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Chicken a la King

Source of Recipe


From "Making the Most of Your Frozen Assets"



List of Ingredients



• 2 (6-ounce) cans sliced mushrooms, drained (reserve ½ cup liquid)
  
• 1 cup diced green pepper
  
• 1 cup butter or margarine
  
• 1 cup flour
  
• 2 tsp salt
  
• ½ tsp pepper
  
• 2 cups light cream
  
• 2½ cups chicken broth
  
• 4 cups chopped, cooked chicken
  
• 2 (4-ounce) jars pimiento, drained and chopped
  






Instructions



1. In a Dutch oven or large pot, cook and stir mushrooms and green pepper in butter for 5 minutes. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until bubbly. Remove from heat; stir in cream, broth and reserved mushroom liquid. Heat, stirring constantly, until sauce boils. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in chicken and pimiento. Divide in 1-quart freezer containers. Cool quickly. Label and freeze.
   
   TO SERVE:
   Remove package from freezer. Dip container into very hot water to loosen. Place ½ cup of water and frozen block in medium saucepan. Cover tightly; heat over medium-low heat, turning occasionally, until hot and bubbly.
   
   Serve on toast, hot rice, or in puff-pastry shells.