Southern Biscuit Pot Pie Recipe in the Cast Iron

Love a good pot pie, but want more breading?! Try our Southern Biscuit Pot Pie Recipe in your cast iron skillet. Ditch the pie crust and never look back!

I could probably cook this every evening and my husband would not mind one bit. It’s one of his favorites and I definitely don’t mind eating it either! It’s a take on a truly southern comfort food. Are you sensing a theme with my cooking?!

This biscuit pot pie recipe is one of those recipes on my meal lists that does take a little longer to cook if I don’t have the biscuits already prepared, or storebought biscuits on hand. But if you have biscuits made, hands on time is about 20 minutes!

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Why I love this Southern Biscuit Pot Pie Recipe

• It is true southern comfort food and so so good
• The biscuits provide additional breading that you don’t get with a traditional pot pie and gives a better bread to filling ratio
• It’s super simple to make, especially if you opt for using store bought biscuits
• You can add what you want to it. I don’t really like green peas very much so they don’t go in all the time
• If you use storebought biscuits, it’s a one pan meal
• You can use whatever meat you want, but we prefer beef

Ingredients Needed for this Southern Biscuit Pot Pie

• Tenderized Round Steak or Cube Steak
• Onion
• Minced Garlic
• Canned Carrots
• Canned Corn
• Canned Peas, if desired
• Broth
• Flour
• Salt
• Celary Salt
• Pepper
• Heavy Whipping Cream
• Prepared Biscuits in raw dough form

Substitutions and Variations

You can use whatever meat that you like. If you use something like a rotisserie chicken, or something that was already cooked and does not put off any grease, you will need to add 2-3 tablespoons of butter or oil. I always make this with beef, or deer meat. Since deer meat is so lean, I typically have to add in at least 1 tablespoon of butter.

Put in canned veggies that you like, and leave out what you don’t. I am not a fan of green peas, but my family does like them. I usually do peas about 50% of the time.

Fresh or canned mushrooms could also be a great addition to this recipe.

I have also used my frozen 2 Ingredient already cooked biscuits in this recipe and it works out well! Cooking time does differ.

Instructions to Make this Biscuit Pot Pie

Start by preheating your oven to whatever cooking temperature the biscuits recipe you are using calls for. I use my 2 Ingredient Biscuit Recipefor this dinner and it calls for cooking the biscuits at 450 degrees.

Start by cutting up your beef into about 1/2-3/4 inch cubes. Put your meat in your heated iron skillet. Cook over medium heat. Salt and pepper your meat.

As soon as you are done with this, chop your onion and throw it in as well.

Once your beef browned on the outside and is half way done cooking through add in your minced garlic. Remember, you will also be making your gravy with beef in the pan and it will cook in the oven. There is plenty cook time left for your small beef chunks to be cooked through.

Once the garlic is heated, you are going to start on the “gravy”. If you used a rotisserie chicken or some other very lean cut of meat, you will need to add in a tablespoon or two of butter. If you used the cube steak, the grease that cooked off of your meat should be sufficient.

In these photos, I removed my meat from the skillet. I’m not even sure why…usually, I just add my flour right in with my meat and onions. I suggest just doing that and not dirtying up another dish. Add your flour to the skillet right on top of your meat, onions and garlic. Stir around for a minute or two until your flower has combined with the grease in the pan and begins to cook.

Turn your heat to low and add in your liquid and keep stirring until your mixture reaches the gravy consistency you desire. When your gravy has thickened, add in your heavy cream and celery salt. You can add other spices if you’d like, but we keep it pretty simple and let the whole ingredient flavors shine through.

Bring back to a low boil then add in your canned vegetables, stir until combined evenly and heated through. Turn off your heat.

PSA…if you have never made a gravy without taking all of your meat etc out of the pan, the flour might clump up and stick on your meat. That’s OK. Just keep stirring. When you add in your liquid, the flour and grease will come off of the meat and thicken your gravy as intended. Turn off your heat.

Whatever biscuits you are using, you are going to want them thinner than usual. You can either roll them out thinner if you are using our 2 Ingredient Biscuit Recipe or if you already prepared them or are using store bought, cut them in half (by half I mean keep the same disc shape, just make them shorter).

Put your raw biscuits on top of your pot pie filling in a ring shape following the edge of the pan. You are going to be tempted to put a biscuit or two in the middle. Take my word for it and skip it! They take forever to cook correctly and cause the other biscuits to take longer to cook also.

Put the cast iron biscuit pot pie into your oven and cook for about 12-15 minutes when using the 2 Ingredient biscuit recipe. Other biscuit dough will vary. Since you split the biscuits it will still probably be about the time called for on the package, maybe a little longer.

Once your biscuits are nice and fluffy, browned on top and no longer doughy on the bottoms, pull your cast iron biscuit pot pie from the oven and let cool.

Spoon out into bowls or plates, serve and enjoy!

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If you loved this recipe and are looking for similar recipes or some of our other southern favorites, you might like these blog posts of Farmhouse 181 classics!

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Southern Biscuit Pot Pie Recipe in the Cast Iron

Love a good pot pie, but want more breading?! Try our Southern Biscuit Pot Pie Recipe in your cast iron skillet. Ditch the pie crust and never look back!

Course:Main Course

Keyword:Biscuit Pot Pie, cast iron, coconut pie recipe southern, comfort food

Equipment

• Cast Iron Skillet, 10-12 inch

Ingredients

• 1-1½ lbs Tenderized Round or Cube Steak
• 1 tsp Salt
• ½ tsp Pepper
• 1 Onion, chopped
• 2 Tbsp Jarred Minced Garlic
• 2 Tbsp Flour
• 1-1½ cups Broth, chicken or beef
• ½ tsp Celery Salt
• ¼ cup Heavy Cream
• 1 can Corn, drained
• 1 can Carrots, drained
• 8 prepared raw biscuits

Instructions

• Preheat oven to temperature required on for biscuits. The 2 ingredient biscuit recipe we use bakes at 450 degrees.
• Cut your tenderized steak into 1/2 to 3/4 inch pieces and start cooking over medium heat in your cast iron.
• Dice up your onion and add to the meat.
• When your meat is browned on the outside and cooked about half way through, add in your minced garlic and cook until heated.
• Add your flour directly to the pan with the meat. Stir until the flour and grease have mixed together and the flour is no longer raw.
• Turn your heat down to low and add in your broth.
• Stir the mixture until it has thickened.
• Add celery salt to your gravy and stir to combine.
• Add in your heavy whipping cream and stir to combine and bring back to a boil.
• Add in your drained corn and carrots, or whatever canned vegetables you desire.
• Cook the filling mixture until the vegetables are heated through.
• Either roll out your biscuits thinner than normal, or cut your store bought biscuits into thinner discs.
• Top your filling with your thinner biscuits in a ring shape against the edge of the cast iron leaving the middle open.
• Put your cast iron with filling and biscuits into the oven and bake until your biscuits are cooked all the way through, no longer doughy on the bottom and browned on top.
• Baking time will depend on what biscuit recipe you used and their required baking time. Using my 2 Ingredient Biscuit Recipe, I usually bake at 450 for around 15 minutes.
• Remove from the oven and let cool. Enjoy!