Ham It Up A La King By Freda Food

HAM A LA KING WITH PEAS

Steps:

• Bake pastry shells according to package directions. Meanwhile, in a large saucepan, melt butter; stir in flour until smooth. Dissolve bouillon in water. Gradually add milk and bouillon to the saucepan. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. , Reduce heat; add the cheese, Worcestershire sauce and mustard. Stir until cheese is melted. Add the ham, peas if desired, olives, pimientos and parsley; heat through. Serve in pastry shells.

LONG LIVE THE CHICKEN A LA KING!

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 then place biscuits into a preheated oven. Bake until golden, remove biscuits from oven and then cool.
• In a medium skillet, bring 1 cup white wine and 2 cups chicken broth and 1 bay leaf to a boil. Slide in chicken breasts and gently poach them in simmering broth and wine for 10 to 12 minutes.
• Preheat a second skillet over medium heat. Add oil and butter. When butter melts into oil, add mushrooms and onion and cook 5 minutes until tender. Add flour and cook another minute.
• Pull chicken from broth and set on cutting board. Ladle cooking liquid into the mushrooms, whisking it in. Add 2 to 2 1/2 cups of liquid and discard the bay leaf. Add pimentos and peas to the sauce. Dice chicken into bite-size pieces and slide into bubbling sauce.
• Split the biscuits, place bottoms on dinner plates and cover with ladles of Chicken a la King. Cap with biscuit tops and garnish with chopped parsley.

EASY A LA KING

Steps:

• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the chicken, milk, soup, water, spinach or broccoli, mushrooms, hot pepper sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Cook, stirring, for about 10 to 15 minutes or until heated through. Serve over cooked egg noodles, if desired.

HAM A LA KING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a heavy saucepan, sauté onion and celery over medium heat for 5 minutes.
• Add the flour and stir until incorporated.
• Slowly add the milk stirring constantly until smooth and thickened, add more milk if the sauce becomes too thick.
• Add remaining ingredients and cook over low heat, stirring frequently until heated through.

SEAFOOD A LA KING

Steps:

• Bake pastry shells according to package directions. In a small saucepan, whisk together the water, soup mix and celery salt; bring to a boil, whisking frequently. Add the tuna, crab and mayonnaise; return to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Stir in sour cream; cook for 1-2 minutes or until heated through. Spoon tuna mixture into shells before serving.

CHICKEN A LA KING-CANNING

Steps:

• Combine chicken, celery stalks, onion, carrot, peppercorns, allspice, bay leaf and salt in a large saucepan. Cover with water. Bring to a boil; reduce heat; simmer 2 to 3 hours or until chicken is tender.
• Remove and discard vegetables. Allow chicken to cool in broth. Remove chicken. Skim off excess fat; strain broth. Remove skin and bones from meat. Cut meat into 1" pieces.
• Melt butter or fat; add flour, stirring until smooth. Gradually stir ini the chicken broth and cook until it's thickened, stirring constantly. Add chicken and remaining ingredients. Simmer 5 minutes. Remove air bubbles. Adjust caps. Process pints 1 hour and 5 minutes, quarts 1 hour and 15 minutes, at 10 pounds pressure in a steam pressure canner.
• Yield: about 4 pints or 2 quarts.
• To serve:.
• Brown 1-2 cups mushrooms in butter; add mushrooms to Chicken a la King, if desired. Heat until hot throughout.

CHICKEN & RICE A LA KING RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium heat.
• Add mushrooms and green onion, cook 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in flour, salt, and pepper, and cook, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.
• Gradually stir in chicken broth and cream, stirring constantly, and cook 5 minutes, or until slightly thickened.
• Add chicken and pimento, and cook 5-8 minutes, or until thick and bubbly.
• Serve over hot cooked fluffy rice or toast points.