Healthier Chicken A La King Food

HEALTHIER CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• Place onion in a medium saucepan over low heat and sprinkle with flour and salt. Stir together and add milk. Bring to a boil and cook until thickened.
• Mix in chicken, egg and spinach. Heat through and serve.

CHICKEN A LA KING RECIPE

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil over high heat. Cook whole-wheat egg noodles according to package instructions. Drain well and keep hot.
• Meanwhile, place chicken breast in a medium saucepan and cover completely with cold tap water. Place over high heat and bring to a simmer. Reduce heat to maintain a gentle simmer and cook, turning in the poaching liquid occasionally until the chicken is no longer pink in the center and cooked through, 12 to 16 minutes, depending on thickness of the meat. Remove the chicken and cut into cubes.
• While pasta and chicken cook, heat butter and oil in a large non-stick skillet over medium-high heat, swirling to melt butter. Add mushrooms, bell pepper, garlic, thyme, salt and pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until the mushrooms have softened and released their juices, and the juices have evaporated and the vegetables are starting to brown, 8 to 12 minutes.
• Add sherry to the mushroom mixture and cook, stirring until evaporated. Stir in flour to coat the vegetable mixture.
• Add broth and cook, stirring constantly until the flour is dissolved into the broth. Bring to a simmer, stirring often. Add chicken and return to a simmer, stirring often until the chicken is heated through and the sauce is thick.
• Remove from the heat and stir in half and half. Serve the chicken and sauce over the noodles. Top with almonds and parsley. Serve hot.

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.

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

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:

• Cut up chicken into bite size pieces.
• Heat 1 Tbsp of oil in a large skillet on medium high heat.
• Add chicken and stir fry until no longer pink.
• Remove from skillet and set it aside.
• Add 1 Tbsp oil to skillet on medium high heat.
• Add garlic and brown for a minute.
• Add onions and saute for 2-3 minutes.
• Add peppers and saute an additional 5 minutes.
• Return cooked chicken to skillet.
• Add in chicken soup and milk.
• Reduce heat to a simmer.
• When mixture begins to bubble, add in mixed vegetables and simmer approx.
• 15-20 minutes.
• Serve over rice.

CREAMY CHICKEN à LA KING

Steps:

• Mix dressing, flour and milk in medium microwaveable bowl. Microwave on HIGH 3 to 4 min. or until sauce is thickened, stirring after 2 min.
• Stir in all remaining ingredients except rice. Microwave on MEDIUM (50%) 10 min. (or cook in saucepan on medium heat on stove top) until heated through, stirring every 4 min.
• Serve over hot cooked rice.

JOANNA LUND'S CLASSIC CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, combine chicken gravy, peas, and undrained pimiento.
• Stir in parsley flakes, sage and black pepper.
• Add chicken.
• Mix well to combine.
• Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in sour cream.
• Lower heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes or until heated through, stirring often.
• Serve and enjoy!