Chicken Sweet Potato and Broccoli Pot Pie with a Cheesy Mash Crust

On of my friends posted some pics today of her beautiful daughter eating sweet potato, boy was I hit with a sweet potato craving. So I decided to try something new, and so far it is smelling delish and looking very good.

This is how the recipe goes:

500gms chicken breasts deboned and skinned
3 cup boiling water
1 cup chopped carrots
1 cup chopped sweet potato
1 cup snow peas
1 cup broccoli
1 packed chicken noodle soup
1tsp paprika
1tsp garlic powder
1tsp crushed black pepper
1tsp salt (added last)
1tsp turmeric
1tsp black mustard seeds
1 handful of fresh flat leaf parsley
2tsp bisto gravy powder
2 eggs
1 packet of smash instant mash
3 handfuls of good cheese
1 roll puff pastry (defrosted for 1 hour before use)

Ok that looks more complicated then it really was. *blush*

1st put the water in a pot on the stove on high, add the whole chicken breasts, add packet of soup and cook on high for 3 min then turn it down and simmer for 10min.
Now add all the spices excepting the salt, you add that at the very end. While the chicken is simmering away peel sweet patats and carrots (if U want, they are fine with the skins on) chop them up roughly, they don't have to be perfect little squares or anything *rolling eyes*.
Throw them in the pot with the chicken and simmer for 20 min.

While that is cooking *u should be getting some awesome smell about now* find a dish to make the pie in and line it with the pastry, be sure the spray the dish with spray and cook or butter it nicely. Make sure the pastry covers the whole dish.

Now fish out the breasts and lay them on a chopping board roughly tear them apart with 2 forks, no clean cut edges needed. Once they are tore apart put them back in the pot and stir in. mix the 2 tsp's of Bisto with a little cold water and add it to the pot and stir in. Your sauce should be nice and thick now. Put the lid on and simmer for another 10 min. While that is going pull your broccoli apart into little "trees" and snap the snow peas in half. Now make the Smash as the instructions on the packet say BUT use only 3/4 of the water needed and add the handfuls of cheese to the mix. When you are done, add the Peas and Broccoli to the pot and IMMEDIATLY pour the pie filling into the lined dish. Blob the smash on top and spread all over, use a fork to make little peaks in the smoothed mash and pop the dish in the over for 30/40 min at 250 degrees. Place under the grill for the last 5 min to brown the mash and serve with some garlic bread or salad.

Enjoy!