Chicken, ham and potatoes pie
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When my brother-in-law, Sonny, and his family were in the Philippines a year and a half ago for a one-month vacation, we celebrated Sonny’s birthday with two parties. The first was an all-family potluck dinner; the second was a catered affair for family and extended family. For the potluck dinner, I brought two trays of a baked chicken and potatoes dish that is very similar to what we had for dinner last night.
In Western cuisine, this would be called a farmer’s pie or a shepherd’s pie. Basically, it is a cooked stew topped with mashed potatoes then baked until the top is lightly browned.
Between Sonny’s birthday and last night’s dinner, I’ve learned a few things to improve this dish. Notably, the addition of grated parmesan cheese to the mashed potatoes — an idea suggested by fellow food blogger Shalimar that she posted as a comment in an older farmer’s pie entry.
There are no rules regarding the stew. You can use beef, pork, duck, turkey, veal, lamb or chicken. If you’re using poultry, it is a good idea to use fillets which can be bought in most supermarkets. Otherwise, you can pre-cook the bird, remove the meat from the bones and cut them into chunks. I used chicken thigh fillets for last night’s pie.
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Can the baking part be done using a microwave? Or is it better kung toaster nalang? We don’t have a conventional oven kasi eh (meron kami electric, pero malakas masyado sa kuryente).
Gail, I’m not so sure it will brown in the microwave. An oven toaster might be a better idea.
Mmmmm, oh, I made something like that once… but with browned cubed beef, bacon, mushrooms… in gravy and topped off with mashed potatoes.
But these days, if I’d would make it again… it would be with seafood – shrimps / fish.
fruityoaty, won’t the grilling/broiling part overcook shrimps? Shrimps take only a few minutes to cook and overcooking them makes them tough.
Hi Coney,
Good Day to u!:razz: I want to try that recipe kaya lang what kind of cream ang gagamitin ko? Thanks for sharing ur recipes… God bless u
I have a suggestion, you can also put mashed potato sa bottom layer. I did this before. So para talaga syang pie may crust sa ilalim….if you guys want to try…:smile:
Hello Grace, I use Nestle all-purpose cream.
Cocoy, and if add spices and grated cheese to the mashed potato bottom crust, it’s like having Swiss rosti for a pie crust! Wow, just thinking about it makes me… I’m going to do that.
this is similar to tropical chicken right?
have no idea what “tropical chicken” is, dhoy.
con, forgive my ignorance ha… i bought a small convectionan oven na kasing laki ng mga microwave oven (3D is the brand, at least there’s a word “convection” on it) and I really havent tried using it except for the baked tahong w/c unfortunately did not turn out well. my question is, when you say “preheated oven”, does that means you turn on the oven na before putting in whatever you are planning to bake/grill/broil? sa totoo lang, natatakot akong gamitin sya eh…pero sayang naman kung hindi gagamitin.
am really dying to try your recipes that need baking/grilling/broiling but I guess i still need to collect some courage. btw, it has a grill function and there is fan, so i think its really a convention oven.
brenda, first of all… don’t be afraid to use the oven.
The fact that yours has a fan means it really is a convection oven.
“Preheated” means, yes, you turn it on before you put the food in. The principle is that the required temperature should have been reached before the food goes in. Pre-heating usually takes 10 minutes.
ok, thanks for the heads up… i’ll try some simple dish lang muna. appreciate your reply con.