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Chicken A La King Recipe


Chicken A La King Recipe
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This dish has slid way down the tubes from an elegant dish for royalty to a cheap staple for those on a budget. The eggs have been left out because it is somewhat delicate to get this part right. NO canned soups!!! The stories on where or who inve... More

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Ingredients
  • 4 cups of poached, cubed chicken
  • 1/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 large shallots
  • 6 tablespoons of flour
  • 1/4 cup of Madeira wine or dry Sherry
  • 3 cups of chicken broth
  • Pinch of cayenne pepper
  • Pinch of nutmeg
  • Chopped parsley 3 teaspoons plus 1 teaspoon
  • 1 teaspoon salt or to taste
  • 2 teaspoons pepper or to taste
  • 4 tablespoons of chopped pimiento
  • 2 Tablespoons of snipped chives
  • 1/2 pound of sliced white mushrooms
  • 1 1/4 cups heavy cream or cream fraiche
  • Biscuits, toasted Italian bread, or noodles

Directions
  1. In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt 1/4 cup butter
  2. Saute the shallots 4-5 minutes until softened
  3. Sprinkle in the flour and stir with a wooden spoon for 2 minutes
  4. Whisk in sherry and broth and bring to a boil
  5. Add the parsley and bring down to a simmer
  6. Cook for 30 minutes, stir often
  7. In another large skillet add remaining butter and add mushrooms
  8. Cook mushrooms for about 6 minutes
  9. Season the mushrooms with salt, pepper, cayenne and nutmeg
  10. Whisk in creme fraiche or heavy cream
  11. Add the chicken, pimiento, chives to the sauce
  12. Simmer for 10 minutes and serve over biscuits, or toasted Italian bread
  13. For a more formal look, if serving on a large platter, sprinkle outside of platter with chopped parsley and chopped finely chopped red pepper.

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I guess I'll be making it correctly from now on....this looks fantastic....love the shallots and madeira! Thanks for posting!


My husband loves these type of dishes and he loves chicken, will need to make this the next time I make chicken,

Would you think it would work in a crockpot?
Janet


Jlv: You have to saute most of the ingredients anyway and you have to make the sauce separately so this recipe seems to not work well in a crock pot. However, you can do the chicken in the crockpot with vegetables and use it for your stock.


No more frozen Chicken A La King, YES!!


This sounds and looks wonderful! Saving to try soon!


Chicken A La King....ahhh yesss. I am trippin' down memory lane with this one. And this is the real deal. Completely homemade and luscious and flavorful. I haven't had this dish in a trillion years and am going to pay it a visit very soon. Sas, I bow before you in humble admiration, m'dear. You always make me sooo hungry. Thank you! :) Vickie


OHHH YUMMY, Sas! delicious 55555 :)


Made this tonight. It was excellent! Definitely a repeater.


This is my kind of recipe! Thanks Kerrielou, for showing this in the 'I Made it' group!


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