Pie crusts aren't just meant to be filled with fruit and sweet stuff. At least that is how most Amish cooks view pie. Have of chicken or pork? Put it into a pie! Have some beef, that works too! Especially when paired with carrots, potatoes, or peas. A homemade Amish beef pot pie is a classic Pennsylvania Dutch dish.
✅ Why Beef Pot Pie?
We aren't, by the way, talking about "pot pie soup", that is another Pennsylvania Dutch delicacy. No, we are talking about a savory, homemade crust filled with goodies. There are many reasons why these are popular:
- Easy to make
- Make a couple and you can easily feed a family of 8 or 9 people
- Good way to use a lot of stuff: meat, potatoes, veggies, and more. So perfect for using leftovers
- And who doesn't like pie?
📋 Step-By-Step Amish Beef Pot Pie
You can cheat and use a frozen, store-bought crust, or you can make your own, using our famous, easy Amish pat-a-pan pie crust.
Choose some good stewing beef, stick it in a skillet and then brown it.
After you have browned the beef, add potatoes and carrots.
You'll have enough meat, potato, and carrot mixture to fill a couple pie crusts. I'd make them 9 or 10-inch crusts. Also feel free to add whatever veggies you like during this step: corn, green beans, peas, and the like. Some Amish cooks add turnips.
Pack and pour it all into a pie crust.
Cover with a top crust and bake.
It really makes for a delicious dinner. Make sure you season with salt and pepper and whatever other seasonings you like!
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🖨️ Full Recipe
Old-Fashioned Beef Pot Pie
Ingredients
- 1 pound sirloin steak, cubed
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- 1 (14 ounce) can beef broth
- 3 large carrots, diced
- 3 potatoes, cubed
- 1 cup frozen green peas, thawed
- 3 tablespoon cornstarch
- ⅓ cup water
- (9 inch) refrigerator pie crusts
Instructions
- Gather ingredients.
- Brown pieces of meat on all sides in a saucepan over medium heat. Pour in some water to almost cover. Bring to a boil and reduce heat. Simmer until meat is tender and falls apart easily; 2 to 3 hours.
- Transfer meat to a large mixing bowl. Shred the meat slightly and add salt and pepper to taste.Meanwhile, in another 2-quart saucepan over medium heat, pour in beef broth and add carrots and potatoes. Cook until almost tender; 15 to 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- When carrots and potatoes are done, transfer to the large mixing bowl with the beef; leaving the liquid in the pan.
- Combine peas with carrots, potatoes, and beef.Dissolve cornstarch with ⅓ cup water
- . Pour into the saucepan with beef broth, stirring constantly. Bring to a simmer and reduce heat; cook for 5 minutes.
- Line a 9-inch pie plate with one of the pie crusts following the package directions.
- Place the beef mixture into the pie crust. Pour the gravy over the top of the mixture, then cover with the other pie crust.Bake in the preheated oven until the crust is golden brown; about 25 minutes. Let cool for 5 minutes before serving.
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