Chicken Mushroom Ala King Food

CHICKEN A LA KING I

Steps:

• Cook and stir drained mushrooms and green pepper in butter or margarine over medium heat for 5 minutes. Remove from heat.
• Blend in flour, salt, and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until mixture is bubbly. Remove from heat.
• Stir in instant bouillon, milk, water, and reserved mushroom liquid. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
• Stir in chicken and pimiento. Heat through.

CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt 1/4 cup of the butter, and saute the shallots until softened, about 4 to 5 minutes. Sprinkle in the flour, and cook, stirring with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes. Whisk in the sherry and broth and bring to a boil while stirring. Add the parsley and thyme sprigs, lower the heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Cook the sauce for 30 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat, saute the mushrooms until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. Strain the sauce into mushrooms and season with the salt, pepper, cayenne, and nutmeg. Whisk in the creme fraiche.
• Add the minced parsley, chicken, and chives to the sauce, and bring to a simmer. Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper. Serve immediately over noodles, toast points, split baking powder biscuits or wrapped in crepes.
• Put the parsley, thyme, onion, carrot, celery, and chicken breasts in a medium saucepan. Cover with the broth, and bring just to a boil. Lower the heat to very low and cover. Poach the chicken for 20 minutes or until firm to the touch. Remove the pan from the heat, uncover, and cool the chicken in the liquid for 30 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and reserve the liquid. Bone and skin the chicken and cut the meat into cubes. Discard the bones and skin.
• Strain the broth and store, covered, in the refrigerator for 3 days or freeze for later use. Remove any fat from the surface of the broth before using.
• Yield: 4 to 6 servings

SKILLET CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• Cook vegetables and garlic in covered nonstick Dutch oven or large deep nonstick skillet on medium-high heat 6 to 8 min. or until crisp-tender, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in broth; bring to boil. Add cream cheese spread; cook and stir on medium heat 2 to 3 min. or just until melted. (Do not let mixture come to boil.) Stir in noodles; simmer 5 to 7 min. or just until tender, stirring occasionally.
• Add chicken; cook 4 to 5 min. or until chicken is heated through, stirring frequently. Stir in parsley.

EASY SKILLET CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat oil. When hot add chicken and saute 4 to 5 minutes until about halfway cooked. Add mushrooms and continue to saute until chicken is lightly browned and cooked through (juices run clear). Stir in the milk, soup, mushrooms, pimentos, onion powder and pepper. Bring all to a boil. Cover skillet and reduce heat. Let simmer for 2 to 3 minutes. Stir together and serve.

CHICKEN ALA KING IN 30 MINUTES

Steps:

• Preheat oven according to package directions for biscuits.
• Arrange biscuits on nonstick baking sheet and sprinkle with a little ground cayenne pepper or sweet paprika.
• Bake until golden, remove biscuits from oven and then cool. (10-18 minutes depending on the type biscuit you use).
• Meanwhile, in a medium skillet, bring wine & chicken broth to a boil. Add the bay leaf.
• Gently drop in chicken breasts & lower heat to simmer.
• Poach chicken for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Preheat another skillet over medium heat.
• Add oil and butter.
• When butter melts into oil, add mushrooms and onion and cook 5 minutes until tender.
• Stir in flour and cook another minute or so.
• Remove chicken from broth and set aside.
• Whisk 2 to 2 1/2 cups poaching liquid into the mushroom, onion & flour mixture. Discard the bay leaf.
• Add pimentos and peas to the sauce.
• Dice chicken into bite-size pieces and return it to the sauce.
• Add ground black pepper to taste.
• To serve: Split the biscuits, place bottoms on plates and cover with ladles of Chicken a la King.
• Cap with biscuit tops and garnish with chopped parsley.

CHICKEN ALA KING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan.
• Add all vegetables.
• Saute' until vegetables are barely tender.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Cook and stir over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat and simmer about 20 minutes.
• Serve in toast cups, or puff pastry shells, or over cornbread.
• To Make Toast Cups:.
• Brush a muffin tin with melted butter. Gently press and fit slices of very fresh bread into cups. Be careful not to tear the bread. Brush the bread with melted butter. Bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes, or until light brown.

CHEAT'S CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• Gently fry chicken in hot oil until golden brown. Place chicken in a casserole dish and drain any excess oil from the pan.
• Add sherry to pan and simmer until reduced by half, add to chicken with soup, capsicum and paprika.
• Cover and bake at 180.C for 1- 1 1/2 hours, until cooked.
• Stir in cream to serve.