Chicken King
- 1 chicken, 2 1/2-3 lb
- 12 pint cream
- 1 green pepper
- 14 lb sliced mushrooms
- 3 ounces butter
- 12 cup chopped almonds
- 1 pint white sauce
- 1 pimentos, thinly sliced or 12 teaspoon powdered pimentos
- 1 wine glass sherry wine
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten
- salt and pepper
- Boil or steam chicken and remove flesh from the bones.
- Make white sauce using 1/2 milk and 1/2 chicken stock (or 1 can cream of chicken soup).
- Add cream to the white sauce and simmer gently.
- Peel and saute mushrooms and green pepper in the butter for 10 minutes, stir frequently and add to sauce mixture.
- Then add pimento and chicken meat, sherry and lemon juice, stir almonds and simmer for 5 minutes.
- Finally add egg yolks and stir constantly, cook for another minute or two.
- Dish may now be placed in a casserole dish in a low oven of 150oF to keep until guests arrive.
chicken, cream, green pepper, mushrooms, butter, almonds, white sauce, pimentos, sherry wine, lemon juice, egg yolks, salt
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chicken-king-370758 (may not work)