Creamy Chicken Pot Pie Soup

You guys! When I saw this on Pinterest, Creamy Chicken Pot Pie Soup Recipe, I just knew I had to make it for us! It is so so so good! She also has a recipe for parmesan drop biscuits to go with this and they sound divine! However we used a couple slices of our bakery bread to go with it .

Ingredients

• 20 oz. boneless skinless chicken breast, cooked and shredded in to bite size pieces
• 5 1/2 Tbsp butter
• 1 cup chopped yellow onion (1 small onion)
• 1 cup diced celery (about 3 stalks)
• 1 cup peeled and diced carrots (about 2 carrots)
• 1 (15 oz) can low-sodium chicken broth
• 2 cups (heaping) peeled and 1/2-inch diced russet potatoes (2 medium potatoes)
• 1/2 tsp dried parsley
• 1/4 tsp dried thyme
• 1/4 tsp dried crushed rosemary
• 1 bay leaf
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 1 cup frozen or fresh peas
• 2 1/2 cups milk
• 6 Tbsp all-purpose flour
• 1/2 cup heavy cream
• 1 1/2 tsp lemon juice

Directions

• In an enameled cast iron pot, melt 1 1/2 Tbsp butter over medium-high heat. (I didn't have one of those so I just used my biggest pot I had.) Add in onion, carrot and celery and saute 3 minutes. Add chicken broth, potatoes, parsley, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf and season with salt and pepper for taste. Bring the soup to a boil, then reduce heat to medium, (press veggies down into broth) cover with lid, and allow to cook, stirring occasionally, until potatoes are tender, which is about 15 - 25 minutes. Reduce heat to low and stir in chicken and peas. It took me longer to make this recipe because I had to cook the chicken first.
• In a medium saucepan set over medium heat, melt the remaining 4 Tbsps of butter. Stir in flour and cook mixture, while stirring constantly for 1 1/2 minutes. While whisking, slowly pour in milk and whisk vigorously to smooth the lumps. Season with salt and pepper for taste. Bring the mixture to a boil over medium high heat while stirring constantly, then remove from heat and stir in cream. Pour and stir the milk mixture into mixture in pot. Stir in lemon juice.
• The whole process takes an 1 hour with the prepping and cooking combined. However, if you're like me and have to cook the chicken first, the process takes just a little bit longer.

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