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Mini Chicken Pot Pies With Canned Biscuits Recipe

If you’re looking for an easy dinner recipe to use up leftover chicken (and will be on the table in a half hour), this Mini Chicken Pot Pies with canned biscuits recipe is for you.

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When I was growing up, my dad would occasionally have pot pies for dinner. He would use the side of his spoon to break the nice, semi-hard pie crust apart into pieces that fell into the soggy chicken filling.

That looked like so much fun, and I would beg to crack the top. I didn’t want to eat a pot pie, but I did want to play with my — uh, his — food.

Now, as an adult, I like pot pie. I make them all the time when we have leftover chicken. It’s a great way to use those leftovers.

But, I can’t make your typical chicken pot pie. I mean, I could. But why would I want to? Instead, I make cute, mini, individual chicken pot pies with store-bought biscuit dough using a muffin pan. Yes, that means no fun flaky crust to chop with my spoon. But, it does mean this dinner is on the table in just about thirty minutes.

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If you have extra refrigerated biscuits after making this recipe and you’re wondering what to do with them, check out our list of Easy Canned Biscuits Recipes for more ideas. There are recipes for pizza bombs, pigs in a blanket, and more.

Mini Chicken Pot Pies With Canned Biscuits Recipe

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Ingredients For Mini Chicken Pot Pies:

You can get the full list of ingredients with measurements in the recipe card below.

  • Frozen mixed vegetables – This is the bag that has chopped carrots, green beans, and corn. It’s so much easier to start with this than having to chop your own fresh vegetables.
  • Can of cream of mushroom soup – We prefer the taste of this to cream of chicken soup because it adds more flavor to dishes.
  • Leftover cooked chicken – If you don’t have leftover chicken, of course, you can cook and shred chicken for this recipe.
  • Salt
  • Onion powder
  • Refrigerated biscuit dough – You don’t want to buy the flaky biscuits because those will be a headache to cut and roll for this recipe. Choose the solid biscuits.

How To Make Mini Chicken Pot Pies:

Pre-heat the oven to 350 F.

Corn, pieces of carrot, peas, and green beans in a white bowl.

Add the bag of frozen mixed vegetables to a large bowl.

You want the bag that has green beans, corn, peas, and carrots.

Corn, pieces of carrot, peas, and green beans, plus cream of mushroom soup, in a white bowl.

Add in the can of cream of mushroom soup.

Side note: You can use a can of cream of chicken soup instead, but (in my opinion) the cream of mushroom soup has a richer flavor. I choose that over cream of chicken soup every time because the chicken version just tastes so flavorless but also very salty.

Second note: If you’re worried about sodium, our friend Patricia said that she swaps low-sodium chicken broth for cream of anything soup. Just be sure to add a little cornstarch or flour with with the broth to act as a thickener.

Chopped chicken in a white bowl.

Chop up your leftover cooked chicken into small pieces.

Add it to the bowl.

Chicken pot pie filling in a bowl.

Add in the salt and onion powder.

Stir until everything is combined. Set it aside.

A muffin tin being sprayed with cooking spray.

Spray the cavities of a muffin tin with cooking spray.

This will make 16 mini pot pies, so you’ll need two muffin tins to make the full recipe.

Biscuits cut in half.

Open the can of biscuit dough.

Quick note: You don’t want to take the can out of the fridge until now. Working with cool biscuit dough is a lot easier than dough that has warmed.

Cut the dough in half.

Re-form one half into a circle, then stretch it with your fingers so it’s large enough to fit in the cavity of a muffin pan.

You can use a rolling pin to shape the dough if that’s easier for you, but I just use my fingers.

Biscuit dough in a muffin tin.

Put it in one of the cavities of the greased muffin tin. Then, continue until you have 16.

Unbaked mini chicken pot pies in a muffin tin.

Gently press down in the center, then fill the middle with some of the chicken mixture.

It’s fine if the mixture goes above where the pastry ends, that’s fine. The biscuit cup will puff up as it bakes.

Unbaked mini chicken pot pies in a muffin tin.

Continue until you’ve filled all of the biscuit cups.

Quick note: You may have leftover filling when you’re done. You can either open another pack of biscuit dough or just heat the leftovers on the stove and pour it on top when you serve these for more filling.

Bake for 25 to 28 minutes until the dough is golden brown and the filling is heated through.

Your baking time may vary based on your oven’s temperature and also the type of pan you use. I use a metal pan; your timing may be different if you use a silicone baking pan.

Serve warm.

​We usually make these from leftovers from a whole chicken. When I make that, I make a gravy with the pan drippings. If you do that too, and you have the leftovers handy, you can heat them and pour them on top of these. The pot pies are delicious that way.

Mini chicken pot pies on a white tray.

Mini Chicken Pot Pies: Frequently Asked Questions

What refrigerated biscuits work best in this recipe?

Any brand of biscuits is going to work in this. However, you’re going to want to look for jumbo biscuits. And don’t choose the flaky biscuits. Since you’re reforming the dough, the flaky layers will get lost and be uneven after rolling and stretching. So the biscuits without those layers are best.

I prefer the butter biscuits over the original biscuits because the butter adds more flavor into the dough without you having to do anything.

Do you have to use leftover chicken?

I make a whole chicken in the Dutch oven, then save half a chicken breast to make these pot pies. If you don’t have leftover chicken, you can purchase a rotisserie chicken at the grocery store and use that. Of course, you can cook fresh chicken breast for this recipe, but it really saves a lot of time to use leftovers.

How do you store leftovers?

Wait until these homemade mini chicken pot pies have cooled to room temperature. Then, store them in an airtight container in the fridge. They’ll last between two and four days.

The best way to reheat the pot pies is to put them in a microwave for about a minute. Reheating in the oven or air fryer is gonna dry them out.

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More Chicken Recipes:

If you have more leftover chicken and you’re wondering what to do with it, my other go to is a Chicken Salad BLT sandwich.

For other ways to use it, check out all of our budget-friendly chicken recipes.

Yield: 16 Pot Pies

Mini Chicken Pot Pies With Canned Biscuits

If you're looking for an easy dinner recipe to use up leftover chicken (and will be on the table in a half hour), this Mini Chicken Pot Pies with canned biscuits recipe is for you.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 28 minutes
Total Time 38 minutes

Ingredients

  • 12 oz. bag frozen mixed vegetables
  • 10.5 oz. can of cream of mushroom soup
  • 1.5 to 2 cups leftover cooked chicken
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
  • 8 count can of refrigerated biscuit dough

Instructions

  1. Pre-heat the oven to 350 F.
  2. Add the bag of frozen mixed vegetables to a large bowl.
  3. You want the bag that has green beans, corn, peas, and carrots.
  4. Add in the can of cream of mushroom soup.
  5. Chop up your leftover cooked chicken into small pieces.
  6. Add it to the bowl.
  7. Add in the salt and onion powder.
  8. Stir until everything is combined. Set it aside.
  9. Spray the cavities of a muffin tin with cooking spray.
  10. Open the can of biscuit dough.
  11. Cut the dough in half.
  12. Re-form one half into a circle, then stretch it with your fingers so it’s large enough to fit in the cavity of a muffin pan.
  13. Put it in one of the cavities of the greased muffin tin. Then, continue until you have 16.
  14. Gently press down in the center, then fill the middle with some of the chicken mixture.
  15. Continue until you’ve filled all of the biscuit cups.
  16. Bake for 25 to 28 minutes until the dough is golden brown and the filling is heated through.

Notes

Nutrition Information

Yield

16

Serving Size

1

Amount Per Serving Calories 93Total Fat 4gSaturated Fat 1gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 25mgSodium 266mgCarbohydrates 6gFiber 1gSugar 1gProtein 7g

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Mary

Wednesday 5th of March 2025

Can you use a mini muffin pan, 24 qty? If so how can I convert this recipe to that quantity?

Lisa

Thursday 6th of March 2025

You could, but I wouldn't. You'd keep the recipe basically the same, but cut six biscuits into four, not eight into halves. But each biscuit would have such little filling because the mini muffin pan is so small, so you would mostly just be eating bread that way. The ratio would be way off.

Jennifer Wise

Saturday 1st of February 2025

No way! I love how easy this is! Looks yummy.

Steph@CrazyLittleLovebirds

Thursday 30th of January 2025

This sounds and looks delicious!

Estelle Forrest

Tuesday 28th of January 2025

This is a perfect weeknight dinner!

EsmeSalon

Friday 24th of January 2025

Need to go shopping for some canned biscuits to try this. I do have leftover chicken I can use.

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