Crustless Chicken Pot Pie is comfort food at its best made with mashed potatoes, mixed veggies, and chicken all blended into a healthy dinner meal that can be made as a one-pan meal or in individual ramekins.
My sister sent me a Pinterest recipe for pot pie. Her family loved this dinner recipe, but she wanted to make it with fewer calories and fat. I decided to tackle a new healthier dinner recipe for her.
While my family loves a good old-fashioned chicken pot pie along with my crescent roll chicken pot pie, this version reduces both the fat and calorie content by mashed potatoes rather than pie crust. Your family is going to fall in love with this new version of the classic recipe.
Depending on the time you have you can either make your own mashed potatoes, or you can use the box variety. While making your own mashed potatoes might sound overwhelming, it’s actually very easy.
Kitchen Tip: To make homemade mashed potatoes all you need to do is boil the potatoes, mash them with a masher or fork, add some chicken stock, and season to taste with salt, pepper, and garlic.
This chicken pot pie casserole without crust uses healthy prepackaged foods that slash time and effort.
For the chicken pot pie filling, you have many options. You can use leftover chicken breasts from a prior dinner, buy a whole rotisserie chicken and chop it up, use canned chicken, cook chicken breast from frozen in your instant pot, or boiled chicken.
Frozen veggies are a great side to always have in the freezer and come in handy for dishes like no crust chicken pot pie.
How To Make Crustless Chicken Pot Pie
In order for our no crust chicken pot pie to hold up to the mashed potatoes, we need the chicken pot pie casserole to be nice and thick. We can accomplish this by making a roux.
Kitchen Tip: A roux is a mixture of fat and flour used to thicken sauces.
For a step by step video on making a roux head over here: How to make a roux.
To the whisked butter and flour, slowly add the broth. Whisk and bring the mixture back to a simmer before adding more broth. Repeat until the broth is completely mixed in and the sauce begins to thicken.
If your sauce is not as thick as you’d like, continue to simmer for 5 -10 minute to give the flour time to thicken.
Kitchen Tip: If your sauce is not as thick as you’d like, add 1/4 cup – 1/2 cup of dry mashed potato flakes to the mixture. This will quickly thicken the sauce and add a delicious flavor.
Next, add your diced chicken, vegetables, and cheese.
You can make all kinds of substitutions here if you wanted. You could use canned vegetables over frozen, canned chicken over diced, or swap out the chicken for beef if you’d like. You could try another kind of cheese for a different flavor as well.
Lastly, add the mashed potatoes on top of the chicken mixture. Bake for 30 minutes and dinner is served!
Looking for more recipes using chicken? Check out these favorites:
- Crockpot Quinoa & Chicken Casserole
- Chicken Enchiladas
- Crockpot Chicken Thighs
- Chicken Tortilla Chip Casserole
You might also enjoy these recipes with potatoes:
- Cheesy Mashed Potato Bites
- Instant Pot Loaded Potato Soup
- Sweet Potato Crunch
- Make-Ahead Roasted Potatoes
- Cheesy Garlic Mashed Potatoes
- Crockpot Cheesy Potatoes
FAQ
For this recipe, the pot pie cooks for 30 minutes.
You can reheat the pot pie in a microwave safe dish in the microwave or preheat your oven to 350°F. Heat in the preheated oven for 15-20 minutes, or until the pot pie is hot.
Because this is a crustless pot pie, it cooks quicker than those with a crust. This pot pie really only needs to be heated together and cooks for 30 minutes to get nice and hot.
As with most foods, chicken pot pie will last in your fridge for 3-5 days.
Chicken pot pie is a meal in itself. If you’re looking for side dishes, try a light salad or fruit as a dessert. We enjoy this shredded Brussels sprout Salad or Instant pot steamed broccoli.
I enjoy Chardonnay with a pot pie, but for a red wine, I’d go with a Sangiovese.
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No Crust Chicken Pot Pie Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups mashed potatoes boxed or homemade
- 1 lb. chicken cooked and diced
- 2 3/4 cups chicken stock
- 2 cups frozen mixed vegetables
- 1 cup shredded sharp cheddar cheese
- 3 tbsp. butter
- 1/3 cup flour
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Prepare mashed potatoes per box instructions or make homemade mash potatoes.
- Melt butter in large oven-safe fry pan.
- Whisk in flour into melted butter.
- Slowly whisk chicken stock into flour mixture, simmer until thickened. Season with salt and pepper.
- Add frozen veggies, shredded cheese, and diced chicken. Over medium heat, bring to simmer.
- Dish into 8 ramekins or leave in your oven-safe pan.
- Top with mashed potatoes.
- Bake for 30 minutes.
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Erin Marie Sills says
These look so good. I’ll be adding them to our menu. They would probably also be good with tuna substituted for the chicken…I’m always trying to get more Omega 3’s into my family!
Jodi Danen says
That is a great idea, Erin! I am going to have to try that one too. I have one child who likes fish and one who does not. I think this would be a great way to “hide” it! 🙂
Faith VanderMolen says
Such a creative idea! Looks amazing!
Jodi Danen says
Thanks Faith! I need to get creative to get my kids eating foods that are good for them:)
Trish says
YUM! This sounds delicious! I could also make this as a weeknight meal, as opposed to the labor intensive traditional pot pie.
Jodi Danen says
Absolutely Trish! It really was easy and quick to prepare with all the prepackaged items. I hope you enjoy:)
Nicole @ Fitful Focus says
YUM! What a great weeknight meal to whip up! Thanks for sharing!
Jodi Danen says
Thanks Nicole! It is a keeper in my house:)
Tania @ The Cook's Pyjamas says
Yum. I love this idea. The perfect mid-week meal.
Jodi Danen says
Thanks Tania, it really is the perfect mid-week meal:) I hope you enjoy it!
Laura says
LOVE the idea of a crustless chicken pot pie!! YUM!
Jodi Danen says
Thanks Laura! It is so delicious – and my whole family loves it. A keeper 🙂
Melissa says
This is one of my families favorites! I use boxed mashed potatoes most of the time, but on occasion, I will do fresh.
Rose Martine says
I’m going to finally try this recipe next week! So excited 🙂
Alison says
This is delicious! I use a little dry white wine with the chicken broth- nice zing!
Also add a little dried thyme and garlic powder.
Question- can leftovers be frozen and reheated?
Only 2 of us so have leftovers even after two meals! Thanks’
Jodi Danen, RDN says
Hi Alison! I love your additions to the recipe – sounds delish! Yes, you should be able to freeze and reheat this recipe. Thanks for reaching out!
Roxanna says
I do not have chicken stock but only chicken broth or vegetable stock. Can we substitute for the chicken stock? I have all the other ingredients?
Jodi Danen, RDN says
Hi Roxanna! You can absolutely use chicken broth or vegetable stock – either will work great! Enjoy 🙂
Marie Johnson says
We’ve made this multiple times, adding more veggies and potatoes to make it in a 9×13 pan. It’s tempting to try different types of cheese, but the sharp cheddar is the best. We always use a rotisserie chicken too; the chicken is always tender. Delicious. Even the kids approve.
Jodi Danen, RDN says
Thanks for sharing Marie! I love the 9×13 idea – my kids would love the extra leftovers!
AS says
A pleasant surprise! The mashed potatoes are a clever idea to substitute for the crust. Husband approved!