Recipe of the Month

Chicken A La King

Recipe provided by Gale S. "A family favorite when I was growing up."

Ingredients

• 1/3 C. butter
• Pepper (any color) cut into thin strips
• 1 C. mushrooms (sliced)
• 4 T flour
• 1 C. chicken stock
• 1 C. milk
• 1/2 C. cream
• ¼ - ½ C. pimento
• 2 to 3 C. diced cooked chicken
• Salt & pepper to taste
• 2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
• 3 T. sherry (optional)

Directions

1. Melt butter; add the pepper and mushrooms; cook over low heat for about 5 minutes until soft. Add flour and stir until blended; slowly add stock and milk; stir over low heat until thick and smooth; add cream, pimento, and chicken; season to taste. Heat thoroughly.
2. Stir a little of the warmed sauce into the beaten egg yolks; slowly add to the other ingredients; stir constantly. Add sherry. Serve immediately on buttered toast or patty shells or in timbale cases.
3. Makes about 6 servings.
4. Note: Good luck figuring out the patty shells and timbale cases. Modern day version could be served over rice or egg noodles.

For more information, view this recipe here: https://candiawomansgroup.org/docs/recipes/chicken-ala-king-gale-s.pdf