Chicken & leek puff pastry pie

What you'll need
300g chicken thigh diced
80g leeks whole
40g onion
40g margarine
40g plain flour
1 vegetable stock cube
Puff pastry
Preparation & method
- Dice the onion and leek to even cubes.
- Preheat the oven to 180 degree celsius.
- Dissolve the vegetable stock cube in 200ml of hot water.
- Melt the margarine in a pan on medium heat.
- Add the chicken and seal the meat.
- Add in the Onions and Leeks and cook further without colour.
- Add the flour to make a roux and cook out for a few minutes – slowly add the stock, bit by bit, stirring continuously, until it is fully incorporated and the resulting sauce is smooth. Be very careful not to do this on too high a heat as it can burn very easily.
- Simmer until the chicken is cooked through.
- Transfer to an oven safe pie dish.
- Roll out the ready to cook puff pastry and cut to size.
- Place pastry lid on pie.
- Cook in the oven for 18 mins at 180 degrees.
- Serve and enjoy.

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