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Chicken cottage pie?

ames123_2
ames123_2 Posts: 566 Forumite
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Can anyone help me with making this please? I saw it mentioned in the chicken fillet thread, have looked on here, asked and have looked on the net. I guess it's probably the same as cottage pie, but I have never even made that. If anyone could help me please I would be grateful as I would like to make it tonight for tea instead of the usual rubbish I eat! Thanks, Amy xxx
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  • Pink.
    Pink. Posts: 17,638 Forumite
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    Hi ames,

    I've never made it but it does sound like a good way to use up leftover chicken.

    I had a quick look on google and found these two recipes:

    Chicken Cottage Pie

    Turkey Cottage Pie (you could substitute the turkey for chicken)


    To make ordinary cottage pie, I dry fry some mince and onions. Add some chopped carrots, leeks and whatever other veg I have handy. Then add some worcester sauce, black pepper and a stock cube. Thicken the mixture with a little cornflour mixed in cold water and put into a casserole dish. Top with creamy mashed potatoes (some grated cheese added to them is nice) and pop in the oven until the potatoes are golden.

    Pink
  • beachbeth
    beachbeth Posts: 3,862 Forumite
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    I have to make this for my eldest daughter because she can't stand mince. I cook a piece of chicken, usually boneless breast (I buy it when its on offer and freeze). Then I cut it into chunks and put it in the bottom of an individual cottage pie dish. Then gravy goes over this. (My other daughter insists I do the gravy like grandma if I make it for her! This means I have to put cream in the gravy to make it a paler colour and it goes really well with the chicken.)

    Then mashed potato goes on top followed by grated cheese which is then grilled until its golden.
  • ames123_2
    ames123_2 Posts: 566 Forumite
    Thanks for the help guys! Pink - do I need to use cornflour, as don't think I have any?

    Beth - might try that but will put some veg in too.
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  • rach
    rach Posts: 5,476 Forumite
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    something else you can do is add some swede to the mash, even healthier and tasty too. i've just finished a portion of quorn cottage pie with swede and potato mash on top
    Mum to gorgeous baby boy born Sept 2010:j
  • Lillibet_2
    Lillibet_2 Posts: 3,364 Forumite
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    Instead of gravy this would work really well with pureed sweetcorn for the sauce.;)
    I always add tinned tomatoes to my normal beefy cottage pie, am I alone in doing this?:confused: I thought it was normal?!:rolleyes:
    Post Natal Depression is the worst part of giving birth:p

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  • Musto_2
    Musto_2 Posts: 12 Forumite
    Lillibet wrote:
    Instead of gravy this would work really well with pureed sweetcorn for the sauce.;)
    I always add tinned tomatoes to my normal beefy cottage pie, am I alone in doing this?:confused: I thought it was normal?!:rolleyes:

    Sometimes I use tinned tomatoes - every now and again I switch this for a tin of baked beans. Makes it thicker and just different to be honest :)
  • beachbeth
    beachbeth Posts: 3,862 Forumite
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    ames123 wrote:
    Thanks for the help guys! Pink - do I need to use cornflour, as don't think I have any?

    Beth - might try that but will put some veg in too.

    I meant to have said, my daughter won't eat veg which is why my version doesn't have any in it! If it was me eating it I would probably put carrots and cauliflower in it and have a side dish of green beans too! Yum!

    She doesn't know it but I mash some cauliflower into the mashed potato. With all that gravy, meat and cheese, she doesn't taste it!
  • ames123_2
    ames123_2 Posts: 566 Forumite
    Lillibet wrote:
    Instead of gravy this would work really well with pureed sweetcorn for the sauce.;)
    I always add tinned tomatoes to my normal beefy cottage pie, am I alone in doing this?:confused: I thought it was normal?!:rolleyes:

    Pureed sweetcorn? Never heard of that before! Thanks for the suggestion, but think i'll stick to the gravy - I can make that lol.

    How much gravy do I use. Is everything supposed to swim in it or just a bit?
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  • Lillibet_2
    Lillibet_2 Posts: 3,364 Forumite
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    ames123 wrote:
    Pureed sweetcorn? Never heard of that before! Thanks for the suggestion, but think i'll stick to the gravy - I can make that lol.

    Really? I use it all the time in place of white sauce, much less faffy to make & it's gets a portion of veg into any fussy kids! Just a drained tin of sweetcorn in the blender with a little stock/water as needed. If using frozen sweetcorn cook in the microwave for about 2-4 minutes to soften first. Can be treated as white sauce & you can add cheese/white wine/peppercorns etc.

    HTH;)
    Post Natal Depression is the worst part of giving birth:p

    In England we have Mothering Sunday & Father Christmas, Mothers day & Santa Clause are American merchandising tricks:mad: Demonstrate pride in your heirtage by getting it right please people!
  • ames123_2
    ames123_2 Posts: 566 Forumite
    Lillibet wrote:
    Really? I use it all the time in place of white sauce, much less faffy to make & it's gets a portion of veg into any fussy kids! Just a drained tin of sweetcorn in the blender with a little stock/water as needed. If using frozen sweetcorn cook in the microwave for about 2-4 minutes to soften first. Can be treated as white sauce & you can add cheese/white wine/peppercorns etc.

    HTH;)

    I'm not a really a good cook, so haven't even used white sauce unless you count the chicken white wine sauce I had out of a tin once, but it didn't taste very nice!
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