Roasted chicken with vegetables

We had dinner the other night with some good friends at  Cracker Barrel.  We decided to order the roasted chicken since it was only offered for a limited time.  It was very good and I decided that it could be made at home easily.  A few days later I was at Kroger and they had the whole chickens cut in half and marked down in price.  Perfect chance to try this.  I have a large braiser so it was perfect but you can do this in a dutch oven.  I sprayed the pan with Pam.  Then I laid the whole, half chicken in the pan.  I had some Montreal chicken seasoning.  I love the Montreal steak seasoning so I decided, why not.  I shook the Montreal chicken seasoning over the half chicken, both sides but I left the skin side up.  I surrounded the chicken with vegetables.  I had potatoes, carrots, onion and an ear of corn that I broke in half.  I placed this in a 450 degree oven for 20 minutes.  I then lowered the heat to 300 and put the lid on the pan.  I check the chicken with a meat thermometer every 20 minutes till it reached the desired temperature.  Couldn't have been easier.

Now, with the left overs...Larry doesn't like left overs so I had to do something completely different if he was going to eat it.  I put the deboned chicken and left over vegetables and drippings in a baking dish.  I had  green peas and frozen corn in the freezer so I added a little of both.  I stirred in a heaping tablespoon of mayonnaise and added a little chicken broth so it wouldn't be too dry.  I took my Pioneer baking  mix and added about a half stick of melted butter and a couple of tablespoons of sour cream and enough milk to be a little wetter than you would have for biscuits.  You need to be able to spread it.  I poured it over the chicken/vegetable mixture and gently spread it out with a spatula.  You don't want to mix it in at all.  I baked it in a 350 degree oven for about 30 minutes until it's lightly brown.  This made really good chicken pot pie. 

If you happened to have poultry seasoning, it would make the dough extra tasty if you add a little but it's not necessary.