This easy Chicken Pot Pie with Puff pastry is the ultimate shortcut comfort food! Inspired by a viral Trader Joe’s chicken pot pie circulating on social media, my version uses creamy broccoli cheddar soup as a quick creamy base, tender rotisserie chicken, and some frozen vegetables, all topped with golden, flaky puff pastry. I’ve also included notes below of how to make this dish if you don’t live near a Trader Joe’s. It’s a cozy, family-friendly dinner with hardly any prep work, but major pay-off!
Ingredients Needed
This is just a preview of ingredients and method, keep scrolling for full printable recipe.
- Unexpected Broccoli Cheddar Soup – this is a ready-made soup sold at Trader Joes. For my 12″ cast iron skillet, I use two 20-ounce containers. You could easily cut this recipe in half if you want to try just one container on a 9-inch pie plate. If Trader Joes isn’t an option for you, I’m not sure of a great replacement, but you could look for another ready-made similar soup. This one is very thick, which is important here!
- Shredded Cooked Chicken – I used Costco rotisserie chicken. Trader Joes also sells a cooked shredded rotisserie, or you could cook your own chicken at home.
- Puff Pastry Dough – find this in the frozen section. Trader Joes sells a wonderful all-butter version. You can also find Pepperidge Farm brand in most all standard grocery stores.
- Frozen Vegetables – this step is optional, but feel free to add some frozen vegetables in if you like. I did thin-cut green beans and peas. The soup does have broccoli and carrots already so feel free to skip the extra veggies if you’d like.
How to Make
This is just a quick overview so you get the idea. Full printable recipe is below!
- Mix the vegetables, soup, and chicken and place in your skillet or baking dish. NOTE: I gave my veggies a quick saute to evaporate the water and warm them up, but honestly you could probably just mix them in there frozen if you want.
- Cut thawed pastry dough into squares and layer them over the top.
- Pop in the oven and bake until golden brown and bubbling through. Yum!
Storing and Other Tips
- Store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge for 2-3 days. I would probably re-warm in the oven at 350 to preserve some of the crunch on the puff pastry, but would still be delicious warmed in microwave!
- This recipe is flexible. I’m using a cast iron skillet and it’s filled to the brim. Feel free to cut this recipe down- you can even eyeball things. It would work well in a simple pie plate as well, and you could probably do 1 container of soup and a big handful of chicken.
Frequently Asked Questions
Absolutely. Frozen veggies work great here, and no need to thaw them first. I warm mine up before mixing in, but truly I think you could also just toss them in frozen!
You bet. While this recipe is inspired by the viral TJ’s chicken pot pie, you can make it with ingredients from any grocery store. Look for a prepared broccoli cheddar soup with a thick, creamy consistency (the deli area is a great place to look, where they often have refrigerated soups instead of canned). You could also substitute cream of chicken soup, though the flavor and consistency would be different than the recipe here.
Of course! This recipe can be prepared in a 9×13 baking dish, or cut down in a standard pie plate. You could even do individual serving sizes in small baking dishes. It’s very flexible!
Yes! If you’d like a soft biscuit topping instead of puff pastry, just sub any tube of refrigerated biscuit dough, like Trader Joe’s or a standard grocery store brand. Place on top instead of the puff pastry. Optionally you can brush them with butter before baking. Important: Use the baking temperature of the biscuit package (usually 350) and bake until golden brown.
Chicken Pot Pie with Puff Pastry Crust (Trader Joes Short Cut!)
Ingredients
- 2 20oz Containers Trader Joe's Broccoli Cheddar Soup
- 3 cups diced or shredded chicken Rotisserie chicken works great
- 1 12 oz box puff pastry thawed in fridge.
- 1½ cup assorted frozen veggies optional
- 1 egg plus 1 tablespoon water for egg wash
- Kosher salt and black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400℉
- Heat a 12-inch cast iron skillet to medium heat. Add a small drizzle of oil or a pat of butter. If using optional vegetables, give them a quick saute to warm up and evaporate water. Note: You could also just zap them in the microwave. (I also think you could just toss them in frozen, but I haven't tried that yet- let me know if you do!)
- Add broccoli cheddar soup and chicken and stir to combine. I like to add a small sprinkle of salt and a few cracks of black pepper at this point as well. Feel Free to season to taste and give everything a stir to mix up and warm up a little. Remove from heat.
- Unroll your pastry sheets. Cut puff pastry dough into 1 1/2" (ish) squares and overlap pieces slightly to cover the top of your baking dish. Use a sharp knife to poke 2-3 vent holes on top.Note: Standard boxes come with 2 sheets, depending on the pan size you use, you may use between 1-2 sheets.
- In a small bowl, whisk egg with 1 tablespoon water and a pinch of salt until very smooth. Brush egg wash on top of pastry dough (you might not use the whole egg, just use enough to lightly coat the top)
- Place pan in oven and bake for about 25 minutes. Note: Baking time will vary based on the type of pan you're using, if you heated your filling on the stovetop first, veggie add-ins/frozen vs non-frozen etc. Cook until Pastry is deep golden brown and pot pie mixture is bubbly! For mine, it was just shy of 30 minutes.Remove and let cool for a few minutes before serving.
Questions & Reviews
My Trader Joe’s was out of the soup so I used Costco’s loaded baked potato soup and added a dash of Thyme. I also added the mixed veggies from Trader Joe’s. So yummy and so simple. Definitely a keeper.
I love your version of this and am going to try it when I take a meal to a new-baby family next week! I think it will work well in a disposable aluminum pan so they don’t have to think about returning it to me.
Yesterday morning I had some chicken breasts in the fridge that needed to be used so I tossed them in the crockpot and headed out to work, and decided I would figure out what to do with the chicken when I got home. Lucky for me Sara had my back with this super easy meal! We don’t have a Trader Joe’s OR a Costco (I KNOW) but I already had chicken ready! I did a quick Walmart delivery to get the puff pastry and Panera broccoli cheese soup and it was all ready for me to throw together when I got home. My entire family ate it (highly unusual) and this morning my oldest said “that chicken pot pie was SO good” while we were in the car. The puff pastry with the egg wash was the icing on the cake. I didn’t love the frozen green beans so I think next time I will just add more carrots and peas but otherwise this is going straight into the rotation, no TJ’s or Costco required.
So glad to know it worked well with the Panera soup- I’ll add that tip for other readers. Thanks for the review and notes!
Oh, try Birds Eye carrots, corn & asparagus frozen mix! It’s my fav. No beans!
Ooh! This makes me think of all the other soup options that would be so tasty like this!!
I am really interested in trying this. Do you think this would work as a make ahead recipe? Would it freeze well?
I actually want to try freeze-prepping individual servings of this so I’ll report back if I do!
Great idea!
I’d bet that if you need to sub the soup, you could maybe do a slurry with a tablespoonful of cornstarch and tablespoon of cold water to thicken up whatever other soup you use. Or sourdough starter/discard.
I love the frozen veggie mix with carrots, asparagus and corn instead of traditional (it’s in most groceries). And I’ll add some shaved Parmesan as well!
I really love the sourdough pie crust chicken pot pie (AmyBakesBread) but that is a much longer bake and prep. This looks like a super duper shortcut.
We tried it last night! It was great but took about double the time to cook. My MIL made it before I got home so not sure if maybe she needed to heat it all on stovetop before baking? She did sauté the frozen veg to get that warmed up. Also added garlic salt & pepper. AND we almost forget that we always add canned sliced potatoes to any chicken pot pie! So, with those changes – it was what’s for dinner. Everyone ate it happily. It’ll be a repeat with edits. We’re also thinking maybe next time we’ll do it individual bowls (in oven safe bowls).