Clean Out the Fridge Pot Pie Filling with Biscuit Topping
A simple, from scratch, recipe to use up the leftover meat and vegetables you have in your fridge.
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Ingredients
For Filling
- 3-4 cups leftover roasted or baked meat and veggies of choice avoid leftovers that are covered in sauce or gravy
- 1/2 onion diced
- 1/3 cup butter
- 1/3 cup flour
- 2/3 cup milk 2% or whole
- 1 3/4 cup broth chicken or beef depending on protein you are using
- salt and pepper to taste
For Homemade Drop Biscuits
- 2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup milk 2% or whole
- 1 tbl baking powder
- 1/4 tsp salt
Instructions
For Filling
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Chop leftover meat and vegetables of choice in to small, bite sized pieces. Dice onion. Set to the side.
- In a cast iron skillet over medium heat, melt 1/3 cup of butter. Add in diced onion and cook 5-7 minutes, or until onion begins turning translucent.
- Add in 1/3 cup of flour. Stir continuously to combine thoroughly with melted butter and onion.
- Slowly pour in milk and broth, whisking as you pour. Once combined, reduce heat to medium-low heat and allow to simmer for 10 minutes. The filling should thicken as it simmers.
- Turn off heat. Dump leftover meat and vegetables into the filling mixture and stir to combine. Add salt and pepper to taste at this point.
- If cooking in a cast iron skillet, move on to biscuit topping instructions. If cooking in non-oven safe skillet, transfer filling to a glass baking dish and then move on to biscuit topping instructions.
For Drop Biscuit Topping
- Combine 2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 tablespoon of baking soda, 1/2 cup melted butter, 1 cup milk, 1/4 tsp salt. Mix to combine. Scoop out a large spoonful and "drop" it on top of your filling.
- If using store bought dough, assemble biscuits in single layer on top of filling.
- Cook in preheated oven until biscuits are golden brown. For drop biscuits, this will take 20-25 minutes. Store bought biscuits will vary upon size, so refer to package.