Chicken Kyiv Pie Goes Viral: How to Make the Ultimate Comfort Food

A classic chicken pie has been given a revolutionary twist by food content creator Ed Cudlipp, whose chicken Kyiv-inspired bake has gone viral on TikTok. The dish replaces traditional pastry with a creamy chicken filling, topped with smooth mashed potato and finished with a golden crispy crunch.

What Makes This Pie Different?

Cudlipp describes his creation as: "Diced chicken thigh meat in a rich garlic, parsley, and butter sauce, topped with smooth mashed potato, and finished with a golden 'crunch' of crispy chicken skin and deep-fried panko. All the flavours of Kiev, turned into the ultimate comfort pie." The key upgrade lies in the sauce, where a basic béchamel is elevated with white wine, Dijon mustard, garlic, parsley, and lemon juice to recreate the buttery, garlicky centre of a chicken Kyiv.

How to Make Chicken Kyiv Pie

Ingredients

800g skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs
150g butter
1 large brown onion, chopped
12 garlic cloves, minced
2 tbsp plain flour
400ml chicken stock
50ml white wine
250ml double cream
2 tbsp Dijon mustard
8 tbsp chopped parsley
Juice of ½ lemon
1.2kg potatoes
3 egg yolks
Chicken skin (reserved from thighs)
Panko breadcrumbs

Method

Remove skin from chicken thighs and set aside. Dice the meat and brown in batches.
In the same pan, melt 50g butter, then soften the onion and minced garlic.
Stir in flour, cook for two minutes, then slowly add chicken stock and white wine. Simmer until thickened, then stir in 100ml cream, Dijon mustard, parsley, and lemon juice.
Combine with browned chicken. The chicken will cook through in the oven.
Boil potatoes, then mash until smooth. Stir in 100g butter, 150ml cream, and three egg yolks. Season well.
Spoon filling into a dish, top with piped mash. Bake at 200°C for 30 minutes until golden.
Lay reserved chicken skin flat between two baking trays and bake until crisp. Deep fry panko breadcrumbs until golden.
Combine with flaky salt. Scatter over pie after baking for that signature Kyiv crunch.

In a video titled 'The classic Chicken Kiev, reimagined as a pie', Ed promises the result gets both flavour and texture right. He said: "It's amazing, it's a perfect consistency and it tastes exactly like a Kyiv filling."

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