Recipe For Cooking Chicken, Broccoli And Mushroom Pie

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Chicken, Broccoli and Mushroom Pie

Posted by kdipaolo at recipegoldmine.com May 18, 2001

Cheese Crust
1 C. lightly packed shredded sharp Cheddar cheese
3/4 C. flour
1/2 tea. salt
1/4 tea. dry mustard
1/4 C. butter, melted

Filling
1 (6 oz.) boneless skinless chicken breast
Salt
Ground black pepper
1 Tbsp. butter
1 med. onion, chopped (1/2 C.)
1/4 lb. fresh mushrooms, sliced (about 1 C.)
2 Tbsp. flour
1 C. whipped cream
Pin. ground nutmeg
2 C. chopped, cooked broccoli
3 eggs, lightly beaten
1/4 C. freshly grated Romano cheese
1 C. lightly packed shredded Swiss cheese (4 oz.)

For crust Using pastry blender, combine cheese, flour, salt, dry mustard and melted butter. Press dough evenly into bottom and up sides of a 10 in. pie plate.

For filling: Sprinkle chicken breast lightly with salt and pepper. Bake in a 375 degree oven for 25 min. or until done. Allow to cool. Cut into cubes; set aside. (You should have about 1 1/4 C. cubed chicken.)

Melt butter in a skillet. Over med. heat, sauté onion and mushrooms in butter 2 to 3 min., or until tender. Stir in flour. Add cream, 1 tea. salt, nutmeg and 1/2 tea. black pepper. Simmer 1 min. (Mixture doesn\t thicken.) Add broccoli, eggs and chicken cubes; blend well. Stir in Romano cheese. Set aside.

Line crust with shredded Swiss cheese. Pour broccoli-chicken mixture into cheese lined crust. Bake at 400 degrees for 15 min. Reduce oven temperature to 375 degrees; bake 20 min. or until set.

Yield: 6 to 8 servings.