Chicken a la King
Servings 4 servings
Ingredients
- 2 tbsp butter
- 2 tbsp all-purpose flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- ½ tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp pepper
- 3 oz fresh mushrooms sliced
- 1 green bell pepper diced
- 2 cups diced cooked chicken or turkey I used store bought rotisserie chicken meat
- ¼ cup light cream
- 2 tbsp hot sauce
- 1 egg yolk lightly beaten
Instructions
- Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir in flour with a whisk. Gradually add broth while continuously stirring. Add salt, pepper, mushrooms and green bell pepper. Cook, stirring over low heat for 5 minutes.
- Add diced chicken and light cream; simmer, stirring frequently, for another 5 minutes.
- Slowly stir hot sauce into beaten egg yolk and then add mixture into the pan. Give the chicken mixture in the pan a final stir. Remove from the heat and transfer into a serving plate.
- Serve with steamed rice.
Notes
Recipe adapted: “Filipino Cooking Here and Abroad” cookbook by Eleanor Laquian and Irene Sobrevinas