Mini Cast Iron Chicken Pot Pies Recipe on Food52 (2024)

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Can I use a cast iron skillet instead of a pie pan? ›

Using cast iron means that the pan heats up quickly and retains a consistent temperature throughout baking. Which all adds up to beautifully baked bottom crusts (with no hint of sog). In short, ditch the pie plate and use a cast iron skillet instead.

Yes you can. You can make it with a double crust or single crust with a crumb topping. Cast iron pans are very versatile.

Simply place in the refrigerator overnight or leave on a counter top for several hours. For individual five (5) inch pot pies, please place them in a conventional oven at 375 degrees for 25-30 minutes.

Bake the pot pie until the center of the crust is evenly golden brown—and don't forget that the crust edge loves to bake at a faster rate than the filling—so covered it with strips of foil or make a foil collar of foil as pictured, to protect the crust edge from getting overly baked while you wait for the center to ...

Preheat your cast iron bakeware before adding your batter or dough for crunchy edges on cornbread, pizza, and biscuits. Prefer a delicate crust? Add your batter for cakes, pies, and other soft baked goods directly into your room-temperature pan. No preheating needed!

Material / Heating: Typical cast iron

Every time I used it and cleaned it, I gave it a light coating of oil. While I didn't cook greasy foods in the pan, pie crusts have oil in them that will continue seasoning the pan as it's used.

Cast iron cookware is safe to use on ceramic-glass stoves and cooktops and shouldn't cause damage to the pan or cooking surface when you follow the right tips. Because cast iron is heavy, always place it gently on the cooktop and pick up, rather than slide, when you need to move it around.

To know when your chicken pot pie is ready, look for a golden brown crust on top. You can gently insert a knife or toothpick into the center of the pie and check if it comes out hot to the touch. This indicates that the filling is bubbly and cooked through.

How do you heat mini pies? ›

The sauce in chicken pot pie is typically a gravy. I use a seasoned white gravy made from scratch with flavor-building ingredients, chicken broth, and half-and-half.

8″ round cake pans will make a fine pie, with a very vertical edge crust, and a bit deeper than even a deep dish pie pan might. Or an 8″ square baking dish can be used to make a square pie. You can go purchase a cheap foil pie pan as well. You could even just buy a crust to get one, even.

The quality of absorbing heat and holding onto it makes cast iron ideal for any recipe that starts on the stove and ends in the oven.

A cast iron skillet can be used for baking or as a casserole dish for your potatoes au gratin. I've also used a cast iron pan for biscuits, cakes, sticky buns, upside-down cakes, and giant cookies.

And the fact that they can go from the stovetop to the oven means you can cook perfect baked goods like cornbread and even pie. Another bonus: While you have to scrub your other pots and pans to get them clean, all you have to do to clean a cast iron skillet is rinse it with warm water post-cooking.