Chicken Pie - Cheap And Cheerful - cooking recipe

Ingredients

2 tablespoons oil
3 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
1 bouquet garni
1 teaspoon herbes de provence
100 g frozen peas
1 teaspoon black pepper, cracked
salt, to taste
1 1/2 cups water, approx
1 tablespoon parsley, chopped
cayenne pepper, a few shakes (optional)
0.5 (17 ounce) packet puff pastry

Preparation

This pie does not have a lining of pastry only a lid on the top.
Skin the Chicken and take out any bone - this should leave you with at least 500 grams of meat. cut into chunks.
Dice the Carrots, celery and Onions. Crush garlic into the onion.
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.
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.
Add the Stock Cubes, seasoning and hot water, bring to the boil, and simmer for 10 minutes. Add the chicken to the vegetables and simmer for a further 15 minutes. a few shakes of Cayenne pepper does bring the flavor out - use sparingly.
Add The frozen peas and parsley, and stir. the filling should not need thickening.
Place in a pie dish and roll out the pastry and place on top.
Cook in a Hot oven for approx 30 minutes.
You can make a smaller pie and freeze the other half of the filling.
Serve with Garlic mashed potatoes and a vegetable of your choice.