Description
Chicken a la King is a delicious combination of chicken, mushrooms, onions, peas, green peppers and pimentos in a rich creamy sauce. Serve it over rice, noodles, toast or pastry puff shells. This delectable recipe comes together quickly using baked rotisserie chicken.
Ingredients
- ½ cups Butter
- 8 ounces, weight Button Mushrooms, Sliced
- 1 Green Pepper, Chopped
- 1 Small Onion, Chopped
- ½ cups Flour
- 1-½ cup Low Sodium Chicken Broth
- 1 cup Milk
- ½ teaspoons Salt
- ¼ teaspoons Fresh Ground Black Pepper
- ½ teaspoons Onion Powder
- ½ teaspoons Dry Ground Mustard
- 4 cups Chopped Rotisserie Chicken
- ½ cups Heavy Cream
- 1 cup Frozen Peas
- 1 jar (8 Oz. Size) Pimentos, Well Drained
Preparation
Melt butter over medium high heat in a heavy stockpot or Dutch oven. Add mushrooms and cook until golden brown. Add green pepper and onion, cook for 2–3 minutes or until starting to soften.
Turn heat to medium and sprinkle in flour while continuing to stir. Continue to stir and cook for 1–2 minutes. Slowly pour in the chicken broth while stirring to combine. Mix in milk, salt, pepper, onion powder, and ground mustard. Simmer gently for 10 minutes.
Stir in chicken, cream, peas and pimentos. Simmer for 5 minutes.
Serve over rice, noodles, toast, biscuits or pastry puff shells.
