How to Make Rappie Pie / Traditional Acadian Meal

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil provides healthy fats while margarine is a cost-effective substitute.

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Turkey is leaner while chicken thighs are often less expensive.

milk

🥗Healthier: almond milk

💰Cheaper: evaporated milk

Almond milk is lower in calories, while evaporated milk is a budget-friendly option.

flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

Whole wheat flour adds fiber, while all-purpose is typically cheaper.

Welcome to the kitchen and introduce the dish as rappie pie, a traditional Acadian meal.

Mention using Dion's home style rappie pie mix and bacon for the recipe.

Cooked a large amount of chicken the day before, which will be used in the rappie pie.

Saved the chicken broth from cooking the chicken, which includes onion flavor.

Strained the broth to remove bones and solid pieces, keeping the flavorful liquid.

Heated the chicken broth in a large pot on the stove.

Prepared a large roasting pan by buttering it for the rappie pie.

Cut the bacon into slices to add to the mixture later.

Added two cups of cold water to the rappie pie mix in a large bowl and mixed well.

Waited for the broth to boil, checking its temperature.

Once boiling, turned off the stove and prepared to mix the broth with the potato mixture.

Measured out five cups of broth and five cups of boiling water to mix with the potato mixture.

Stirred the potato mix with the broth and hot water until it became mushy.

Added bacon and deboned chicken pieces to the mixture, stirring gently to combine.

Poured the mixture into the prepared roasting pans, filling both the large and small pans.

Baked the large pan for one and a half hours at 375°F (190°C) and checked the smaller pan after one hour.

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