Chicken A La King

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 kg chicken pieces
• 1/2 small green pepper
• 1/2 small red pepper
• 30 g butter
• 15 g butter, extra
• 125 g mushrooms
• 1 onion
• 1 tablespoon flour
• salt
• 1 cup milk
• 3 egg yolks
• 2 teaspoons lemon juice
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 2 tablespoons dry sherry

Recipe

• 1 steam or boil chicken until tender. remove the meat from bones and cut into bite size pieces. reserve 1 cup of the chicken stock for sauce.
• 2 remove pith and seeds of the peppers. chop peppers, chop the onion finely, slice mushrooms; saute vegetables in 30g of melted butter until onion is transparent.
• 3 remove from the pan. add extra 15g butter to pan, when hot, sprinkle in flour and salt. cook, stirring 2 minutes. gradually blend in the milk and reserved chicken stock. stir over gentle heat until the sauce boils and thickens. simmer for 3 minutes.
• 4 stir a little of the hot sauce into beaten egg yolks. return to saucepan. add lemon juice, paprika, chicken pieces and vegetables. reheat hently, but do not allow to boil.
• 5 just before serving, stir in the sherry. serve with rice or mashed potato.