Beef Pot Pie

This homemade beef pot pie recipe is an easy, comforting meal that's perfect for cold winter evenings. With the savory flavors of beef, garlic, thyme, and vegetables in a rich beef broth and topped with a flaky pie crust - this all-in-one dish is sure to become a family favorite!

Contents

• 🌟 Why this recipe works
• 🍽 Key Ingredients
• 🔪 How to make
• 💭 Cooking tips
• 📖 Recipe Variations
• 🥗 What to serve with
• 🙋 Frequently asked questions
• 🧊 Storing and ♨️ reheating
• 🍳 Related comforting recipes
• 🍳 Serving size
• 📋 Recipe

🌟 Why this recipe works

Pies are classic comfort food that fills you up and warms your soul with their flavorful broth, tender meat and veggies, and buttery pie crust. They're loved around the world and have many different flavors, like chicken pot pie, beef and mushroom pie, or even cheeseburger pie.

Unlike traditional pies that enclose the delicious meat mixture in pastry, this beef pot pie only uses pastry to cover the cooked beef mixture, making it a much easier dish to make.

The beef is cooked in a deliciously savory garlic-thyme broth, which brings out the flavors of the beef and gives it a rich flavor. Carrots, potatoes, and peas add a depth of flavor and texture to this all-in-one dish.

This easy beef pot pie recipe is a great way to use up leftover beef stew meat, as well as ingredients you already have in your pantry. 

Although the dish takes a few hours to make because the cubed beef is stewed for over an hour to tenderize, it is not a hands-on recipe! 

In fact, if you prepare the beef stew the night before, you can easily make this comforting dish during busy weeknights if you have shop-bought puff pastry on hand.

🍽 Key Ingredients

This beef pot pie requires a few simple ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry or fridge.

Pie pastry - Shop bought or make your own with this easy homemade pie crust recipe.

Stew meat - For best results ask your butcher for beef chuck roast or sirloin steak and cut it into small cubes.

Flour - You'll need the flour to coat the pot beef cubes. Dredging them in flour helps to brown them and thicken the stew.

Olive oil - A splash of oil is required for sautéing the beef and vegetables.

Vegetables - Potatoes, carrots, garlic, onions, and frozen peas are added to this beef stew to provide flavor and texture.

Bouillon cubes - To give the stew a delicious beefy flavor.

Thyme - For an herbal touch, we're using fresh thyme.

Worcestershire sauce - Adds a tangy, savory flavor to the stew.

Egg wash - If you want a golden brown pie crust, you'll need to brush it with egg wash (egg and water mixed) before baking.

Substitutions

This beef pot pie recipe can be adapted with whatever ingredients you have on hand.

Cubed beef

You can also use ground beef for this recipe instead of cubed beef. The mixture will be more like Shepperd's pie and will not need as long to cook if using ground beef. If chicken is more to your taste, you can make a chicken pot pie by using diced chicken breast and swapping the beef bouillon cubes for chicken.

Vegetables

You can use other veggies in this recipe. Some good options are green beans, parsnips, mushrooms, squash, and sweet potatoes.

Bouillon cubes

If you don't have bouillon cubes on hand, use 6 cups of beef stock instead to achieve that intense beefy flavor broth.

🔪 How to make

Although this beef pot pie takes time to make, it's totally worth it when you taste the melt-in-your-mouth beef, buttery pie crust, and scrumptious thick beef broth. Here's how to make the best beef pot pie!

Preparations

• Chop the potatoes and carrots into small cubes and finely dice the onion and garlic.
• Cut the chuck roast into cubes.
• Set a Dutch oven or large pot over medium-high heat and add half of the olive oil.

Cooking instructions

Step 1
Dredge the cubed beef into the flour and shake off any excess.

Step 2
Once hot, cook the coated beef cubes until browned all over.

Step 3
Remove the browned beef from the pot and add more olive oil to it to brown the chopped onion and garlic. 

Step 4
Add the seared beef back into the pot with the remaining ingredients. Excluding the potatoes, carrots, and peas.

Step 5
Cover with lid and simmer for 1½ hours, then add the vegetables and cook for another 20-30 minutes until the vegetables and beef are tender.

Step 6
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees Fahrenheit (225 degrees Celsius).

Step 7
Lightly grease a large pie plate or pie dish and pour in the tender beef stew. 

Step 8
Gently lay your beef pie crust over the top, sealing the edges well and cutting a few steam vents in the top with a knife.

Tip: Beat the egg and 1 tablespoon of water together and lightly brush the egg wash over the top crust.

Step 9
Bake in the preheated oven for about 30 - 40 minutes until the crust turns golden brown and puffs up.

Tip: Remove from the oven and allow to cool for 5 minutes.

Step 10
Garnish with fresh thyme and serve with your favorite side dish.

💭 Cooking tips

Cooking the beef

Make sure to cook the beef until it’s brown, this will give the broth a deep flavor.

Pat beef cubes

It's important to dry the beef cubes with paper towel before dredging them in flour.

Make individual pot pies

Instead of making one big pot pie for your guests, why not make individual ones if you have several small pie pots.

Avoiding soggy pie crusts

For best results, allow the mixture to cool before topping it with the pie crust, and make sure it is not sitting on the mixture, otherwise, you will end up with a soggy crust.

Thick broth

If your broth isn't as thick as you'd like it, you can thicken it by mixing 1 tablespoon of corn flour with 1 tablespoon of water and mixing this into the pot.

📖 Recipe Variations

If you’re feeling creative or just want to switch things up a bit, here are some tasty variations of beef pot pie that you can try:

Beef Guinness pot pie

For an absolutely delicious rich beef broth, add one bottle of Guinness stout. When simmering the beef with the other ingredients, add the Guinness and remove 2 cups of water.

Beef and mushroom pot pie

Simmer the beef with 2 cups of quartered mushrooms to give the broth an earthy flavor.

Beef and red pot pie

This variation adds depth of flavor to the dish. Once the onions and garlic are softened, add 1 tablespoon of tomato paste, cooking for 2 minutes before adding the remaining ingredients to a simmer. Swap 3 cups of water for 3 cups of red wine and allow it to simmer for 2 hours.

🥗 What to serve with

Beef pot pie is a hearty and delicious meal on its own, but if you want to go the extra mile, here are some amazing sides that you can serve to accompany it:

Potatoes

Mashed, twice-baked potatoes, or roasted potatoes are a classic side dish that pairs perfectly with the beef and broth.

Roasted vegetables

Add some extra nutrients to your meal by roasting up some colorful vegetables or make use of leftover cabbage or green beans with these easy Southern-fried cabbage and green bean casserole recipes.

Salad

A light and fresh salad is always a welcome addition to a hearty meal. This crunchy green broccoli salad with almonds, bacon, and cranberries makes for an excellent and tasty side.

🙋 Frequently asked questions

🧊 Storing and ♨️ reheating

Leftover beef pot pie can be stored and reheated another day.

Fridge - place the leftover beef mixture in an airtight container and store it in the fridge for up to 3 days.

Freezer - To freeze beef pot pie, place the mixture in a freezer container and store it for up to 3 months.

Reheating - To reheat from the fridge, place in an ovenproof dish, cover with pie pastry and bake at 350F for 20 minutes. To reheat from the freezer, thaw overnight and proceed as above.

🍳 Related comforting recipes

If you want to keep the comforting flavors going, check out our 50 best comforting fall recipes and 50 best American comfort food recipes. With these recipes, you can enjoy all the cozy flavors of Fall and America's classic dishes.

🍳 Serving size

You can expect this beef pot pie recipe to make enough servings to feed 4 to 6 people. You can also double the mixture and save half for a quick midweek dinner with an extra pie crust.

After all the hard work, you can finally enjoy your delicious beef pot pie. This dish is perfect for a weeknight dinner or to impress your friends and family with your cooking skills. We hope that this pot pie recipe inspires you to try something new and delicious. Enjoy!

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