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Chicken a la King
12 oz cooked chicken in fairly large cubes 2 oz butter 3 Tbsp flour 450 ml milk 1 stalk celery, sliced 2 oz button mushrooms, sliced 1/4 green pepper, deseeded & chopped 1 canned pimiento, chopped salt to taste freshly ground black pepper to taste 2 egg yolks 2 Tbsp double cream 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce Chopped parsley
Melt 1 1/2 ozs butter, add the flour and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring. Gradually add milk and cook, stirring, until thick and smooth. Melt the remaining butter and saute sliced celery, button mushrooms and chopped pepper until soft but not coloured. Add celery, mushrooms, pepper, chicken and pimiento to the sauce and heat through. Season to taste. Combine the egg yolks, double cream and Worcestershire sauce. Add to the chicken mixture and heat through. Transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with chopped parsley. Serve with rice, noodles or new potatoes.
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