The best frozen chicken pot pie is meaty, aromatic, and has a flaky, flavorful, golden brown crust. And even when a pot pie comes pre-made from the freezer, it still feels warm and homey, like something your grandma made.
For our initial taste test and a follow-up taste test, we judged these frozen chicken pot pies on crust and filling. The ideal crust is flaky, golden brown, and well-seasoned. Chicken pot pie filling varies—potatoes and carrots are common, but some have chunks of corn, celery, and onion, too. Mainly, the chicken should be substantial, moist, and flavorful. And the gravy should be savory, seasoned with salt and pepper, and made from good quality chicken. There’s something so wonderful about breaking through a golden crust to get that first steamy forkful of pot pie, and doing that (again and again) for this taste test was an absolute delight.
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- Alpha Foods Frozen Chik’n Veggie Pot Pie
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If you love pot pie but don’t eat meat, you’re in luck! This is nothing like a classic frozen chicken pot pie, but it is very tasty. The filling is super savory and salty. We also like that it comes in a little portable handheld package. This is a frozen chicken pot pie for anyone on the go. Our only gripe was that the crust is a little too thick. That being said, this could be heaven if you’re all about the crust. This is the best plant based frozen chicken pot pie out there. —Jordan Myrick
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- Blake’s Gluten-Free Chicken Pot Pie
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For whatever reason, some gluten-free foods inexplicably slap. The crust on this pot pie is made with white rice, brown rice, potato starch, tapioca starch, and some other ingredients and binders. The result is a delightfully thin, crispy-crunchy crust. The filling is even more delicious; the decadently rich and gelatinous gravy is oozy, not runny. It’s also herby, aromatic, and vegetal, which nicely accentuates the clean taste of the chicken. The vegetable portion of the pie consists of potatoes, carrots, and peas (sorry if you like corn or celery). All of the flavors here work together, and it is one of our favorite gravies of the bunch. Blake’s Gluten-Free Chicken Pot Pie has more sodium and sugar than their standard version, which is probably why it tastes better. —Danny Palumbo
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- Boomerang’s Chicken Classic
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If you prefer a flaky pie crust, this frozen chicken pot pie is for you. Its crust is similar to filo dough, and feels like eating baklava (which we often do over a trash can to contain the flaky crust spillage). Boomerang’s filling is also stellar: It features chunks of peas, carrots, and celery, in addition to all natural chicken. This pie is meaty, fatty, creamy, buttery, and flaky. Those adjectives all scream homemade pot pie, which is exactly what this feels like. —Danny Palumbo
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- Marie Callender’s Bacon & Cheese Chicken Pot Pie
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Pot pie lovers, get ready for one of the best renditions of frozen chicken pot pie we tried: Marie Callender’s Bacon & Cheese Chicken Pot Pie. Does this taste like chicken pot pie? No. Do we care? Absolutely not. This tastes like a creamy, cheesy, salty, bacon-y dream come true covered with a layer of flaky, light pie crust. If you’re looking to mix it up when it comes to your frozen chicken pot pie, please give this one a try. It is exceptional. —Jordan Myrick
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- Banquet Turkey Pot Pie
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One of the best chicken pot pies is actually a turkey pot pie? Yep. This product is made with chicken broth and rendered chicken fat, too, making it an all-inclusive poultry pot pie—and it tastes damn good as a result. Banquet has a great, full fat flavor with creamy gravy, big dark meat turkey chunks, potatoes, carrots, and peas. There’s also a subtle celery flavor, although no chunks of celery in the gravy itself. The seasoning is on point and perfectly balanced. And the fattiness of the whole thing is delightful. While the crust could be better, this turkey pot pie has the comforting vibe of a Thanksgiving dinner. Mixing the two types of poultry together is a great idea (we loved a bone broth that did something similar, too). Banquet turkey pot pie is the epitome of comfort food. —Danny Palumbo
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- Marie Callender’s Chicken Corn Chowder Pot Pie
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If you’re looking for the best frozen chicken pot pie, look no further. Marie Callender’s Chicken Corn Chowder Pot Pie has everything you want in a pot pie and more. It’s a classic pot pie you know and love made even better with the addition of smokey bacon and sweet corn. In terms of flavor, this is leaps and bounds better than Marie Callender’s traditional chicken pot pie. This is an even better version of the ultimate comfort food. —Jordan Myrick
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Best Plant Based
Best Gluten Free
Best Crust
Best New Take on a Classic
Best of the Best Runner-Up
Best of the Best
Other Products We Tried: Banquet, Marie Callender’s Plant-Based, Healthy Choice Crustless, Country Chef, Stouffer’s, Marie Callender’s, Marie Callender’s Turkey, Marie Callender’s Mushroom, Marie Callender’s Creamy Parmesan, Boston Market, Marie Callender’s Cauli Crust, Blake’s
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