Chicken A La King

Total Time: 38 mins Preparation Time: 35 mins Cook Time: 3 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 12 ounces chicken, cooked (in fairly large cubes)
• 2 ounces butter
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 450 ml milk
• 1 stalk celery, sliced
• 2 ounces button mushrooms, sliced
• 1/4 cup green pepper, deseeded & chopped
• 1 cup canned pimiento, chopped
• salt
• black pepper, freshly ground
• 2 egg yolks
• 2 tablespoons double cream
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• to taste parsley, chopped

Recipe

• 1 melt 1 1/2 ozs butter, add the flour and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, stirring.
• 2 gradually add milk and cook, stirring, until thick and smooth.
• 3 melt the remaining butter and saute sliced celery, button mushrooms and chopped pepper until soft but not coloured.
• 4 add celery, mushrooms, pepper, chicken and pimiento to the sauce and heat through.
• 5 season to taste. combine the egg yolks, double cream and worcestershire sauce. add to the chicken mixture and heat through.
• 6 transfer to a serving dish and sprinkle with chopped parsley.