Chicken a la King I

Description

Easy and elegant chicken dish. It’s a great way to use leftover chicken or turkey. Green pepper and red pimientos make this a pretty dish to serve at Christmas or anytime. Serve over cooked rice, toast, or noodles. Can be made ahead and reheated.

Ingredients

  • 1 (4.5 ounce) can mushrooms, drained, liquid reserved
  • 1 green bell pepper, chopped
  • ½ cup butter
  • ½ cup all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¼ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 ½ teaspoons chicken bouillon powder
  • 1 ½ cups milk
  • 1 ¼ cups hot water
  • 4 cooked, boneless chicken breast halves, chopped
  • 4 ounces chopped pimento

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add drained mushrooms and bell pepper and cook
  2. stirring
  3. 5 minutes.
  4. Remove from the heat. Stir in flour
  5. salt
  6. and black pepper. Cook over low heat
  7. stirring constantly
  8. until mixture is bubbly.
  9. Stir in milk
  10. water
  11. bouillon
  12. and reserved mushroom liquid. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil
  13. stirring constantly. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
  14. Stir in chicken and pimento and heat through.

Servings: 7

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