Chicken Pot Pie Puff Pastry

Easy air fryer chicken pot pie puff pastry recipe! It’s a great way to use rotisserie, leftovers, or turkey after the holidays. Stuff full of vegetables with a creamy sauce, these are homemade unlike our air fryer frozen pot pie.

Air Fryer Chicken Pot Pie with Puff Pastry

My little 6 year old and my husband’s friends who came over to watch the game and they both raved about these! They’re a great hearty appetizer using leftover chicken for some finger foods year round. 

Yes you may have tried making frozen pot pies before in your Ninja Foodi and that was great. Skip the pan entirely with these chicken hand pies because this way you can eat the whole thing!! And they’re a great grab and go lunch when you’re on the go.

What we use is similar to chicken pot pie muffins. Pepperidge Farm Puff Pastry is my “go to” when it comes to easy and really yummy meals! It is super easy to just defrost, cut, spoon in your ingredients, and they puff up looking pretty in the oven!

Ingredients

• Just grab a cooked chicken (I use rotisserie a lot because it is already done and ready to create)
  • or leftover chicken breasts are wonderful too, I hate wasting food
• You can use canned and drained mixed vegetables like Veg All
• A roll of frozen puff pastry sheets, left on the countertop beforehand to get closer to room temperature so it unfolds easier
  • refrigerated or an easy 3 ingredient pie crust rolled thin on a lightly floured surface would work too
• Some condensed cream of chicken soup or mushroom for creaminess
• Salt and pepper to taste

Variations

To make it shiny you can use our whisked egg wash recipe for the top so it gets pretty, that is optional. Sometimes I like some dill and garlic powder in the mix too, use your favorite seasonings really.

I had some mushrooms in the fridge so I decided to add these to the mixture this time too. I have used dried cranberries and/or walnuts at times too! This is a great dinnertime meal or after Thanksgiving when you have all that extra turkey. Just substitute the chicken for leftover turkey and you have yourself a great meal.

Just take the chicken off the bone and cut it up into bite size pieces! Add all the other ingredients together and you are on to your next step!

How to prepare puff pastry

You can find a box of these in your local grocery store’s freezer aisle for under $5.  It’s really reasonable, you know how I love inexpensive meal ideas. Remember you need a little bit of time for it to defrost first so take it out as you prep your filling.

It takes about 30 minutes once you take it out of the freezer to be just right texture. Begin by cutting it into just the right shape. Use a glass for round if you’re adding into a muffin tin or a rectangle like you see here for your Ninja Foodi or other hot air machine.

How to Make Puff Pastry Chicken Pot Pies in Air Fryer

• Put filling ingredients in a bowl
• Pour in vegetable mix (from a can drained or frozen) into a bowl.
• Add shredded cooked chicken and cream of chicken. Salt and pepper to taste. Mix everything thoroughly and try the filling. If needed, add salt or pepper.
• Unroll the thawed dough and cut into 4 rectangles.
• On half of each piece of dough, spoon in fillings.
• Cover the filling with the second half of the dough
• Seal the edges with your fingers and also using a fork.
• Spray the air fryer basket with olive oil oil so they don’t stick.
• Place the pies inside, brush with the beaten egg on top.
• Cut two slits on the surface of the dough so that hot air gets inside and the cake bakes faster from the inside.
  • Air fry at 340 F for 7-8 minutes until golden brown.
• Use a spatula to carefully flip each one over and air fry for about 2 more minutes or until pastry is golden browned, no longer sticky, and insides are warmed.

I basically use the same ingredients that are in our simple chicken pot pie recipe here. These are a bit like air fryer empanadas but using a different dough.

in Oven

If you wanted to bake these on a baking sheet you could do that as well. Timing will more than double but works just as well. Use the same filling and directions above as to how these are made.

• Instead of using a hot air machine though, preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.
• Line your sheet pan with parchment paper
• Lay filled chicken turnovers down, make two slits each and brush with egg wash
• Bake for about 25 minutes or until tops are golden
• Total comfort food either way you make them.

If you want to make these as a muffin tin recipe we have those directions below the printable recipe card for you to follow.

in Muffin Tin

• Use a drinking glass to gently press through the dough. Take the circle out and place on the bottom of each muffin cup in the pan.
• There will be enough for all 12 spots using both sheets in the package.
• Spray the cups inside your muffin pan with non stick so they come out easily.
• Take puff pastry out of freezer and put on counter for about 30 minutes to defrost to room temperature, then unfold and lay flat.
• Mix inside ingredients together in a bowl well and spoon into each muffin tin hole until all are filled.
• You can add another circle of puff pastry on top if you want or leave them open.
• Bake at 400 degrees for 12 minutes or until golden brown on the top

Once you’ve made this you can make, this fruit strudel pastry, and check out air fryer apple turnovers wit pie filling. For dinner our chicken pot pie casserole is a killer meal too.

You can see here how the dough comes up slightly on the sides. Once it cooks it will puff up to create a cup that holds the chicken and you can hold as well. I added some football shaped tops to some and covered others completely using the dough that was left. It depends on the occasion as to which way I do it. Leaving it open entirely is good too.