Chicken A La King
Ingredients:
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup pimentos (optional)
1/2 cup flour
1 tsp salt
dash paprika
1/8 tsp pepper
2 cups hot water
2 chicken bouillon cubes
1/2 cup heavy cream (or milk)
1/2 cup milk, scalded
2 egg yolks, slightly beaten
2 cups diced cooked chicken (leftover works great!)
1 cup sliced mushrooms
Melt butter; add flour and paprika. Add chicken stock, milk and cream. Bring to a boil and cook 5 minutes. Remove from heat and add beaten egg yolks, chicken, pimentos and mushrooms. Season with salt and pepper. Serve on rice or in 6 puff pastry shells (you can find them in the frozen food section next to the phyllo dough - they come ready to bake so bake them then spoon the chicken a la king into each shell).
Serves 6.
(This is one of my sisters' recipe and tasted a zillion times better than any I had ever found! I have also added 1/2 cup diced celery and a 10oz bag of frozen peas cooked for variety.)
