Spam A La King Food

SHRIMP A LA KING

Steps:

• In a skillet, let 2 tablespoons butter melt over medium heat.
• Add shrimp and saute 3-5 minutes, stirring frequently, until pink and firm.
• Transfer shrimp to a bowl and set aside.
• Add 1 tablespoon butter to the skillet on medium heat.
• Add the mushrooms and saute 5 minutes, stirring frequently, until they give off their juices and the pan is almost dry.
• Transfer the mushrooms to the bowl with the shrimp.
• Add 3 tablespoons butter to the skillet over medium heat and let butter melt.
• Whisk in the flour until smooth.
• Lower heat and continue whisking for 2 minutes but don't let flour brown.
• While whisking, slowly pour in milk; cook for 1 minute, whisking constantly, or until sauce is thick.
• Add in Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, salt, and pepper; continue to whisk constantly and cook for 1 minute.
• Add the vegetables, shrimp, and mushrooms; stir to combine and cook until heated through.
• Serve immediately.

SPAM A LA KING

Steps:

• In large saucepan, sauté green pepper in butter until tender.
• Blend in flour, salt, and pepper until smooth.
• Stir in water, half-and-half, and bouillon cube.
• Cook over low heat, stirring until bouillon dissolves and mixture boils and thickens. Add Spam and mushrooms.
• Cook and stir 3 minutes.
• Serve over hot, cooked rice or toast.

TURKEY A LA KING

Steps:

• Cook and stir drained mushrooms and green pepper in butter 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 until boiling, stirring constantly.
• Boil and stir for 1 minute.
• Stir in turkey and pimento.
• Heat through.
• Serve over croissants, biscuits, noodles, or rice.

SPAM A' LA KING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, saute bell pepper, onion and garlic in butter until tender.
• Blend in flour, salt and pepper until smooth. Cook for a few minutes to get rid of the flour taste.
• Stir in water, half-and-half and bouillon cube. Cook over low heat, stirring until bouillon dissolves and mixture boils and thickens.
• Add SPAM, mushrooms and pimiento.
• Cook and stir 3 to 4 minutes.
• Serve over rice, toast or puff pastry shells.

TUNA A LA KING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Cook green pepper and mushrooms in butter, stirring occasionally, until pepper is crisp-tender.
• Stir in flour, salt and pepper.
• Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly; remove from heat.
• Stir in milk and broth.
• Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
• Boil and stir 1 minute.
• Stir in tuna and pimientos; cook until hot.
• Serve over rice.

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.

SHRIMP A LA KING

Steps:

• Cook onion and mushrooms in butter until onion is tender.
• Add soup, milk and shrimp.
• Heat until hot, stir often.
• Serve over toast or rice.
• If desired, omit onion and mushrooms; substitute 1/4 cup diced green pepper and 1 Tb chopped pimiento.

CHICKEN (OR TURKEY) A LA KING

Steps:

• For sauce, melt butter or margarine in a large saucepan.
• Stir in flour, salt, and pepper.
• Add the milk, water and bouillon all at once.
• Cook and stir over medium heat until thick and bubbly.
• Stir in the chicken or turkey, mushrooms, peas and pimiento.
• Continue to stir and cook until sauce bubbles again.
• Serve over toast points, English muffins or biscuits.