Dutch Oven Southwestern Chicken Pot Pie

Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 35 min
Servings: 6
Yield: 6 servings

Description

This easy weeknight, one-pot meal is basically a black bean and chicken chili with a layer of cornbread crust on top, all cooked in a Dutch oven.

Ingredients

1 tablespoon olive oil
1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breast, diced
2 medium carrots, diced
2 stalks celery, diced
1 red bell pepper, diced
1 bunch scallions, diced
1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes with green chiles, undrained
2 (15 ounce) cans black beans, drained and rinsed
4 tablespoons chili powder
1 tablespoon ground cumin
2 teaspoons granulated garlic
2 teaspoons onion powder
1/4 teaspoon hot smoked paprika, or more to taste
salt and ground black pepper to taste
1 (8 1/2 ounce) package dry corn muffin mix
1/3 cup milk
1 egg

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
2 Heat oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat. Add chicken. Cook, stirring occasionally, until no longer pink inside, 5 to 7 minutes. Add carrots, celery, bell pepper, and scallions and cook until tender, about 5 minutes. Add tomatoes, black beans, chili powder, cumin, garlic, onion powder, paprika, salt, and black pepper. Stir to combine. Cook until heated through, about 5 minutes more.
3 While mixture simmers, combine cornbread mix with milk and egg in a bowl.
4 Remove Dutch oven from heat and spread cornbread batter on top of chicken mixture to form the crust.
5 Place Dutch oven in the preheated oven and bake until cornbread is golden and beginning to brown, 20 to 25 minutes.