Speedy Chicken Ala King Food

CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• 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:

• Add the butter to a large skillet (with a fitted lid) or a Dutch oven over medium-high heat. As soon as the butter has melted, add the diced bell pepper, onion, celery, mushrooms, 1 teaspoon Kosher salt and 1/2 teaspoon black pepper. Stir the mixture until evenly coated in the butter. Reduce the heat to medium, cover and cook for about 6 minutes -- just until everything has softened.
• Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables and stir for about 1 minute. Add the chicken broth one big splash at a time, stirring until completely mixed and smooth after each addition.
• Once all of the broth has been incorporated, stir in 1 teaspoon Kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, garlic powder, and paprika. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, or until slightly thickened.
• Stir the peas and the cream, and bring to a simmer. Simmer for about 5 minutes more, then stir in the chicken.
• Serve over biscuits, rice, or pasta and enjoy!

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.

SPEEDY CHICKEN A'LA KING

Steps:

• Brown onion & celery in 1 tablespoon margarine.
• Melt in rest of margarine.
• Slowly add flour and blend until smooth.
• Slowly add milk.
• Bring to a boil and cook until smooth.
• Add remaining ingredients and heat throughly.

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 ALA KING

Steps:

• Melt butter in a large saucepan.
• Add all vegetables.
• Saute' until vegetables are barely tender.
• Stir in remaining ingredients.
• Cook and stir over medium heat for about 5 minutes.
• Reduce heat and simmer about 20 minutes.
• Serve in toast cups, or puff pastry shells, or over cornbread.
• To Make Toast Cups:.
• Brush a muffin tin with melted butter. Gently press and fit slices of very fresh bread into cups. Be careful not to tear the bread. Brush the bread with melted butter. Bake at 375 degrees for about 15 minutes, or until light brown.

EASY CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients except the noodles in a heavy saucepan.
• cook over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring often.
• Serve over noodles, rice or toast.

EASY CHICKEN ALA KING

Steps:

• Cut chicken into bite size pieces.
• Place in slow cooker.
• Using a medium bowl, stir soup, flour and pepper until blended.
• Pour over chicken but DO NOT STIR.
• Cover and cook on Medium for 2 and 1/2 hours or on LOW for 5 to 5 and 1/2 hours or until chicken is very tender.
• Stir in peas and onions, pimiento, paprika celery salt, if desired and cayenne pepper.
• Cover and cook for 20 to 30 minutes or until vegetables are tender.
• Serve over rice or in patty shells.
• Serve with fresh fruit.

CROCK POT CHICKEN ALA KING

Steps:

• Combine all ingredients (except rice) in a crock pot. Stir to mix well.
• Cover and cook on low 6-9 hours (high 2 1/2 -3 1/2 hours).
• Cook rice as directed.
• Serve Chicken A La King over a mound of rice.

DRASTIC CHICKEN (VARIATION OF CHICKEN ALA KING)

Steps:

• Brown the Onions, using the olive oil.
• Add the diced chicken pieces, season with the Paprika, Thyme and Garlic while frying.
• Prepare whatever sort of Pasta you like (I use Penne for this one).
• The Microwave method for cheese sauce can be very tricky. I've messed it up enough times over the years. You'll know it's not right by the way the texture. As yet I haven't found a sure fire way of stopping this from happening, it just requires being watched, much like stove top cheese sauce I guess.
• Using a deep dish approx 15 cm in diameter, place the butter in the dish and Microwave on High for 30-45 seconds.
• Should be melted when removed.
• Add Flour and combine.
• Add the milk (DON'T MIX YET, it goes lumpy if you mix it at this point).
• These times are only a guide. Be sure not to let the sauce boil for more than a few seconds. The texture may become a bit grainy if it boils for to long.
• Microwave on High for 2 minutes.
• Add the cheese and mix.
• Microwave on High for another 2 Minutes.
• Remove occasionally to mix and check thickness.
• Alternatively you can prepare your cheese sauce using the stove top method.
• For this recipe you want the sauce to be a bit runny as it will be added to the Chicken and left to simmer for 5-10 minute.
• A tasty variation is adding Chopped Green Peppers.
• Add them while seasoning you don't want them to get soft.
• I'm sure that Mushrooms could be added to this recipe.
• Fry them up and add them just before combining the sauce with the Chicken and onions.