Pams Moms Chicken Ala King Food

CHICKEN ALA KING

Steps:

• Saute onion in butter.
• Blend in flour& salt.
• Add broth.
• Cook& stir until thickened.
• Add chicken& vegetables.
• Heat until bubbling.
• Pour into casserole dish.
• Cut biscuits into fourths, and place on top of casserole.
• Bake at 425 for 8-10 minutes.

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

PAM'S MOM'S CHICKEN ALA KING

Steps:

• 1. In a large stockpot over medium high heat, melt the 4 Tbsp butter and saute the mushrooms and peppers ( 10 to 20 minutes). When cooked and tender remove veggies and any juices to a bowl and set aside.
• 2. Melt the 1 1/2c of butter in the stockpot and add flour. Whisk together and cook over medium heat for 5 minutes or so to cook out the raw flour taste. Do not brown the roux. Whisk in chicken broth and sherry until smooth. Simmer until thickened. Remove pot from heat to make additions.
• 3. Add cream and season the sauce to taste with salt and pepper, fresh grated nutmeg and a bit of cayenne. Add chopped cooked chicken and sauteed veggies to cream sauce and mix well. Return to heat to serving temperature (Do not boil) and serve hot over biscuits, toasted English muffins, toast points, or in puff pastry shells.
• 4. Note: You may add other additional sauteed vegetables if desired. Suggestions include chopped celery, cubed carrots, chopped onion, and/or frozen peas. The traditional recipe includes only peppers and mushrooms.

CHICKEN ALA KING- MOM'S RECIPE

Steps:

• 1. In a medium saucepan, melt butter. Then stir in flour and add pepper to taste. Add milk and bouillon. Cook, stirring well to mix, over medium heat, keep stirring until thickened. Stir in remaining ingredients (except of course the biscuits). Cook until peas are tender crisp and chicken is thoroughly heated. Serve over hot fresh homemade biscuits.
• 2. Note: You can extend this dish with canned mushrooms, additional peas and carrots, other veggies, and/or more chicken, if desired.

CHICKEN ALA KING

Steps:

• Place into a mixing bowl and combine chicken, pepper, salt and onion powder and set aside for 15 minutes.
• Melt the butter and flour and make a white roux, add salt and onion powder and blend well.
• Add in the chicken broth and bring to a simmer and when the mixture start to thicken adds half and half and whisk mixture at a simmer to thicken.
• Stirring the mixture and add in the chicken pieces and simmer for 10 minutes.
• Add in pea and carrot and eggs pieces and mix well and simmer for 5 minutes.

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.

CLASSIC CHICKEN ALA KING

Steps:

• In saucepan melt butter.
• Stir in flour, salt and pepper.
• Add milk and chicken broth at once.
• Whisk until thick and bubbly.
• Stir in chicken, pimento and mushrooms; heat through.
• Pour over toast points.

EASY CHICKEN ALA KING OAMC FREEZER READY

Steps:

• Melt butter in large skillet over medium heat. Sautee mushrooms and green pepper until peppers are crisp tender. Remove from heat.
• Add flour and pepper - return to heat and simmer on low until bubbly, stirring constantly.
• Add boullion, milk and water. Increase heat slightly and bring to a slow boil. Cook 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Stir in chicken and pimento. Heat through.
• At this point, you can serve the ala King over baked puff pastry shells, toast, mashed potatoes, or rice.
• OR allow to cool, then freeze for up to 1 month. To prepare when frozen, allow to thaw in refrigerator overnight, then heat thoroughly in microwave or stovetop. Enjoy!