifully a couple of days later (the biscuits were still fluffy and tender!), and was very well received. The dish was scraped clean. My daughter said, “It smells like Thanksgiving in your house!” Thank you, Zen Belly and Kip Kruiden. 🙂
Now it’s your turn! Let me and/or Donna (my lovely co-host, who is posting about a delightful vegetarian dish) know what’s on your plate at your house, in the Comments. And remember if you decide to blog or Facebook or Instagram about it, to use the tag #whatsonyourplateblogchallenge so we can find you out on ye olde interwebbs!
Rock on,
The WB
Hi Deb what a great idea and I’m on board! I’ve just added the hashtag to my Vegetable Fritters recipe and linked to both your post and Donna’s post. I’d love to take part in your What’s on your plate. I also will try this recipe you have chosen for the inaugural challenge post. We don’t actually make ‘biscuits’ like you do in the US and Canada. Our biscuits are your cookies.
https://www.womenlivingwellafter50.com.au/vegetable-fritters-a-quick-easy-way-to-add-more-veggies-to-your-day/ #whatsonyourplatechallenge
Wonderful, Sue! Thanks for the link 💕 Yes, I learned early on that biscuits are cookies in certain parts of the world. I once had a little English lad over to my house and he told me my “biscuits” weren’t proper ones because they weren’t dipped in chocolate 🤣 (they were plain Digestives). His dad was mortified but I thought it was pretty cute and it made me laugh. What would you call the topping then? Rolls, scones?
Another tasty treat. Looks wonderful. Did you try my cranberry sausage spaghetti?
Thank you, Frank 💕 No, not yet but it’s definitely on my list to try!
That makes me smile. I just bought the juice and dried cranberries for the near future
Oddly enough chicken pot pie is on my weekly menu as well. My favorite spice for the sauce? Thyme.
Thyme would be a great herb to add to the sauce. Who doesn’t love chicken pot pie and do I even want to know this person? 🤣 Thanks, Rivergirl 💕
Hi Deb – I used to love these sorts of dishes … I’ve used dumplings, not biscuits (sans the wheat) … I’m not that good with wheat … but not completely allergic to it … so am wary. This I’d love – so pleased the family enjoyed it too. I’ll be loving yours and Donna’s posts on the monthly plate challenge – fascinating to read and to see – cheers Hilary
Hi Hilary, I think this recipe would work well as dumplings instead of biscuits. I can’t see why not! Thank you 💕
Yum!! I think I know what I’m making for dinner tonight!
Oh goody! Let me know how it turns out 💕
I’ve been looking forward to your first post of your challenge. Your dinner looks delicious and definitely the type of meal that we enjoy. I didn’t know wheat could give you heartburn, but now that you mention it I wonder if that is happening with me. Food for thought, so to speak.
Thank you, Ally 💕 It took me a long time (I was in denial, what can I say🤷♀️) to realize wheat was the culprit. But not all wheat…I can eat bread in Barbados and in Europe without problem. North American wheat products can give me grief. So maybe it’s not wheat but something else in with the wheat??? I have better luck with artisanal breads. I don’t know…I don’t think it is the gluten. All I know is that avoiding wheat whenever possible is a good strategy for me.
Yummy-yummy – this look sooo good!
I’m gonna try your chicken spices combo as I’ve always either got, or am planning, my next chicken dish. Thank you both for starting this challenge!
Will give you both a ping when my suggestion goes online. xx
Thank you, Del 💕 That spice blend is a winner (winner, chicken dinner 🤣). Sorry, I couldn’t resist!
Winner 🐓 dinner — hehee!
In case your ping-backs aren’t set up, my post is here: https://curlsnskirls.wordpress.com/2021/04/07/awwww-beans/
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I love chicken pot pie! This looks delicious. I’m writing the seasoning recipe down. A lot of those seasonings here have MSG in them, and I can’t have those. Thank you for sharing! 🙂
You are most welcome, Kari! Thanks 💕 Let me know how you like the seasoning blend when you get to try it. 😁
I will!
Putting the chicken spices blend in my recipe file. Right now, I’m working on freezer and pantry clean-out (900 mile move next month), and surprisingly no frozen chicken in there! Lots of other stuff to use up though.
Thanks, Pat 💕 I think you will like the spice blend. As I mentioned, it’s good on other things too. Good luck with your move!!!
Deb, I love chicken pot pie and this variation looks wonderful. I can see how your spice mash-up will work well on lot of things. I’ve added Malcolm’s Easter salad to the table this month. You can see the recipe here. https://picture-retirement.com/2021/04/06/for-the-love-of-easter/ Attempting to use Donna’s tutorial link to place the photo here also.
https://neveroutofinkcom.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/salad-e1617798834898.jpg
Love it, Suzanne 💕 That salad looks amazing! Thank you for sharing!
Well, that didn’t work exactly as planned. Guess I need to read it again!
??? Worked perfectly, from my perspective. I see the photo and the link.
no kidding. I can only see the URL
Hi, Suzanne – I can see it! For self-hosted sites, rather than the image appearing, only the link to the image is visible. However, those clicking on the link will see the image.
Thank you for sharing this. Looks delicious!
Posts like this always make me wish I liked to cook. Looks good, Deb.
Thank you, Jean 💕 My mother disliked cooking also, despite being very good at it. I didn’t like it either when I was young (so much effort for something that would disappear quickly!) but at some point (can’t remember when) I started to really love experimenting/creating in the kitchen.
Hi, Deb – This recipe looks amazing. I swear that I can smell the delicious aroma from here.
Thank you so much for including me in your Virtual Dinner Party. I am greatly looking forward to the adventure. Oh, and I am also greatly looking forward to ‘jacket weather’ being gone.
See you soon!
Preach, sister! To the end of jacket weather! Thank YOU, Donna, for joining me on this (and our other) adventures 💕
Looks delicious Deb, and so nutritious. We’re having capallini with meat sauce tonight.
Leslie xoxo
Yum! Sounds delicious. Thanks, Leslie 💕
I love pot pies. Yours looks wonderful and the pictures of you are sweet.
Thank you, Tracey 💕
That looks yummy! Yay for your first What’s on Your Plate? post! I’m looking forward to this each month!
Here’s mine:
https://retirementallychallenged.com/2021/04/07/hello-dinner/
Thank you, Janis 💕 Heading over to your blog to see what’s for dinner!
Yay for a great food challenge — which I diarised, and promptly forgot. Will have to see what I can come up with to join the fun.
Thanks, Su 💕 No sweat, there’s always next month if this one doesn’t work. 😁
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I love chicken pot pie, Deb. I have had all sorts of stomach issues, so I should try the GF versions. A great way to use up veggies and the recipe sounds very forgiving. I can almost smell the wonderful aromas wafting to the south part of the Island.💕
Thank you, Erica 💕 I hope you can get some relief from your stomach issues.
Hi, Deb – For dinner tonight, I made your (and Zen Belly’s) Chicken Pot Pie with Gluten-Free Biscuit Topping. Absolutely delicious. Thank you for sharing this. http://retirementreflections307893002.files.wordpress.com/2021/04/168777565_554599448840931_4414461467820279913_n.jpeg
How wonderful! I’m itching to try your recipe as well, however back spasms are limiting my activities. I’m living on leftovers, at the moment.
Ouch!!! I hope that you are feeling better soon. Sending warm healing vibes your way!
I’ve lived far too long with those. Keep moving, as much as it hurts, and get some good quality drugs. Not that kind…..
Good advice, Bernie! Thanks 💕
That sounds really good! Our weather is up and down and on a cold day this is perfect.
Thank you, Kate 💕
Now you are making me hungry.
Then my job here is done 😁. Thanks, Kieran 💕
I love turkey or chicken stew with dumplings although we also turn it into a pot pie with a weirdly interesting crust on the bottom of it. I am for sure in for this challenge but seems I toasted all my recent photos I will have to create a lovely meal in the next few days and actually do a post that doesn’t sit stagnant in my brain.
No worries, Bernie! There is always next month if this one doesn’t work out. Thanks 💕
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I do love a good chicken casserole & the biscuits (although we’d call them scones or even dumplings) on top look the business. We did a slow-cooked beef and beer casserole the other night with parsley dumplings. Yum. But because I didn’t photograph that and I did photograph my san choy bow the other night, I’ve posted that. https://brookfordkitchendiaries.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/san-choy-bow/
https://equipoiselife.wordpress.com/2021/04/09/fridays-finest/
Yum! Click on the above link for pizza!!!! Thanks, Bernie 💕
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This looks amazing and I can only imagine the SMELL. Thanksgiving smells are the best.
We are not in ‘comfort food’ season, but I won’t let that deter me.
Just crank that AC Suz, and you’ll be there again! 😉 Thanks 💕
I’m a little late to the party, but I didn’t want to let you down! Here’s my post about Kabocha Squash Red Curry:
https://www.retirementconfidential.com/2021/04/10/woyp-kabocha-squash-red-curry/
Fantastic! Thank you, Donna 💕
Oh yum, yum, yum! Biscuits & gravy is one of my favourite things about visiting North America. Of course, I can’t say that to any English people as they’re thinking sweet biscuits. I guess the best equivalent description for and English person is that it’s a savoury scone, rather than a sweet one for adding jam & cream.
It snowed here – albeit briefly – this morning, so this was perfect to read & got the juices flowing.
Thank you, Deb 💕 Chicken pot pie with savoury scones it is! 😁
I know, late to the party. But the favourite thing on my plate at the moment is a chicken omelette. I fry a diced chicken thigh, eschallots, mushrooms and zucchini in some rosemary and garlic oil, mix in an egg (beaten with a little milk) and sprinkle fetta, salt and pepper over the top. When the egg has set, eat. YUM!
Ooops, should have said, doing A to Z this month so no space to join in on my blog. Next time 🙂
Good luck with the A to Z Challenge! Those are fun 😁
Thanks, Deb. I’m doing “poisons and stories of their use” so it is really interesting, although I didn’t get them all written in time so I am finding it a little more stressful than usual this year.
I agree…that sounds YUM! Thanks, AJ 💕
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Looks super yum and comforting. I wish I had one of those biscuits right now. Also your eyes look so pretty on your photo.
Thank you 😊
I am a Kip Kruiden lover, more like a addict. Understanding the process of making Kip Kruiden was really informative. Such meticulous and comprehensive work it is. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you 😁
Deb, I wonder whether glyphosate is the culprit that affects you when you eat wheat? Glyphosate is the main ingredient in Roundup, which is used in huge quantities by North American grain farmers. Although research to date on its negative health effects is limited, you might want to try organically grown wheat and see if that reduces your symptoms.
https://foodprint.org/issues/pesticides/
Jude
You could be right! European wheat products don’t bother me, nor do certain artisanal products. I’m pretty sure I am not gluten-intolerant so it’s something else in North American wheat. Thanks, Jude 💕
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Thanks Deb. A chicken pot pie is delish in any season. This one looks fabulous.
Here is my dish. https://antoinettetrugliomartin.com/2021/05/05/shrimp-and-wild-mushroom-cobbler/
Thanks a bunch to you and Donna for doing this yummy challenge.
You are most welcome, Antoinette 💕 Your recipe sounds delicious. If I can get my hands on some fresh shrimp, I would love to try it! I’ll have to keep my eye out 👀.