Chicken a la King

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons fat
• 1 cup quartered mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 pimiento cut in narrow strips
• 1 cup milk
• 1 cup cream
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 2 egg-yolks
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 green pepper, minced
• 2 cups cooked diced chicken

Method

1. 1

   Make a white sauce of the fat, flour, milk, cream, salt and pepper.

2. 2

   Add the mushrooms, green pepper, pimiento and chicken.

3. 3

   Cook until the meat is heated through.

4. 4

   Just before serving stir in the egg-yolks, slightly beaten, and cook for a moment, stirring constantly.

5. 5

   Serve at once on squares of hot toast.

As published

This recipe was extracted from New Delineator recipes. (1929) by Delineator Home Institute, page 33. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

teaspoon salt % cup milk 2 teaspoons baking-powder 2 tablespoons powdered sugar (for sweet fritters only) Sift dry ingredients, add egg, well beaten, and milk. The batter should be thick enough to completely coat the article it is intended to cover. If too thin, add more flour. If too thick, add more liquid. APPLE FRITTERS 1 cup milk 2 cups flour 2 eggs I tablespoon baking-powder 1 teaspoon sugar Apples Salt To the milk add the well-beaten egg-yolks and the sugar, then the flour mixed and sifted with the baking-powder and the salt. Then fold in the stiffly beaten whites. Add sliced sour apples, being careful to get the batter all over them. Drop by spoonfuls into deep fat and ixy. BANANA FRITTERS 6 bananas 3 tablespoons orange-juice 2 tablespoons sugar Fritter batter Peel bananas, cut each in two and split each half. Place the pieces in a bowl with sugar and orange-juice and let them stand for one hour. Drain the fruit, dip in batter and fry in deep fat. 80 NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES CORN FRITTERS 2 cups corn, fresh or canned i teaspoon melted butter I teaspoon salt Yi cup milk y^ teaspoon pepper 2 cups flour 1 egg I teaspoon baking-powder Chop the corn very fine and add salt, pepper, well-beaten egg, butter, milk, flour and baking-powder. Pry in deep fat. CLAM FRITTERS 24 soft clams i cup milk 2 cups flour Yi cup clam liquor I teaspoon baking-powder 2 eggs Yz teaspoon salt Salt and pepper Make a batter of flour, baking-powder, salt, milk, clam liquor and well-beaten eggs. Chop two dozen soft clams, season with salt and pepper, add to the batter and drop by tablespoonfuls into deep fat. RASPBERRY FRITTERS 3 eggs I teaspoon baking-powder Yz cup water i teaspoon salt I cup flour 2 cups raspberries Add beaten egg-yolks and water to flour sifted with baking- powder and salt. Beat raspberries with egg-beater. Beat egg- whites to a stiff froth, fold into batter, then fold in the fruit. Drop by spoonfuls into deep fat. When golden brown, drain and dredge with powdered sugar. MINCED HAM IN CIDER CUPS I cup boiled ham Y2 package or two tablespoons 3 hard-cooked eggs gelatin Y2 teaspoon salt ^'2 cup cold water Pepper 2 cups cider Y\ teaspoon cayenne pepper Y^ cup sugar 3 tablespoons lemon-juice i cup whipped cream Y2 cup celery Soak gelatin in cold water, and pour over it boiling cider to which the sugar and lemon have been added. Strain into border molds. NEW DELINEATOR RECIPES 81 When firm, remove from the molds and fill with the mixture made of the other ingredients and serve immediately. CHICKEN A LA KING 2 tablespoons fat i cup quartered mushrooms 2 tablespoons flour i pimiento cut in narrow strips I cup milk 2 cups cooked diced chicken 1 cup cream i teaspoon salt 2 egg-yolks 3^ teaspoon pepper I green pepper, minced

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