Name: Sizzling Cheese Bread Topped Chicken Pie recipe
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 50 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 150g butter, at room temperature; 1.5 cups grated tasty cheese; 600g skinless chicken breasts, 2cm dice; 200g bacon, diced; 2 tbsp plain flour; 500g tin chicken & sweet corn soup; 8 thick slices white bread

by Greer Worsley Last updated on 01/17/2020

Why have run-of-the-mill pastry on your pie when you can have this moreish sizzling cheese bread topping instead? It’s the perfect crispy, cheesy match for the creamy chicken filling. - Greer Worsley

Ingredients

150g butter, at room temperature
1.5 cups grated tasty cheese
600g skinless chicken breasts, 2cm dice
200g bacon, diced
2 tbsp plain flour
500g tin chicken & sweet corn soup
8 thick slices white bread

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 180C.
Step 2

Using a stand mixer or hand-held beaters, whip butter for 1-2 minutes until pale and creamy. Add cheese and continue beating until fully combined. Set aside.
Step 3

Heat oil in a frypan over medium-high heat. Brown chicken in batches and remove to a dish. Add bacon to the frypan and cook for 1-2 minutes.
Step 4

Return chicken, then add flour and cook for 1 minute. Add soup and stir to combine. Bring to the boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 1-2 minutes until thick. Transfer to a baking dish.
Step 5

Heat a nonstick frypan over gentle heat. Spread bread thickly on one side with cheese butter mix. Place butter side down in frypan and leave to cook for 1-2 minutes until cheese is melted and golden.
Step 6

Use a metal spatula to quickly lift the bread and remove from the pan. Repeat with remaining slices of bread.
Step 7

Slice cheese bread in half diagonally and arrange on top of chicken mixture. Bake for 20 minutes.