Decadent Chickpea Pot Pie

Why I love it

Chickpea pot pie like chicken pot pie, get it? This will remind you of the classic dish that you’ve always known. It’s essentially a vegan or vegetarian roast in pie form. I love being able to prove that you can still enjoy classic dishes but in a healthier, delicious, and novel way on a plant-based diet. I still can’t believe that this dish is my favorite type of bean in a decadent pie crust- for dinner? The combination of the sweet flaky crust with the decadent filling is to die for. If you want to keep this as a vegetarian dinner idea as opposed to vegan, you can feel free to substitute in your favorite non-vegan ingredients. You definitely want a piece of this pie.

Ingredients

• The Sauce

  • 2 cups unsweetened plain plant milk (I used soy milk)

  • ¼ cup all purpose flour

  • 2 tbsps nutritional yeast

  • 1 tsp salt

• The Filling

  • 9 inch pie crust

  • 1 diced yellow onion

  • 1 cup diced carrots

  • 1 cup diced celery

  • 1 cup diced potatoes

  • 1 can chickpeas

  • 1 can frozen peas

  • 1 tsp thyme

  • 1 tsp red pepper flakes

  • ½ tsp smoked paprika

  • ¼ cup water

  • Olive oil to taste

  • Salt and pepper to taste

Replacements

If for some reason you’re not a chickpea fanatic, you can sub in white beans to this seamlessly. If you want to take it up a notch, you can even make your own pie crust!

Recipe

1. Prep the sauce. Mix the plant milk with flour, nutritional yeast, and salt in a small pot on the stove. Bring it to a boil and then set aside for it to thicken.

2. Preheat the oven to 425 F. Begin to cook the filling. Add the yellow onion, celery, and carrots to a pot on low heat with olive oil, salt, and pepper and cook for 10 minutes.

3. Stir in the yellow potatoes, thyme, red pepper flakes, smoked paprika, and water. Bring to a boil and then cover and let it simmer for 15 minutes.

4. Uncover the pot then stir in the chickpeas and peas. Add in the thickened sauce that was set aside earlier.

5. Assemble the pie by first lining a 9 inch pan with pie crust. Then, add in the pie filling. Cover the top with more pie crust and pinch the sides together. Score the top and bake for 15 minutes with foil on. Then, bake for 10 additional minutes without foil on, or until the pie is golden brown. Below is what the inside should look like. Enjoy!

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