Vegan Pot Pie

Easy, filling and comforting, this vegan pot pie recipe is the vegetable-packed weeknight dinner you need this winter. With a vegetable and white bean filling and a flaky vegan crust, it's hearty and SO delicious!

This vegan pot pie is the answer to chilly winter weeknights. It's full of colorful vegetables, a creamy vegetarian sauce and an easy pie crust topping. White beans add a bit of extra protein and creaminess to the filling.

Instructions

There are three basic parts of a good pot pie. The crust, the filling and the sauce.

Crust

For convenience, we went with a store-bought pie crust for our homemade vegetarian pot pie. Puff pastry would also work well.

Of course, if you have a bit more time, you can always make your own pie crust.

If you go our way, simply treat the pie crust as instructed by the packaging. You don't want it to get too warm before baking, as it may lose its butter in the oven.

When it comes to store-bought gluten free and vegan pie crust, we usually opt for this one from Bob's Red Mill. We simply use vegan butter and it always turns out so flaky and delicious! It's also widely available at more stores, so that's a huge plus.

Filling

Now for the "meat" of the dish: the vegan pot pie filling. We replaced the classic chicken with a vegetable-packed, flavorful filling. Here's what we used:

• Onion
• Garlic
• Carrots
• Sweet Potatoes
• Celery
• Mushrooms
• Green Beans
• Peas
• Kale (or spinach)
• Parsley
• White beans

All of these colorful vegetables make for a bright and warming winter dinner.

And you won't miss the meat in this plant based pie thanks to protein-rich white beans.

Sauce

To make this plant based pot pie just as flavorful as the conventional dish, it's all about the sauce.

This sauce is a rendition of the classic French Mother Sauce velouté. That basically means that it relies on stock for its body, and is thickened with butter and flour.

To start, melt down some butter. Next, add flour (gluten free all purpose flour works fine here) to thicken. This makes a roux, which is just a fancy word for a mixture of flour and fat.

Then, you'll add in vegetable stock in stages. Let the sauce thicken up between additions of stock. You want to stay stirring as you go.

If you want a thicker sauce for your pot pie, you can let it simmer here for a bit to reduce. Finally, add a bit of acid with both white wine and white wine vinegar. This is important to brighten up the dish. Season with salt and pepper and you're all set!

This is a classic sauce for a reason. It's deeply flavorful, silky smooth and will coat the vegetables in this pot pie beautifully.

Assembly

Once you've prepared the pie crust, made the vegetable filling and stirred up the sauce, it's time to assemble the vegan pot pie.

You'll need a regular pie pan for this recipe. If you don't have a round one at home, an 8 or 9 inch cast iron skillet will also work.

First, add the sauce to the cooked vegetable filling. Give everything a good stir to ensure it's fully coated in the sauce. Then add in those white beans for good measure.

Transfer everything to your pie dish (or leave it in the skillet, if you're going that route), and gently lay the prepared pie crust on top. Be sure to vent the pie crust with a few pricks from a fork or slices with a knife. I like to draw a little heart in the center, but that's just me.

Finally, pop the pie into the oven and let it bake away until the crust is firm and blonde. We like to paint the crust with some melted butter just before it finishes baking to get that beautiful golden hue on top.

Ingredient Substitutions

This vegan pot pie can be made gluten free quite easily. Simply use a gluten free pie crust and gluten free all purpose flour for the sauce.

If you don't like white beans (or don't have any on hand), you could substitute for great northern, red kidney or navy beans. Technically, you could use chickpeas, but I wouldn't. The texture isn't as well suited to a pot pie, but it would still taste fine.

Otherwise, this homemade pot pie is fully plant-based, dairy-free, nut-free and refined sugar free.

More Vegan Comfort Food Recipes

Since it's that time of year, why not add these warming plant based dinner recipes to your list:

• Vegan Mushroom Stew over Mashed Potatoes
• Vegan Pasta Bake
• Wild Rice Mushroom Soup
• The Best Vegan Mac and Cheese
• Vegan Scalloped Potatoes

If you make this Vegan Pot Pie recipe, we’d love for you to leave a comment and rating below! We also love to see your creations on Instagram – tag us at @crowded_kitchen so we can see what you’ve been cooking.

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