Chicken Potato Casserole

A large, deep dish used both in the oven and as a serving vessel, as wikipedia defined the word Casserole. 

Casserole originally invented by Elmire Jolicoeur,a French Canadian immigrant. 

Casserole itself referred to the pan in which the dish was cooked. 

My mom has actually served a type of food which contains of vegetables and chicken covered by potatoes, but we  know this kind of food as 'Pastel Tutup' instead of casserole. 

So when I search the internet for the kind of food, I found casserole recipes which leads me to do some recipe modifications  for my moms.

Ingredients:

- 5-6 medium sized potato 

- 2 large size carrots cut into pieces. 

- 10 green beans cut into pieces. 

- 1 skinless, boneless chicken breast, boiled, drained, and shredded. 

- 1 medium onion, finely chopped. 

- 3 minced garlics. 

- 25 gr milk powder, dissolved in 50 ml hot water. 

- 300 ml chicken broth (kaldu ayam)

- 2 tbsp butter or margarine

- 2 tbsp all purpose flour

- 2 eggs

- 1 egg yolk or 2 tsp of light olive oil

- Oregano, freshly grated nutmeg, salt, pepper, and sugar to taste. 

Direction :

1. Melt the margarine in a large pot over medium heat, add the garlic and onion, saute until softened. 

2. Add carrot, beans, and chicken, stir well. 

3. Add chicken broth, milk powder, and all seasoning. 

4. Continue to simmer over low heat for about 10 minutes, then add the flour, stir well until it mixed well and left a little liquid inside. 

5. Boil the unpeeled potatoes in a large pan or salted water. 

6. When they are soft enough to mash, drain them thoroughly, and let them cool. 

7. Once they're cool, peel and mashed them, add eggs, stir well. 

8. Add freshly grated nutmeg, pepper, sugar, and salt to taste, and mix them well. 

9. Spread half of mashed potatoes in the bottom of baking dish. 

10. Pour the chicken and vegetable mixture evenly on top. 

11. Spread the remaining potatoes over chicken and vegetable mixture. 

12. Brush the top of potatoes with egg yolk or olive oil. 

13. Bake in a preheated oven at 175C for about 45 minutes until the potato surface is crisp.