Chicken Mug Pies

Name: Chicken Mug Pies
Ingredients: sweet paprika, for sprinkling; 1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts, diced; 1 large refrigerated biscuit (recommended Grands by Pillsbury); 3 tablespoons butter; 2 stalks celery hearts, and greens chopped; 1 medium yellow onion, chopped; 1 large carrot, peeled and diced; salt and pepper; 2 teaspoons poultry seasoning; 3 tablespoons all-purpose flour; 1 cup shredded potato, ready to cook hash browns, available in sacks on dairy aisle; 1 pint half-and-half or 1 pint cream; 1 quart chicken stock, available in boxes on soup aisle; 1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg, a healthy grating; 1 cup frozen green pea

15 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

sweet paprika, for sprinkling
1 1/2 lbs chicken breasts, diced
1 large refrigerated biscuit (recommended Grands by Pillsbury)
3 tablespoons butter
2 stalks celery hearts, and greens chopped
1 medium yellow onion, chopped
1 large carrot, peeled and diced
salt and pepper
2 teaspoons poultry seasoning
3 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup shredded potato, ready to cook hash browns, available in sacks on dairy aisle
1 pint half-and-half or 1 pint cream
1 quart chicken stock, available in boxes on soup aisle
1/4 teaspoon grated nutmeg, a healthy grating
1 cup frozen green pea

Directions

1

Preheat oven according to package directions and arrange biscuits on cookie sheet. You will have 4 extra biscuits. Save them for ham and cheese or egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches the next morning.
2

Sprinkle biscuits with a little paprika and bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
3

In a medium pot over medium to medium high heat, cook chicken in butter 2 minutes then add veggies and season with salt and pepper and poultry seasoning.
4

Cook 5 minutes more, add flour cook another minute.
5

Add potatoes, then whisk in half-and-half or cream and chicken stock.
6

Add nutmeg.
7

Bring soup to a boil by raising heat, then turn heat back to simmer and cook soup another 10 minutes.
8

Adjust seasonings.
9

Add peas. Stir in to warm them through a minute.
10

Serve mugs of soup with biscuits on top to cap the mug: chicken mug pies!