Chicken Pot Pie, Skinny-fied

Chicken pot pie is considered one of the ultimate comfort foods! It's a savory pie filled with a luxurious chicken stew. And, it's usually very fattening, but not this skinny one. You can enjoy every bite, guilt-free! Each serving has only 266 calories, 6 grams of fat and 7 Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS!

Prep and Cook Time: 30 minutes

Bake Time: 14 minutes

Ingredients

3 cups Swanson's reduced-sodium chicken broth or your favorite

1½ cups onions, chopped

1 cup potato, peeled and cubed (½ inch cubes)

1 cup sweet potato, peeled and cubed (½ inch cubes)

1 cup carrots, peeled and chopped

1 cup celery, sliced

1 lb chicken breasts (boneless, skinless), cut into bite-size pieces

1½ cups frozen peas (not defrosted)

1½ cup reduced-fat milk

½ cup plus 1 tablespoon all purpose flour

2 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped or 1 teaspoon dried

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon fresh ground black pepper

1 pkg. Pillsbury Golden Layer Flaky Biscuits (100 calories for each biscuit)

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In a large pan, add chicken broth and bring to a boil.

2. Stir in onions, potato, sweet potato, carrots and celery. Bring back to a boil, reduce heat and cover. Simmer for 6 minutes.

3. Add chicken pieces and frozen peas, breaking them up. Bring back to a boil, turn heat to simmer, cover, and cook for 5 minutes.

4. Place a colander into a large bowl. Pour chicken, vegetables and broth into colander. Add strained broth back to the pan. Set aside chicken and vegetables.

5. In a separate small bowl, add flour. Gradually add milk to the flour stirring with a whisk, until well blended.

6. Increase heat to medium with the broth. Stir in milk/flour mixture with a whisk. Cook for 5 minutes or until thicken. Stir often.

7. Add back chicken and vegetables, along with thyme, salt and pepper. Mix well.

8. Coat an 11 x 7 baking dish (see Shopping Tip) with cooking spray and pour in the chicken stew.

9. Open the package of biscuits, separate them and place on top of chicken stew. Line them evenly over top.

10. Place the pie on a foil lined baking sheet and bake for 14-16 minutes until the biscuits are real golden brown.

11. To serve, spoon into each bowl and top with 1 biscuit. There will be two extra biscuits for whoever wants it.

Serves 8 (each serving, ⅛ of recipe and 1 biscuit)

Shopping Tips
You can find Pillsbury Biscuits in most large supermarkets in the refrigerated section where they display all the "ready to bake" items. Look for ones that have 100-110 calories a biscuit.

The 11 x 7 baking pan is the same as a 2 quart baking pan.

Storage Tip
If you're cooking for one or two people, don't let this stop you from making this wonderful pot pie. It freezes great. Divide the leftovers into single serving containers and freeze.

Weight Watchers (old points) 5
Weight Watchers POINTS PLUS 7

SKINNY FACTS: For 1 serving (each serving, ⅛ of recipe and 1 biscuit)
266 calories, 6g fat, 38g carbs, 20g protein, 4g fiber, 653mg sodium, 8g sugar

Note:
1. The nutrition facts were calculated on Spark People.com.
2. The Weight Watchers POINTS were calculated on CalculatorCat.com.

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