Chicken 'a la King'

Ingredients

• 2 Tb. butter
• 1/2 green pepper (chopped fine)
• 1 C. fresh mushrooms (peeled, broken into pieces)
• 2 Tb. flour
• 1/2 T. salt
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 C. cream or milk
• 3 C. cooked chicken (cut in cubes)
• 1 Tb. onion juice
• 1/2 T. paprika
• 1/4 C. butter (creamed)

Method

1. 1

   Stir and cook the green pepper and mushrooms for 3 or 4 minutes.

2. 2

   Add flour and cook 3 minutes longer.

3. 3

   Then add cream or milk, chicken, egg yolks, onion juice, and paprika.

4. 4

   Cream together and add to other hot mixture, continue stirring until egg thickens a little.

5. 5

   Serve on toast.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Notes and recipes, freshman domestic science, H. Sophie Newcomb memorial college (1915) by Harriet Amelia Boyer, page 15. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

1/4 T. paprika 2 C. liquid (cream and 2 T. salt chicken stock) 1/4 T. mustard Cook until thickened and add : 1 yolk of egg, beaten 1 can mushrooms, rinsed, drained, chopped, sauted. 1 C. chicken, cooked, cut into %" cubes. Serve on crackers or buttered toast, or buttered home-made bread. Ham. Soak in cold water several hours. Wash well. Remove string and hard skin near bone. Start the ham to cook in cold water. Use large kettle or clean wash boiler. A tireless cooker is excellent, but the ham must be cut (and sawed) into two parts, usually. "When the boiling point is reached, reduce the heat, and let water simmer slowly for 4 or 5 hours. Allow the ham to cool in water in which it was cooked . When re- moved from kettle, take off the skin and some of the fat. Rub the whole ham with sugar, and dust it with fine sifted cracker crumbs. Stick it with cloves a half inch apart, and bake in a very slow oven for 1 hour. Nut Loaf. 1 C. pecans, cut small 1 onion, grated 1 C. soft, stale bread 1 T. salt crumbs i/^ T. pepper ( 1 C. milk % T. dried sweet herbs 1 egg, slightly beaten (bought as "poultr}^ seasoning") Mix well and bake % hour. Chicken "a la King." 2 Tb. butter (melt in frying pan or blazer) 1/2 green pepper (chopped fine) 1 C. fresh mushrooms (peeled, broken into pieces) Stir and cook 3 or 4 minutes. Add : 2 Tb. flour, and cook 3 minutes longer. 1/2 T. salt 2 egg yolks 2 C. cream or milk 1 T. onion juice 3 C. cooked chicken % T. paprika (cut in cubes) 1 Tb. lemon juice 1/4 C. butter (creamed)

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