Instructions: * (My batch had a mixture of home-grown chiles including Bishops Crown, Hawaiian and wild Baccatums, my familys had red bell)

I wanted to share a recipe for those of you who like to camp (and you who dont). This is for Chicken Pot Pie, and I cooked it at 9,700 elevation on a wood coal fire in a Dutch oven with no problems.

Pre-boil chicken and save broth, or use canned chicken and broth. Add potato to chicken pot 30 minutes from finish and save, as potatoes should be cooked and saturated with water before adding.

Saute pepper, chile powder, garlic, onion, celery, carrots, and chiles in dutch oven until onions start to clear. Use caution with the fumes if your chiles are really hot. Add butter if needed.

Add flour to saute and cook 2 minutes stirring constantly. This will make a pastey looking mess.

Combine broth and Half & Half and gradually stir in.

Cook, stirring constantly, until mix becomes thick and bubbly. Add chicken, peas, and potatoes, bring back to a boil stirring regularly.

Cover with pie crust, cut slits in crust. Bake at 400 degrees for about 40 minutes if youre cooking indoors in an oven. At high altitude, saute a little longer to quicken cooking.

I used a 12" Dutch oven with flange top lid covered with good coals on top and sitting 8" above a medium bed of coals in the fire pit. If your dutch oven does not have a flange lid, make a raised lip out of aluminum foil around the outside and load the lid with coals. Check the crust several times to regulate top baking heat. Try to get a slow boil from the bottom heat.

This recipe is highly recommended.

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