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Pumpkin Pot Pie With Cranberry Chicken
PUMPKIN POT PIE with CRANBERRY CHICKEN
Damn that looks good!
This is my partner, Olesia Farberov’s (she also took the photos!), take on the famous chicken pot pie but Autoimmune-Paleo style. This labor of love will definitely make an impression on your guests and kids.
What can be better than a perfectly wrapped, edible present!
Happy Holidays!
Ingredients:
4 medium or 6 small Pumpkins, scraped of seeds and strings
3 lbs Chicken breast, cut in bite-size pieces
¼ lb Uncured Bacon
4 Carrots, cut in thin rounds
1 large or 2 small Yucca root (optional)
1 large yellow onion, chopped
4 Bay leaf
4 Savory sprigs, thinly sliced
2 Oregano sprigs, thinly sliced
2 Sage leaves, thinly sliced
½ tsp Salt
½ tsp Pepper
1 ½ cup Cranberries, fresh
1. Give your pumpkins a bath with soap and water to rid of any loose dirt. Using a small knife, cut out a hole 4-5” in diameter around the stem and open the “lid”. Scrape the insides of seeds and gooey strings and discard. Set pumpkins aside.2. Peel and cut yucca root into 2” rounds. Cook, covered in water, until easily pierced with fork. Drain and leave it to cool. Once cool enough to handle, cut each piece into bite-size pieces, eliminating the hard, rope-like core. Set aside.
3. In a large pot, fry bacon until golden and crisp. Take out bacon and reserve for later.
4. Preheat oven to 395F.
5. Into the pot of bacon fat, throw in onion and cook until browned. Add chicken, yucca, bay leaf, herbs, salt & pepper and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through, about 15-20 min. In the last 5 minutes of cooking, add cranberries and stir to distribute evenly.
6. Stuff each pumpkin with chicken mixture, including liquid. Cover with pumpkin “lid”. Place on a large sheet, covered with foil, and bake on middle rack at 395F for approximately 1hr or until pumpkin can be pierced easily with a fork.
7. Let pumpkins cool for at least 10 minutes with “lid” slightly open. Before serving, remove lid and sprinkle crumbled bacon into each pumpkin then place the “lid” back on.
Each pumpkin can be served whole or cut into either half (for adults) or quarter size (for kids).
Have Fun & Enjoy!!
Recipe and photos by Olesia Farberov, L.Ac.
About the Author Marc Ryan
So now, not only is it my profession, it’s my passion, and it’s personal. I’ve been joking with people lately saying it’s a blessing and a curse. A blessing because I really get it, and a curse because I really got it! ?
