Best Chicken Ala King

By lynnieb93

This is a great use for left over chicken or turkey.
I always serve this after Thanksgiving.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup green peppers, chopped
• 1 cup mushrooms, sliced
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 2 Tbsp flour
• 3/4 tsp salt
• 2 cups cream
• 3 cups cooked, chopped chicken
• 3 eggs yolks
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 2 Tbsp butter
• 1 Tbsp lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp sherry
• 1/4 cup pimento
• 1 package of puff pastry shells

Details

Servings 4
Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 40mins

Preparation

Step 1

Bake the puff pastry shells as directed.

Cook peppers & mushrooms in butter until tender but not brown.
Push vegetables to one side of pan and blend in flour and salt into butter
Gradually stir in cream and mix with vegetables
Cook until thickened
Add chicken cubes and heat through

In a small bowl mix yolks. lemon and sherry.
When chicken mixture is bubbling stir in yolk mixture and blend.

Remove from heat and add pimento.

Serve over puffed pastry and top with the caps.