Creamy Turkey A La King Food

CREAMY TURKEY A LA KING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add broth and milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened., Stir in the turkey, carrots, green beans, salt and pepper; heat through., Serve immediately with biscuits or cool and freeze in a freezer container for up to 3 months., To use frozen Turkey a la King: Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Transfer to a saucepan; add chicken broth to thin if necessary. Cover and cook over medium-low heat until heated through, stirring occasionally. Serve with biscuits.

TURKEY A LA KING

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium low heat, cook butter until golden brown. Saute mushrooms until tender. Stir in flour until smooth. Slowly whisk in chicken broth, and cook until slightly thickened. Stir in cream, turkey and peas. Reduce heat to low, and cook until thickened. Season with salt and pepper.

EASY TURKEY à LA KING

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• Serve and enjoy.

CHICKEN A LA KING

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• Place a large, deep-sided skillet over medium-high heat with EVOO, 2 turns of the pan. Add the celery, onions, carrots and bay leaf and season with a little salt and pepper. Cook, stirring frequently, for about 7 to 8 minutes. Add the red bell pepper and continue to cook for an additional 2 to 3 minutes. Scoot the veggies over to the sides and add the butter to the center of the skillet. Once the butter has melted, add the flour and cook for about 1 minute. Whisk in the white wine, chicken stock and cream. Bring the liquids up to a simmer, then add the chicken pieces. Bring back up to a simmer and add the asparagus. Simmer the mixture until the chicken is cooked through and the asparagus is tender, about 10 to 12 minutes more. Cool and store for a make-ahead meal. Reheat over medium heat.
• To serve: Add the peas and tarragon to the a la King mixture and stir to combine. Adjust seasoning.
• Preheat the oven according to package directions for the puff-pastry shells. Arrange the shells on a nonstick baking sheet, then place in oven. Bake until golden, remove from oven and let cool.
• Serve mixture filling and spilling over the pastry cups, 2 per person. Garnish each dish with noodles and chives.

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

CHEF JOHN'S CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add mushrooms and salt. Saute until mushrooms release their moisture. Continue cooking until moisture evaporates and mushrooms begin to brown, 8 to 10 minutes. Add shallots; cook and stir just until shallots soften, 3 or 4 minutes.
• Reduce heat to medium. Stir in flour to coat the mushrooms; cook until flour begins to turn golden, about 5 minutes, to form roux. Add peppers; cook and stir about 1 minute. Pour in sherry wine; allow to sizzle about 30 seconds. Stir in stock. Raise heat to medium-high and bring to a simmer. When it starts to bubble, reduce heat to medium-low and cook until slightly thickened, 10 to 15 minutes stirring occasionally. Add nutmeg and cayenne pepper.
• Stir in thyme, parsley, cream, and chicken. Reduce heat to low and cook until chicken is heated through, about 5 minutes. Check seasonings and adjust as needed. Top each serving with some chopped fresh chives.

TURKEY A LA KING

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• Sautee onion and celery in butter.
• Mix all the rest of the ingredients together and cook in saucepan on medium heat for 20 minutes.
• Serve over toast.

TURKEY A LA KING

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium low heat, cook butter until golden brown. Saute mushrooms until tender.
• Stir in flour until smooth. Slowly whisk in chicken broth, and cook until slightly thickened.
• Stir in cream, turkey and peas. Reduce heat to low, and cook until thickened. Season with salt and pepper. Serve on biscuits or toast.

CREAMY SEAFOOD A LA KING

Steps:

• INTO a 4-quart pot, add 2 medium bay leaves, 1/4 teaspoon dried thyme, 1 (8 ounce) bottle clam juice, the strained juice from 1 (10 ounce) can baby clams in juice (reserve clams and set aside), and 1 (15 ounce) can low sodium chicken broth.
• ADD 1 (20 ounce) package Simply Potatoes Diced Potatoes with Onion (and if desired, a few pre-cooked bacon crumbles); BRING to a boil.
• REDUCE heat to medium; COVER.
• COOK for 7 minutes, or until potatoes are firm-tender.
• UNCOVER; ADD 1 (24 ounce) package Simply Potatoes Traditional Mashed Potatoes and 1 (15-16 ounce) jar traditional Alfredo sauce; MIX well.
• REDUCE heat to medium-low; STIR in reserved clams, 3 tablespoons snipped green onions, 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon white pepper, and 1/2 cup canned coconut milk.
• POUR 2 cups whole milk into a medium bowl; WHISK 1/4 cup flour gradually into milk, blending well; STIR slurry into pot slowly, while stirring rigorously.
• ADD 1/4 cup frozen peas, 1/4 cup minced red peppers, 2 tablespoons minced cilantro, and 1/2 teaspoon Old Bay Seasoning; SIMMER uncovered, stirring as needed, up to 30 minutes, or to desired consistency.
• STIR in 8 ounces pre-cooked deli shrimp; FOLD in 8 ounces cooked chunked imitation crabmeat carefully without breaking up meat; HEAT then carefully fold again; REMOVE bay leaves.
• SERVE warm as a chowder, in pre-baked puff pastry shells, over steamed basmati rice, or over toasted English muffins; GARNISH with fresh cilantro or fresh dill sprigs and/or dill weed; ENJOY!

TURKEY A LA KING

Steps:

• Brown turkey in skillet with olive oil, and set aside. Sauté onions and celery in olive oil and add garlic when almost tender.
• In a big pot, add pimentos, Worcestershire sauce, soups, milk, veggies and seasonings. Simmer low for 30 minutes. Add the turkey and skillet contents.
• Heat through and serve over noodles.

LEFTOVER TURKEY FRICASSEE

Steps:

• Heat the butter in a deep frying or sauté pan until sizzling, then add the mushrooms and fry for 4-5 mins until softened. Sprinkle over the flour and stir until a paste forms. Cook for a few more minutes.
• Splash in the wine or sherry and let it bubble for a minute, then stir in the stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat to a simmer and stir in the cream. Season, then stir in the turkey. Simmer until the turkey is heated through, then remove from the heat and stir in the parsley, if using. Serve with pasta, mash or rice.

TURKEY à LA KING

Steps:

• Make a roux. In a small saucepan set over medium heat, melt 4 tablespoons of the butter. When it begins to foam, sprinkle the flour over it, and whisk to combine, then continue whisking until it begins to turn the color of straw, approximately 7-10 minutes.
• Slowly add 1 cup of the turkey stock to this mixture, and stir to combine. Add more stock to thin the sauce. Keep warm.
• Set a large sauté pan over medium-high heat, and add to it the remaining 2 tablespoons of butter. When it begins to foam, add the mushrooms, and cook, until the mushrooms have released their moisture and begun to get glossy and soft, approximately 7-10 minutes. Add the turkey, then the warm sauce and cream, and stir to combine. Add the peas, then cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is hot and has thickened slightly, approximately 7-10 minutes.
• Stir in the sherry, adjust seasonings and serve over biscuits or toast, rice or buttered noodles, garnished with the parsley.

TURKEY A LA KING RECIPE

Steps:

• Stir the cream of chicken soup and can of water together in a bowl.
• Heat oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add in the mushrooms and carrots. Cook until carrots are tender and mushrooms are cooked through - about 4 to 5 minutes.
• Add in turkey, onion powder, onion flakes, salt, pepper, bay leaf and chicken stock. Stir and cook for another 5 minutes.
• Pour the soup mixture over the turkey mixture in the pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and add in the half and half, parsley, and frozen peas. Simmer for 5 to 10 minutes to reduce sauce and heat the peas through. Remove bay leaf and stir in butter just before serving.
• Serve over pasta, rice, biscuits, or pastry puffs.

CHICKEN à LA KING

Steps:

• Put broth and chicken in a 2- to 3-quart heavy saucepan and bring just to a simmer over moderate heat, uncovered. Turn chicken over and gently poach at a bare simmer, uncovered, until just cooked through, about 5 minutes more.
• Transfer chicken to a cutting board. Pour broth through a fine-mesh sieve into a heatproof 2-cup measure and reserve for sauce.
• Heat 2 tablespoons butter in a 4- to 5-quart wide heavy pot over moderately high heat until foam subsides, then cook peppers, stirring, until softened (do not brown), 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer peppers to a bowl and stir in 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.
• Add onion and remaining 3 tablespoons butter to pot and cook over moderately low heat, stirring, until softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Add flour and remaining teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and reduce heat to low, then cook, stirring, 2 minutes. Whisk in 3/4 cup broth, then all of cream and mushrooms, and simmer until mushrooms are tender, about 5 minutes.
• Meanwhile, whisk together yolks, lemon juice, Sherry, and paprika in a small bowl. Whisk in 1/2 cup sauce, then stir yolk mixture back into sauce remaining in pot. Cook over low heat, stirring (do not simmer, or sauce will curdle), until sauce is slightly thickened, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and reserve.
• Cut chicken crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices and add along with peppers to sauce, then cook over low heat (do not simmer, or sauce will curdle), stirring occasionally, until chicken and peppers are just heated through. Add more broth to thin if desired.
• Spoon chicken à la king over toast on 6 plates, then sprinkle with parsley.