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creamy pot pie filling with biscuits on top of it in a cast iron skillet

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 Method

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

Method
 

For Filling
  1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
  2. Chop leftover meat and vegetables of choice in to small, bite sized pieces. Dice onion. Set to the side.
  3. 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.
  4. Add in 1/3 cup of flour. Stir continuously to combine thoroughly with melted butter and onion.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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
  1. 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. 
  2. If using store bought dough, assemble biscuits in single layer on top of filling.
  3. 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.