Without question, homemade chicken pot pie is one of my favorite things to eat postpartum or to bring to a new mother postpartum. And when it’s my mama’s recipe? Gosh, it just feels like love. Unfortunately, my mama passed away a few years ago. But using her recipe for my own family and using it to bless other women in the mama story feels like a really sweet way to honor her memory.

So, if you make this for yourself or someone you love? I’m going to tell myself that it’s a way my mama and her love are still alive and well.

Other recipes I love:

Kelvin’s Chili (also from my mama!)

Chop-Chop Salad

Lactation Cookies

But first – Who is The Labor Mama and Why Am I Here?

Hey friend! I’m Lo – also known around here and social media as The Labor Mama. I’ve spent my nursing career in labor, delivery, and postpartum, have birthed 4 of my own babies, have labored thousands of mamas at the bedside, have taught thousands of students online, and have even delivered a few speedy little babies with my bare hands (oops).

Here at TLM, I offer online classes about birth, postpartum, newborn care, and breastfeeding to empower you the way everyone should be. The education + support I offer gives you experience, evidence, and empathy; you’re getting all of my years of “clinical” RN knowledge, honestly combined with my real experiences as a mama and a nurse. These are not your average hospital classes (those won’t do it, I promise), and honestly, birth, postpartum, and breastfeeding don’t follow a textbook or protocol anyway. You need to know so much more than that!

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NOW, LET’S GET YOU TO THE POSTPARTUM RECIPE ⬇️

MAMA’S CHICKEN POT PIE

Source: My mama’s kitchen

Ingredients

• 1/3 C butter
• 1/3 C flour
• 1/3 C chopped onion
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp pepper
• 1 3/4 C chicken broth
• 2/3 C milk
• 2 C cooked, chopped chicken*
• 10 oz package frozen peas + carrots*
• 2 round pie crusts*

Directions

1. On the stovetop, melt butter in saucepan over medium heat. Don’t burn it!
2. Whisk in flour, onions, salt and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until smooth.
3. Remove from heat/turn heat off and whisk in broth and milk.
4. Turn heat back on and heat to boiling (watch it!), whisking constantly for 1 minute.
5. Stir in the chopped chicken and the veggies.
6. Line a round pie dish (9x9x2) with one of your crusts. Pour your chicken/veggie mixture in.
7. Place your other pie crusts on top, pinching or rolling the two crusts together to seal the pie.
8. Make a slit or 2 on top of the crust, then place in preheated over and bake uncovered at 425F for about 30-35 minutes.*

Recipe Notes

• I love using rotisserie chicken! Tastes so good and it’s so easy.
• Me (and my mama) hated celery, but that’s VERY commonly part of the veggie mix too. Cubed potatoes can be too (but I don’t think they freeze well).
• Homemade crust: This is what my mama made and it was THE best. Use 2/3 C shortening, 2 C flour, 1 tsp salt, 2 tsp celery amd 4-5 Tbsp COLD water. Using a fork, mix shortening, salt, celery seed, and flour together until it looks like small peas. Add water, 1 Tbsp at a time, until consistency is right for rolling. Roll out on well floured surface (you can add more flour if it got too watery/sticky). This should make you 2 rounds!
• Sometimes I cover the crust with tinfoil for the first half of cooking. I then pull the tinfoil off and finish cooking.
• To freezer for later: Stop before you bake it. Wrap the unbaked pie tightly in aluminum and freeze. Bake (from frozen) at 400F, covered, for about 30 minutes. Then remove the foil and continue to bake for another 30-40 minutes. You may want the curst shield again here too! Cool for 10 minutes, then slice and serve.

If you are bringing the pot pie fresh and baked, I love to bring along biscuits or fresh bread and a great side salad. Truly, there is no better comfort food!

Try this, let me know what you think, and/or any modifications you’d make in the comments! Do you add potatoes to your pot pie? I never do, but I know a lot of people love that! xx – Lo

Loved this blog post? Here’s some others you’ll probably like:

• The Best Lactation Cookies & Energy Bites for Milk Supply
• Postpartum Meals Series: Chop Chop Salad

More resources (and freebies!) for you to take a peek at:

• Comprehensive Birth Plan and Birth Priorities templates
• A complete Third Trimester Checklist
• The RN + mama of 3 Ultimate Packing List
• The Labor Mama online birth, postpartum + breastfeeding classes