Our family cannot eat an entire roast chicken in one meal, so we are always looking for recipes that include cooked chicken. Leftovers is a four letter word in our home; we prefer to ‘repurpose’ from one meal to the next, creating tasty, new dishes, rather than a repeat of a previous meal. Our five year old friend Patrick visits on Wednesdays, and often helps to cook dinner. This repurposed recipe is one of his favorites:
Chicken Popped Pie
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2 cups of cooked chicken
1 10 oz bag of frozen peas and carrots
10 oz of frozen hash brown potatoes
1 can cream of chicken soup
1 cup chicken broth
Seasoning to taste
1 pie crust, purchased or made according to recipe
This is a great meal to make with a small child. Most ingredients are dumped into the bowl, and you can use the empty soup can to measure the broth. It’s mostly mixing and stirring. We use clothes pins to attach a dishcloth to the neck of Patrick’s shirt, giving full coverage and avoiding the problem an apron coming loose. Pie crusts are simple to make, and children love to use a rolling pin. Try having them push on the rolling pin itself, while you use the handles to guide it. And besides, children are always more interested in eating their meal if they helped prepare it.
Oh – in case you’re wondering, it’s ‘popped’ pie because the gravy likes to pop out of the crust. According to Patrick, ‘popped’ pie is way better than pot pie any day.
Do you have a favorite ‘repurposed’ recipe? Or a meal you enjoy cooking with a child? Perhaps you’ll share it with us.
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