Traveler Bill’s Test Kitchen: Cook’s Illustrated: Chicken Pot Pie w/ Savory Crumble Topping (w/ Left-over Report Update!)

Let me start by saying that I love everything to do with Cooks Illustrated. Our TiVo has season passes for both ATK and Cook’s Country. We have subscriptions to both Cook’s Illustrated and Cook’s Country magazine as well as an online subscription to Cook’s Illustrated. I follow Christopher Kimball and America’s Test Kitchen’s Twitter feeds. Finally I own the The Complete America’s Test Kitchen TV Show Cookbook: Every Recipe from the Hit TV Show, 2001-2011 and have The America’s Test Kitchen Family Cookbook 3rd Edition: Cookware Rating Edition in the mail on it’s way to me as I write this entry.

I’ve made many dishes from these publications, for instance Cook’s Country Best-Ever Hot Cocoa Mix I made a couple weeks ago.  Today’s dish: Cook’s Illustrated: Chicken Pot Pie w/ Savory Crumble Topping

(Traveler Bill’s Test Kitchen does not publish unadapted recipes without permission, and we’re too lazy to get permission.  However, you can get the recipe at the Cook’s Illustrated website.  While the site does require a subscription, it can be accessed with a free trial.  That said, you can’t go wrong with a subscription. -Traveler Bill)

Assemble your ingredients

Simmer the chicken in the broth

Meanwhile, start the crumble topping

Reserve the chicken

And the broth

Shred your chicken

Simmer the vegetables

Simmer the mushrooms

Then make a roux

Slowly whisking in the chicken stock and the milk

Stir in the remaining ingredients with the reserved chicken and veggies

Pour into an oven safe dish and heat on a lipped tray

Serve to your sweetie with a Shirley Temple and a Splayd

Conclusions:

I have yet to come across a recipe from any of the various entities of Test Kitchen that was a stinker.  And this was no exception.  It tasted exactly like a pot pie should.  EXACTLY LIKE POT PIE! Do yourself a favor and give it a try.  It really hits the spot on a cold weekend afternoon.

UPDATE! It is still delicious three days later.