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How Ree Drummond Levels Up Homemade Chicken Pot Pie By Karen Hart Nov. 5, 2025 7:39 pm EST

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Chicken pot pie is all about the filling and the crust. Get either of them wrong, and this simple comfort food is not quite the same. That rich, gravy-like filling mixed with chopped carrots, onions, celery, and chicken pieces. While a store-bought crust can work in a pinch, food writer Ree Drummond says she has come to the conclusion that a homemade pie crust is what you need when you want to impress the people you are feeding.

The Pioneer Woman revealed to Today that a DIY crust from scratch not only turns flaky and golden as it bakes, but it is also superior because it isn't going to soak up the gravy and turn into a mushy mess. A soggy

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