Chicken and mushroom pie is a common
British
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pie, ranked as one of the most popular types of
savoury pie in Great Britain and often served in
fish-and-chip restaurants. It is also very popular in
South Africa
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.
Ingredients
The outside is usually a full top and bottom crust, with the filling made up of small pieces of
chicken
The chicken (''Gallus gallus domesticus'') is a domesticated subspecies of the red junglefowl (''Gallus gallus''), originally native to Southeast Asia. It was first domesticated around 8,000 years ago and is now one of the most common and w ...
and sliced
mushrooms
A mushroom or toadstool is the fleshy, spore-bearing fruiting body of a fungus, typically produced above ground on soil or another food source. ''Toadstool'' generally refers to a poisonous mushroom.
The standard for the name "mushroom" is ...
in a
creamy sauce. The top crust is typically
puff pastry. Variations on the theme can use
nutmeg or
spring onion as part of the creamy filling.
Chip shops across the country stock these pies and they also are available to buy in supermarkets.
See also
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Chicken pastel
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Pot pie
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List of pies, tarts and flans
References
Australian pies
British pies
English cuisine
New Zealand pies
Savoury pies
South African cuisine
Food combinations
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