Cheesy Chicken Pie

Cheesy Chicken Pie

Ingredients for white sauce:

50 grams of butter

25 grams of plain flour

500 ml of milk

salt and pepper to season (only add if its savoury!)

Fresh cream - a part of milk ( optional )

Oregano powder - to add flavour

Method to prepare white sauce:

Put all the ingredients into a pan on a medium heat whisking constantly for 6 mins till the sauce will thicken. Continue whisking it until it doesn't taste floury anymore. Add oregano powder to add flavour (to be added only once the sauce is out of flame).

Ingredients for the pie:

Chicken - shredded (cooked with pinch of turmeric, pepper and salt)

Carrot - 2 nos (chopped into pieces)

Capsicum - 2 nos ( chopped into pieces)

Onions - 1 nos (chopped into pieces)

Cheesy macaroni - 2 pack ( cook and keep aside)

Pepper powder - 2 tablespoon

Butter for cooking

Bread crumbs for the crust.

Preparation:

- Pour butter in a pan, add carrot and saute for 5 mts. Now add capsicum, onions and saute till transparent. Add pepper powder and saute. Toss the shredded chicken, macaroni and saute for 5 mts.

- Take a deep dish pan and butter the sides. Put the cheesy chicken macaroni mixture and pour the white sauce like a layer (sauce should cover the mixture). Now add bread crumbs on top of the sauce (crumbs should cover the sauce like a thick layer)

- Preheat oven at 180 degree and cook the pie for 20 mts till the crust is dark brown in color. 

- Simple and delicious cheesy chicken pie is ready to serve. Serve hot or cold as desired.