Classic Chicken Ala King Recipes

CLASSIC CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place puff pastry shells on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Bake for 30 minutes.
• Melt butter over medium-high heat in a large skillet. Add onion, carrot, and mushrooms. Cook until onions are soft and mushrooms browned.
• Add salt, pepper, celery salt, and poultry seasoning. Sprinkle flour over onion mixture and stir and cook for 2 minutes.
• Gradually whisk in the milk. Add peas and simmer until thickened.
• Stir in chicken and remove from heat.
• Fill each puff pastry shell with chicken mixture and serve.

CLASSIC CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, melt butter over medium-high heat. Add in mushrooms and cook until mushrooms are soft, about 5 minutes.
• Add in flour and stir until there are no more specks of flour left. Pour in chicken broth and milk and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until sauce is thickened, about 3 minutes.
• For a richer sauce: in a small mixing bowl, whisk together egg yolks with heavy cream. Working quickly, slowly pour in 1/2 cup of the hot mixture into the egg mixture while whisking vigorously. Immediately pour this mixture back into the saucepan, whisking the entire time. Cook 2 minutes more.
• Stir in frozen peas, drained pimientos, and cooked chicken and let heat through, 2 to 3 minutes.
• Serve hot over cooked rice, pasta, toast, or biscuits.

CHICKEN à LA KING

Steps:

• Melt butter in 3-quart saucepan over medium-high heat. Cook bell pepper and mushrooms in butter, stirring occasionally, until bell 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 chicken and pimientos; cook until hot. Serve over rice.

CHICKEN A LA KING I

Steps:

• Cook and stir drained mushrooms and green pepper in butter or margarine 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 to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
• Stir in chicken and pimiento. Heat through.

CLASSIC CHICKEN ALA KING

Steps:

• In saucepan melt butter.
• Stir in flour, salt and pepper.
• Add milk and chicken broth at once.
• Whisk until thick and bubbly.
• Stir in chicken, pimento and mushrooms; heat through.
• Pour over toast points.

TRADITIONAL CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• In large saucepan, saute the mushrooms, carrots, onion and green pepper in butter until vegetables are crisp-tender. , In a large bowl, combine the flour, salt, pepper and sage; stir in milk and broth until smooth. Gradually add to vegetable mixture. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened; Add peas and chicken. , Simmer, uncovered, for 4-6 minutes or until vegetables are tender. Serve with biscuits.

CLASSIC CHICKEN A LA KING RECIPE

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter. Add the sliced mushrooms, green bell pepper, and green onion, then cook for about 5 minutes or until the vegetables are tender and most of the liquid from the mushrooms has evaporated.
• Blend in the flour, salt, and pepper and cook, stirring constantly, for 2 minutes.
• Gradually add milk, cream, or half-and-half along with 1 cup of the chicken broth, stirring constantly.
• Continue cooking over low to medium-low heat, stirring, until mixture is hot and thickened. Add more chicken broth, if necessary.
• Cook for about 2 minutes longer. Add the diced chicken and pimiento and heat through.
• Serve over toast points (see below) or rice, or spoon into baked puff pastry shells (see below).
• Sprinkle each serving with chopped parsley if desired.

JOANNA LUND'S CLASSIC CHICKEN A LA KING

Steps:

• In a large skillet, combine chicken gravy, peas, and undrained pimiento.
• Stir in parsley flakes, sage and black pepper.
• Add chicken.
• Mix well to combine.
• Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in sour cream.
• Lower heat and simmer for 3-4 minutes or until heated through, stirring often.
• Serve and enjoy!