Chicken King

12 ingredients
7 steps

Ingredients

  • 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

Directions

  1. 1
    Boil or steam chicken and remove flesh from the bones.
  2. 2
    Make white sauce using 1/2 milk and 1/2 chicken stock (or 1 can cream of chicken soup).
  3. 3
    Add cream to the white sauce and simmer gently.
  4. 4
    Peel and saute mushrooms and green pepper in the butter for 10 minutes, stir frequently and add to sauce mixture.
  5. 5
    Then add pimento and chicken meat, sherry and lemon juice, stir almonds and simmer for 5 minutes.
  6. 6
    Finally add egg yolks and stir constantly, cook for another minute or two.
  7. 7
    Dish may now be placed in a casserole dish in a low oven of 150oF to keep until guests arrive.

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