Mrs. Garrett's Chicken Pies | Saveur

Ingredients

• 4 tbsp. Crisco oil
• 8 tbsp. all-purpose flour
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 2 (3-lb.) chickens, each cut into 8 pieces
• 3 rib celery, finely chopped
• 1 green bell pepper, finely chopped
• 2 (4-oz.) cans mushrooms, drained
• ¹⁄₂ cup chopped scallions
• ¹⁄₂ cup chopped parsley leaves
• 1 tsp. cayenne pepper
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 9 cups sifted all-purpose flour
• 1 tbsp. salt
• 1 ³⁄₄ cups Crisco shortening
• 3 eggs, lightly beaten to make an egg wash