Quantcast

newsletters


Chickpea Pot Pie

Vegetarian Times Issue: November 1, 2009   p.72

A vegetarian with a nonveg husband, Vivian Larsen, who won second place in VT's 2009 Reader Recipe Contest for this recipe, started adapting Pennsylvania Dutch recipes familiar from her mate's childhood to win him over: "I tried this recipe out twice before taking it to a Christmas party for his family, where it got rave reviews."

Directions

1. Heat oil in Dutch oven over medium heat. Add onion, and cook 15 minutes, or until onion browns. Stir in garlic, then celery and carrots; sauté 5 minutes.

2. Stir in 5 cups broth, corn, chickpeas, parsley, sage, marjoram, and bay leaves; season with salt and pepper, if desired. Reduce heat to medium-low, and simmer 30 minutes. Stir in noodles, and cook 5 minutes, or until noodles are tender. Remove bay leaves.

3. Whisk together cornstarch, flour, and remaining 1 cup broth. Stir cornstarch mixture, cream cheese, and Parmesan into vegetable mixture. Season with salt and pepper, if desired. Remove from heat, and cool. Stir in peas and green beans.

4. Preheat oven to 375°F. Place puff pastry on top of vegetable mixture in Dutch oven, tucking in sides. Or, to make individual pot pies, divide vegetable mixture among 12 small pie dishes. Roll out puff pastry sheet into large square, and cut into 12 small squares. Drape each square over filling, tucking in sides. Pierce top or tops in several places with knife to allow steam to escape. Bake 30 to 40 minutes, or until crust is flaky and brown.

Member Rating: 111

ingredient list

Serves 12

  • 2 Tbs. grape seed oil
  • 1 medium onion, diced (11/2 cups)
  • 2 cloves garlic, minced (2 tsp.)
  • 3 celery ribs, chopped (1 cup)
  • 2 medium carrots, diced (1 cup)
  • 6 cups low-sodium vegetable broth, divided
  • 2 cups frozen corn kernels
  • 1 15-oz. can Eden Organic Garbanzo Beans (chickpeas), rinsed and drained
  • 2 Tbs. dried parsley
  • 1 Tbs. dried rubbed sage
  • 1 Tbs. dried marjoram
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 16-oz. pkg. pot pie or egg noodles
  • 2 Tbs. cornstarch
  • 2 Tbs. whole-wheat flour
  • 4 oz. reduced-fat cream cheese
  • 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese
  • 2 cups frozen peas
  • 2 cups frozen green beans
  • 1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed

Nutritional Information

Per slice or individual pie:

Calories 371
Protein 13g
Total Fat 12g
Saturated Fat 3g
Carbs 52g
Cholesterol 37mg
Sodium 330mg
Fiber 6g
Sugar 7g
Your rating: 
Rate this Recipe
| Save to MY RECIPES Remove from MY RECIPES

Log In + start saving recipes


Comments

By Keith McLaughlin on Jan 20, 2010:
My daughter who is a meat-a-tarian was home from college with a couple of friends. However, my wife, son, and I are vegetarians so it can be difficult finding a recipe everyone likes. This Chickpea Pot Pie is it!!! I received compliments from the kids and by lunch the next day it was all gone. Very tasty, filling, and easy to make.
By Morgen on Jan 31, 2010:
**** Great!
By Gwenn Aspen on Feb 04, 2010:
One of my favorite recipes! LOVE IT!
By Karen on Mar 03, 2010:
This one is a keeper and even my fussy kids like it. Toss it together and then you can relax with your guests. It makes a difference if you use a high quality puff pastry like Dufour's.
By Lacy on Mar 07, 2010:
My meat-eating Sweetheart liked this dish, but I did not. It was much too heavy, (the noodles turned into a big lump) and the frozen veggies tasted like frozen. I may experiment with fresh veggies, but this recipe was a disappointment.
By Ellen Rae on Mar 16, 2010:
My daughter and I made this and it was delicious! This will be my contribution to many pot luck dinners to come. My non-vegetarian friends ask me for it all the time. The frozen vegetables work fine for me.
By Lili on Mar 22, 2010:
I love this dish! I reduce egg noodles to 12 oz, so there more 'gravy'/wetness to the dish.
By Ashley on Apr 25, 2010:
I don't know what I did wrong but it was awful! The egg noodles overpowered the whole thing and it was one big starchy mess!
By Alex on May 20, 2010:
I just threw this in the oven.. i followed the directions and I ended up with two pies? lets just hope it good cause i got a lot of it
By Morgen on Jul 03, 2010:
I did not include the egg noodles or corn starch and added cubed potatoes instead.
By Nina on Nov 02, 2010:
I would leave out the noodles - noodles and pastry dough, I don't think so, and replace with either cubed potatoes as suggested or add QUORN Veggie Chicken Tenders. I'd also make the sauce a bit simpler by using a fat free creamer of some sort.
By Lori on Nov 02, 2010:
I've got this in the oven as I write, the filling is amazing, I only had 2 pkgs of 10oz mixed veggies by Cascadian Farms, so I used those and I added some Soy Cheese, I of course tasted prior to putting in oven and this is very tasty.
By Marissa on Nov 04, 2010:
This is a really great recipe! Even my meat-eating parents loved it!!!
By Tracy on Dec 04, 2010:
How large of a dutch oven does this need? I think mine's too large...
By beth on Dec 07, 2010:
THIS IS FANTASTIC! I also eliminated the noodles (added a potato) and doubled the chickpeas. Such comfort food, yet so flavorful, and the fresh puff pastry crust is delicious as well.

We rarely repeat recipes, favoring exploration over repetition, but as we speak I'm adding this to the grocery list for the third time in as many months. Bravo!
By Cathy Kemmerlin on Dec 17, 2010:
Chickpea pot pie is awesome! I have served this to people who balk at the idea of eating a vegetarian meal, and they love it also! This dish is hearty and I serve it regularly. Thanks so much for this recipe.
By Beth on Jan 23, 2011:
My hubby and I are Veg,so I made this for my whole family, who are all meat eaters, for our family Christmas. Everyone LOVED it! My Dad even asked for the recipe, and both of my brother begged to take left overs home with them. This one is a winner out our house!
By Anonymous on Mar 10, 2011:
My family really didn't like this. I don't know if I did anything wrong (I even reduced the noodles based on user feedback) but I found that it didn't have much flavour.
By Mary on Oct 07, 2011:
I've made this dish several times and my family loves it. After making it with puff pastry the first two times, I switched over to regular pastry and prefer that; the filling seems to stay moister that way. Like other posters have pointed out, watch the amount of noodles you use to ensure it doesn't get sticky, but I've never had a bad result from using frozen veggies.
By Kristina on Jan 02, 2012:
This is super delicious - even our toddler (currently going through a picky phase) cleaned her plate. Think this recipe will be added to our winter meal rotation :)
Has anyone had any luck/any tips freezing this, as there was a lot!
By jennifer on Jan 13, 2012:
my family of 5 loves this dish! it does make two...freeze one for another cold winter night! reduce the noodles for a more gravy like filling..enjoy!

Add a comment

Your subscription includes
3 FREE digital recipe booklets featuring delicious Vegetarian Times recipes hand-picked by our editors.

YES! Please send me my 2 FREE trial issues of Vegetarian Times and my 3 FREE GIFTS!
Full Name
Address 1
Address 2
City
State
Zip Code
Email (req)
If I like it and decide to continue, I'll pay just $14.95, and receive a full one-year subscription (9 issues in all), a 67% savings off the newsstand price! If for any reason I decide not to continue, I'll write "cancel" on the invoice and owe nothing.
Offer valid in US only.
Canadian subscriptions | International subscriptions