Ingredients
Filling
2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil
1 chopped small onion
1 16-ounce bag thawed, previously frozen mixed vegetables
1/2 cup whole wheat flour
1 teaspoon dried thyme
1 14-ounce can organic chicken broth, reduced-sodium
3/4 cup milk, organic, coconut or almond
3 cups chicken breast from free range chickens, cooked and chopped
1/3 cup flat-leaf parsley, chopped
1/2 teaspoon pepper, freshly ground
1/4 teaspoon salt
Biscuits
2 1/4 cups whole-wheat flour
1 tablespoon baking powder
1 teaspoons Stevia in the Raw or Truvia
1/4 teaspoon salt
4 tablespoons no salt, organic butter – cubed
5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
3/4 cup milk, organic, coconut or almond
Directions
Prepare filling:
- In a large skillet or frying pan, heat oil over stove burner on medium.
- Once oil is heated, add onion. Cook onion, stirring occasionally, for about 3 to 5 minutes or until tender.
- Toss in vegetables. Cook and stir for 2 to 3 minutes or until hot.
- Top off with sprinkles of flour and thyme. Stir well to coat.
- Pour in broth and milk, stirring for 4 to 6 minutes, or until thickened.
- Add chicken, parsley, pepper and salt.
- Transfer to a 9-by-13 inch (or 3-quart) baking dish or pan.
- Turn on oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit and allow to preheat.
Prepare biscuits:
- In a large bowl, mix whole-wheat flour, baking powder, sugar and salt with a whisk.
- Adding butter, rub ingredients together with your fingertips until it begins to look like cornmeal.
- Drizzle oil over mix, tossing well until coated.
- Sprinkle milk into mix and blend together.
- On a lightly floured surface, turn dough out and knead a few times.
- Pat or roll the dough into a 10-by-6-inch rectangle. Cut rectangle into 6 biscuits.
- Carefully set the biscuits on top of the filling with equal space in between each.
- Place in oven and bake the potpie 38 to 40 minutes or until bubbling around the edges and the biscuits are light brown.
- Cool off for at least 10 minutes and serve.
Serves: 6
Adapted from: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/chicken_potpie_biscuits.html
