Chicken, asparagus and broad bean suet crumble
Chicken, asparagus and broad bean suet crumble | |
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Servings: | Serves 3 |
Calories per serving: | 618 |
Ready in: | 3 hours, 30 minutes |
Prep. time: | 30 minutes |
Cook time: | 3 hours |
Difficulty: | ![]() |
Recipe author: | Chef |
First published: | 28th May 2019 |


Made from produce purchased from the local gardens and butchers around Upwell. Covered this with a fabulous suet crust that was like a savoury apple crumble crust!
As this will be for the two of us, I'm going to freeze half of the filling and make another pie, another day.
Ingredients
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pie filling
- A large pinch of black pepper
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil from a bottle of sun dried tomatoes
- Two large onions, finely chopped
- 4 cloves of garlic, peeled and chopped
- 2 chicken chicken breasts, chopped into bite-sized chunks
- 1 can of cream of chicken soup
- A pinch of turmeric
- A pinch of salt
- A goodly pinch of whole fennel seeds
- 1 teaspoon dried parsley
- 1 teaspoon chicken stock mixed with 180 ml boiling water to rinse out the chicken can
- A bag of broad beans, podded, about a good handful
- A bunch of asparagus, speed peel tough stalks ends.
- A large bunch of sage leaves, left in one piece so they can be removed easily at the end
Suet crust
- 110 g suet
- 110 g self-raising flour
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of sea salt
- pinch of freshly ground black pepper
- Enough water just to bind the mixture together, don't try and make a 'wet' pastry
Mise en place
- Preheat your oven to 200Β° C (400Β° F - gas 6), [fan oven 180Β° C & reduce cooking time by 10 mins per hour] so it is ready for the final 30 minutes of baking
Method
filling
- Heat the olive oil and add a pinch of black pepper
- Chop the onions and fry them in the olive oil until golden
- Add the garlic and stir fry for 3 minutes
- Add the chicken and fry for a few minutes, turning often
- Add the chicken soup a d the remaining ingredients, apart from the reserved asparagus tips, to a slow cooker set to low and slow cook for 2 hours, 30 minutes, stirring now and then
suet crust
- Rub the flour into the suet until you can't feel the lumps in the suet
- Add the salt and pepper and just enough water to bind the mixture so it can be squeezed into a ball without it falling apart again
- Roll the pastry out into a shape that will roughly cover your pie bowls
- Bake for 30 minutes
Serving suggestions
We served this with new potatoes, there was enough 'veg' in the pie filling to make a blanced meal
Recipe source
- Upwell, Norfolk!
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