Easy Turkey Pot Pie

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Easy Turkey Pot Pie is an easy and comforting meal, use a store-bought pie crust or a frozen puff pastry and dinner is ready in a flash. Make this recipe any time you have leftover chicken or turkey in the fridge. Unlike most pot pies, this only has a top crust, but the filling is so thick and rich.

Like Easy Creamy Chicken Stroganoff or Rotisserie Chicken with Stuffing, this is a classic family recipe and a great way to enjoy tender, cooked poultry.

I originally published this recipe back in 2020 and have since adjusted the ingredients and added a few more tips.

Why Melinda Loves Easy Turkey Pot Pie

What I love most about Easy Turkey Pot Pie is how it combines leftovers with a few basic staples from the pantry and freezer to create a delicous, home-cooked, comforting meal.

You could make a crust from scratch and top the pot pie will with that or take shortcuts and use either a pre-made crust from the store or even better, my favorite is to use frozen puff pastry.

Pro Tip: Simply defrost the puff pastry, slice it into strips and place it on top of the filling.

I'm a big fan of puff pastry, be sure to check out Corn Dog Nuggets, Philly Cheesesteak Bites or Cranberry Brie Bite for more savory and tasty ways to use frozen pastry dough.

Ingredients to Have on Hand

Russet potatoes
Chicken broth or vegetable broth
Cooked turkey or chicken
Cream of chicken soup
Frozen peas and carrots
½ cup dried cranberries

Russet Potatoes: You can use other varieties of potatoes such as Yukon Gold or even Red Potatoes, but Russets will give you that classic pot pie taste and texture.

Chicken Broth: This could be substituted with vegetable broth if that's what you have on hand.

Cream of Chicken Soup: Other canned creamed soups such as Cream of Mushroom or Cream of Celery could also be used, but the Cream of Chicken soup blends with the chicken broth to create a savory and silky sauce.

Peas and Carrots: Classic ingredients for turkey or chicken pot pie, but you could easy swap these for another vegetable combination such as green beans or corn.

Dried Cranberries: These are optional, but the tart sweetness of the cranberries helps balances the flavor with the savory ingredients and the chunks of potatoes.

Scroll to the recipe card below for a full list of ingredients and measurements.

Use Turkey or Chicken for Pot Pie

This is called Easy Turkey Pot Pie, but believe me turkey is 100% interchangeable with the same amount of chicken.

Pro Tip: Here's a quick tip anytime you feel like a comforting pot pie meal with relying on leftovers. Buy a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store, chop up the meat, and use it in place of the leftover turkey. Delicious.

Turkey pot pie in a dish placed next to strips of raw crust.

Recipe FAQs

Can I freeze turkey pot pie?

You bet! And thank goodness. Sometimes, by the time we get to the last of the turkey leftovers the family might be a little tired of turkey.

All you need to do is assemble the pot pie exactly as you would as if you were baking it for today. After placing the crust on top, just seal it tightly with aluminum foil and pop it in the freezer.

On the day you're ready for pot pie, it's easy to get dinner ready. No defrosting is needed.

Just remove the baking dish from the freezer, uncover and bake at 375° for about 90 minutes. You may need to drape a sheet of foil across the top if the crust starts browning too fast.

Pro Tip: It doesn't matter if you roll the dough into a perfect circle, just use a pizza cutter to make even slices for the top crust.

Topping for Pot Pie

Any type of pie crust works beautifully to top your Easy Turkey Pot Pie. Simply use a pie crust, enough dough for a single crust 9" pie. If it's during the holiday season and depending how many pies you made, you may have one crust left for this.

Especially if you made Pumpkin Pie with Sweetened Condensed Milk, which only needs one crust.

Lattice strips of pie crust on top of a pot pie. — I like to use a lattice style with the crust, it creates a delicate topping that doesn't overwhelm the dish with carbs.

Easy Turkey Pot Pie is classic fall comfort food, but honestly, I serve it all year long. Here are a few more recipes that are often aligned with fall, but have flavor combinations that are hard to resist any time of year.

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