British

Chicken and Leek Pie

Name: Chicken and Leek Pie
Total time: 1 h 10 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1.5 lb chicken thighs; 2 leek; 3 tbsp butter; 3 tbsp all purpose flour; 1.5 cups chicken stock; 1/2 cup heavy cream; 1 puff pastry sheet; 1 eggs; 1/2 tsp dried thyme; 1/2 tsp salt; 1/4 tsp black pepper

Margaret @margaret_yorkshire

Chicken and Leek Pie is British home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

70 min Involved

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Serve it with

A British dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Chicken and Leek Pie, read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

The cooked vegetable
- Cauliflower Cheese
  
  40 min
What it is eaten with
- British Mashed Potatoes
  
  30 min

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Chicken and Leek Pie carries dairy, gluten, and eggs. It is free of the remaining 7 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Chicken and Leek Pie
Allergen	In this dish	Cook this instead
Peanuts	No
Tree nuts	No
Dairy	Yes	Chicken Salad with New Potatoes
Gluten	Yes	Bubble and Squeak
Shellfish	No
Eggs	Yes	Bubble and Squeak
Soy	No
Fish	No
Sesame	No
Coconut	No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories: 690 kcal
Protein: 34 g
Carbs: 30 g
Fat: 48 g
Fiber: 1 g
Sugar: 2 g
Sodium: 620 mg
Saturated fat: 23 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Chicken and Leek Pie takes about 70 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.