LCHP Chicken Pot Pie
One crust instead of two, Greek yogurt instead of cream — the comfort classic, rebuilt.
Sunday-Dinner Lore
Chicken pot pie is the single best argument for comfort food and the single worst thing you can do to a macro target. The damage isn't the chicken or the vegetables — it's that a classic pot pie is a bowl of heavy cream wearing two pastry crusts, and the bottom crust does nothing except sit in liquid and go soggy. Take it out. Swap the cream for Greek yogurt thickened with a cornstarch slurry. What's left is a golden, bubbling, genuinely hearty pot pie at about 340 calories with 38 grams of protein.
Portion Matrix (Cooked Shredded Chicken Breast — filling & topping as add-ons)
LCHP Chicken Pot Pie
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Recipe standard: ~4 oz cooked chicken per serving • + Vegetables & yogurt sauce: ~115 cal per serving • + Topping: reduced-fat biscuit ~40 cal • pie crust ~90 cal • cauliflower mash ~15 cal
Macros: USDA FoodData Central (chicken breast, cooked; peas, corn, carrots, celery, onion) + label data (nonfat Greek yogurt, low-sodium broth, cornstarch, refrigerated biscuits, pie crust) • cooked weights • ~520 mg sodium per serving as written.
The Numbers Up Front
Total Cooked Yield: one 9×13 dish — 6 servings
Default Portion: 1 of 6 servings, biscuit topping
✂️ Trim Trim Trim
The bottom crust is the biggest lever and the easiest one — it's roughly 180 calories per serving of pastry that was going to turn to mush anyway. Top crust only. Second lever: ¾ cup plain nonfat Greek yogurt replaces heavy cream, which is a swing of roughly 600 calories and 65g of fat across the dish. The cornstarch slurry does the thickening work the cream fat used to do. Third: chicken breast, not thigh or rotisserie skin — 1.5 lbs of breast is 38g of protein per serving before anything else.
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📊 Before & After(per serving)
| Calories | Protein | Fat | Carbs | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Classic Double-Crust Pot Pie | 700 | 20g | 40g | 60g |
| ⭐ LCHP Chicken Pot Pie | 340 | 38g | 7g | 28g |
| You Saved / Gained | −360 cal | +18g protein | −33g fat | −32g carbs |
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