Cheap and Cheerful Chicken Pie

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons oil
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 750 g chicken thighs
• 1 brown onion, small dice
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1 celery rib, small dice
• 150 g carrots, small dice
• 2 chicken stock cubes
• 1 vegetable stock cube
• 100 g frozen peas
• 1 teaspoon black pepper, cracked
• salt, to taste
• 2 cups water, approx
• 1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
• 1/2 (17 ounce) packet puff pastry

Directions

1. 1

   Skin the Chicken and take out any bone - this should leave you with at least 500 grams of meat. cut into chunks.

2. 2

   Dine the Carrots, celery and Onions. Crush garlic into the onion.

3. 3

   Flour the diced chicken and seal half in a skillet with a small amount of oil pan until it changes color, repeat until all the chicken has been done. place in a bowl.

4. 4

   Add some oil into your skillet or non stick frying pan, and slowly saute' the onions, garlic, carrot and the celery for at least 5 minutes.

5. 5

   Add the Stock Cubes, seasoning and hot water, bring to the boil, and simmer for 5 minutes. Add The chicken to the vegetables and simmer for a further 15 minutes.

6. 6

   Add The frozen peas and parsley, and stir. the filling should not need thickening.

7. 7

   Place in a pie dish and roll out the pastry and place on top.

8. 8

   Cook in a Hot oven for approx 30 minutes.

9. 9

   You can make a smaller pie and freeze the other half of the filling.

10. 10

    Serve with Garlic mashed potatoes and a vegetable of your choice.