Sunday, May 24, 2026

Seafood potpie

 Pot Pies are always popular around my household. They look exotic . 
This time I made the potpie with mixed seag=food but did not add the crust on top. It just has the crust at the bottom.

And also I used shortcuts...I used store bought pie crust.


Seafood potpie 

Seafood pot pie
Ingredients:

  1. 2 cans chopped clams in clam juice
  2. 1 can oysters (chopped into 4 pieces each)
  3. 1 can crab meat
  4. 2 cups frozen tiny shrimp thawed
  5. 3 cups whole milk
  6. 2 cups chicken broth or clam juice
  7. 2 tablespoons cream cheese
  8. 1/2 cup while onions chopped
  9. 1 cup chopped packed spinach (optional)
  10. 2 big garlic cloves minced
  11. 1/2-1 teaspoon salt (depending on how salty the chicken broth or clam jucei are)
  12. 3/4 teaspoon each of fresh ground cumin, paprika
  13. 1/2 tablespoon dried dill or 2 tablespoons fresh dill
  14. 1 tablespoons butter +1/2 tablespoon olive oil (or use 1.5 tablespoons butter)
  15. 1/2 cup all purpose flour +2 tablespoons if needed
  16. 2 frozen pie crust thawed
  17. 4 pot pie bowls
open all the cans and drain oysters and crab.
Pre heat the oven to 350 degrees
divide the pie crust into 4 and lay at the bottom of the pie bowls.
Bake for 7-8 minutes. Take out of the oven and set aside

In a pan heat the oil+butter and add the onions and fry until they become translucent. Add the garlic and fry for 30 seconds. Add the flour and stir and cook on medium low flame for 5 minutes. Heat the chicken broth or clam juice and milk in the microwave for 1 minute.
Add the cream cheese to the pan and stir to melt. Add the liquids and stir until the flour and cream cheese mix well in the liquids. Add all the rest of the ingredients and bring to a boil and simmer for 10 minutes. 
Ladle into the potpie bowls and top it with any pie crust if you want and bake for 20 minutes.

Cool for 5 minutes and enjoy

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