I should do a real review of this somewhere. With pictures.
I finally ate this today. It's the first real pot pie I've had in ages. I tried the one with the cornbread crust, but that was unsatisfying even though it had meat in it. Amy's was way closer to the Swanson pot pies that are near and dear to my heart, even if they use tofu.
I didn't have time for the oven and worried that the microwave would ruin the crust, but it was firm and fairly flaky. The innards were thick and hearty (whatever that word means) with a nice rosemary flavor. The tofu didn't stand out as being overly "OH MY GOD WHY IS THERE TOFU IN MY POT PIE" at all. Considering a lot of pot pies skimp on meat ... meh. I barely noticed it was meatless.
I mean, I'd still prefer meat.
Crust flavor is super important to me, and this was pretty excellent. I was most worried about the crust since that's always been my favorite part whether it was Swanson or KFC. If I tried a pot pie and hated it, it was usually because the crust was terrible more than anything else. Except putting celery in it. Because ew. Celery should never be in anything.
If I had to rank pot pies I would still put Amy 3rd after KFC and Swanson (I might make it equal to Swanson, but Swanson wins because MEAT). But since I can't eat those other two anymore, it's moot. Yay, Amy's! Now if someone would like to develop a GF KFC pot pie copycat AND deliver it to my house ... I would be very grateful.
(Disclaimer: Being 3rd means it's better than Marie Callendar's, Boston Market, or that weird cornbread one. And any other brand I've eaten, although I've always been pretty loyal to Swanson for frozen and KFC for out. I may have eaten some other brand, like Banquet or something. I don't remember and there was a reason I never ate it again.)
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