Chicken a la King

Ingredients

• 2 cup fuls diced chickenmeat
• 6 tablespoonfuls chopped green peppers
• 1/2 teaspoonful salt
• 3 cupfuls rich cream
• 1 tablespoonful butter
• 5 tablespoonfuls olive oil
• 3 tablespoonfuls chopped pimentoes
• 1 tablespoonful capers
• 1 can or 1½ cupfuls fresh mushrooms
• 2¼ tablespoonfuls flour
• 2 egg-yolks
• paprika

Method

1. 1

   Cook mushrooms in olive oil, add chicken, capers, peppers, and pimentoes with paprika and salt.

2. 2

   Prepare a white sauce with butter, flour, and cream, then mix with beaten egg yolks.

3. 3

   Combine with chicken mixture, heat thoroughly, and serve in ramekins or on toast.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Fredericksburg home kitchen cook book (1921), page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken a la King. 2 cup fuls diced ehickenmeat (white preferred) ; 6 tablespoonfuls chopped green peppers; y2 teaspoonful salt; 3 cupfuls rich cream; 1 tablespoonful butter; 5 tablespoonfuls olive oil; 3 tablespoonfuls chopped pimentoes ; 1' tablespoonful capers ; 1 can or iy2 cupfuls fresh mushrooms; 214 tablespoonfuls flour; 2 egg-yolks; paprika

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