Chicken pie with a carrot thatch

Chicken pie with a carrot thatch

Create a meal for the whole family with the help of children aged 5-9

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Method

  1. Ask a grown-up to heat the oven to 200C/180C fan, then boil the carrot and potato whole for 5 minutes, then put them in a bowl of cold water to cool down. When cold, peel them carefully.
  2. Grate the carrot and potato (cut them into chunks first if you are using a rotary grater).
  3. Put the grated carrot and potato in a large bowl, add the melted butter and mix it all together.
  4. Cut the ham into small pieces using scissors or a small knife, then cut the chicken into pieces.
  5. Put the chicken and ham in a pie dish with the peas and cream and give everything a stir.
  6. Spoon the carrot thatch onto the pie and ask your grown-up helper to put the pie in the oven for 50 minutes or until the chicken and topping are cooked through.

Per serving

308 kcalories, protein 29g, carbohydrate 13g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 2g, sugar 3g, salt 0.44 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2010.

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  • Binder photo mummybailey

    06 October 2010

    mummybailey rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Just made this for lunch with my little girl, its tastes lovely and was nice and simple to make, she loved it as it was but i preferred to season my portion when it was on my plate tasted delicious!

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  • Binder photo Sian

    13 November 2010

    Sian commented on this recipe

    Made this tonight with my daughter found it very easy to follow and make, everybody thought it was lovely, i have one very proud daughter this evening as this was the first meal she has cooked. I would recommend this recipe to any of my friends to cook with their children.

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  • Binder photo crystalmask

    31 January 2011

    crystalmask commented on this recipe

    how about using philadelphia soft cheese instead of cream?

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  • Binder photo squaccy

    15 April 2011

    squaccy rated and commented on this recipe

    2 stars

    This recipe needs a bit of re-writing to make it far clearer for children and the more novice chefs, as I made this using the recipe and some guess work and I ended up with raw chicken still after 50 minutes of cooking. As this recipe is aimed at children, this could potentially be a problem. I foud that SHALLOW oven proof dish should be used as you'll have more chance of the chicken cooking properly. Also, it would probably be beneficial if the chicken was cooked in a frying pan for a couple of minutes just to make sure it will be fully cooked once in the oven. Finally, I cooked it at the temperature of 200c (non fan oven). Otherwise, it tasted alright. I added tarrogan to the sauce just to give it more flavour which really made a difference.

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  • Binder photo sair

    27 April 2011

    sair commented on this recipe

    my 10 year old son loved cooking this and was very proud of his effort!

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  • Binder photo Beauster

    08 January 2012

    Beauster rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Great recipe... Cooked this with my 3 year old son (assisted chopping and peeling). Adjusted the recipe slightly added in mushrooms, onions and thyme. Cooked at 180c (fan) for 45 minutes.

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  • Binder photo miss worsley

    13 April 2012

    miss worsley commented on this recipe

    I loved this and so did my family but I found grating the carrots and potatoes first Then cooking. Along with the chicken made things go a lot faster I also put grated chesse to top for a crunchy topping and added mushrooms my daughter who is 22 months old couldn't get enough off it and even tried nicking mine

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  • Binder photo Zoe

    12 September 2012

    Zoe rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    The kids loved to join in helping to make it and both ate it up (2&4 year old) but I did add some of my own ingredients to make it more tasty and more healthy; garlic, broccoli, peppers and onions.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 40 mins

Cook time

Cook 50 mins

Ingredients

  • 1 large carrot or 2 small
  • 1 large potato or 2 small
  • 2 tbsp butter , melted
  • 1 slice cooked ham
  • 3 chicken breast fillets
  • 3 tbsp frozen peas , defrosted
  • 4 tbsp double cream
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Per serving

308 kcalories, protein 29g, carbohydrate 13g, fat 16 g, saturated fat 9g, fibre 2g, sugar 3g, salt 0.44 g

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