CHICKEN A LA KING

CHICKEN A LA KING

1 Chicken 1.5 kg
2 Button Mushroom 125gms
3 Red Pimentos 125gms
4 Butter 150gms
5 Flour 60gms
6 Egg Yolks 4no
7 Cream 100ml
8 Salt and Pepper To taste
9 Onion 25gms
10 Turnips 25gms
11 Celery 25gms
12 Carrots 25gms
13 Rice 150gms

Method

1 Clean and cut chicken in to four large pieces.
2 Cut Onion,Turnips, celery and carrots in to roughly chop dices.
3 Cook chicken in water along with salt and chopped carrots, celery,turnips and onion.
4 When done cut the chicken in to thick slices and reserve stock.
5 Slice mushrooms and pimentos and saute in 30gms of butter.
6 Make blonde roux with 60 gms of refined flour and butter.
7 Mix the chicken stock and roux to form a thin sauce.
8 Add sauted mushrooms and pimentos in sauce.
9 Cook the sliced chicken in 30gms of butter.
10 Check seasoning of sauce and mix in with sliced chicken.
11 Boil rice and toss in melted butter( 30gms)
12 Make a liaison of egg yolks and cream and add it in to the chicken,
13 serve the chicken in a platter with a border of rice and sprinkled with freshly chopped parsley.