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Potato and Chicken Pie Recipe

There's nothing like a hot, luscious potato and chicken pie for the ultimate comfort food. There's nothing like a hot, luscious potato and chicken pie for the ultimate comfort food. Almost like Shepherd's Pie, this was made with leftovers in the fridge

Serving: 2 people
Difficulty: Easy
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients:
2 hands full of crushed potato chips
1 big potato
1 carrot, cut into 3 pieces
1 big onion, roughly chopped
1 garlic, roughly chopped
a knob of butter
2 tbsp of greek yogurt
1 boneless chicken thigh, cut into small cubes
2 tsp dried rosemary
2 tsp paprika powder
1 tsp black pepper
2 tbsp honey
1/2 tsp salt
2 tbsp each of mozzarella and parmesan cheese
1 hard boiled egg, sliced

Method:

1. In a pot of water, boil the potatoes and carrots till soft enough to mash.

2. Mash potatoes the potatoes and carrots, adding in the cheese.  This is to hold the mash together and give it some flavour.

3. Chop the chicken into cubes and marinate it with black pepper, paprika rosemary and honey for one hour.

4. In a pan, render the oil from the chicken fat and put in the garlic and onions, let it cook for about 2 minutes.

5. Add the marinated chicken cubes. Once the chicken is cooked, add a knob of butter to get the sticky bits off the pan and then add about 3 tablespoons of yogurt to thicken the mixture. Stir well and add salt to taste.

6. Now to assemble. On a pie tray, fill the bottom with the cooked chicken.

7. Put hard boiled egg slices on, then ply on the mashed potatoes, carrot and cheese.

8. Sprinkle the crushed potato chips liberally on the top, put it in a oven on low heat just to get the cheese melting and to slightly brown the crushed chips. Now it's ready to be served.

*This recipe was contributed by TMI reader, That Bloody Botak. Follow him on Facebook for more of his recipes.

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