Chicken a la King

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons of butter
• ^ green pepper chipped fine
• 1 cup mushroom caps
• 2 level tablespoons flour
• Yi teaspoon salt
• 1 pint cream
• 3 cups cooked chicken cut in cubes
• Cream Yi cup butter
• yolks 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon onion juice
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• Yi teaspoon paprika

Method

1. 1

   Cook green pepper and mushrooms in butter, add flour and salt, then cream until thick.

2. 2

   Stir in chicken and keep warm.

3. 3

   Mix butter with egg yolks and seasonings, then combine with chicken.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The Portland Woman's Exchange Cook Book (1913) by Portland Woman's Exchange (Or.), page 22. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Chicken a la King. Melt 2 tablespoons of butter in a fryingpan, add ^ green pepper chipped flne, and 1 cup mushroom caps. Stir and cook about 5 minutes. Then add 2 level tablespoons flour and Yi teaspoon salt, and cook until frothy. Add 1 pint cream and stir until sauce thickens. Set over hot water. Add 3 cups cooked chicken cut in cubes. Let stand to become very ENTREES 59 hot. Cream Yi cup butter; beat into it yolks 3 eggs, 1 tea- spoon onion juice, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, Yi teaspoon paprika

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