Chicken a la King Recipe

   Chicken a'la King is one of those dishes that I think counts as a comfort food.  A food that makes you feel warm & cozy and makes you think of the good ole days.  Of course, that just may be me too. 

Chicken a'la King

 

 4 chicken breasts

1 1/2 c. milk

1/2 c. flour

1/4 c. chopped pimentos

1 can peas

1 can chicken broth 

1 small can mushrooms 

1 green pepper, sliced or diced

1 stick of butter

1 chicken bouillon cube 

2 T. cornstarch

1 T. parsley flakes

2 tsp. chives

1 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. pepper

                       

                                    

   Boil the chicken and then shred it or just use canned chicken.  Melt the butter in a skillet and cook the green peppers.  Stir in the flour, salt & pepper.  When it is nice and hot, stir in the milk, broth, peas and crumbled up bouillon cube.  Boil for one minute and stir in the pimentos, chives, parsley, mushrooms, chicken and cornstarch.  

I just used some of my dehydrated mushrooms and chives instead.

  If the liquid is not hot enough, the cornstarch will not thicken the sauce.  Stir well and remove from heat.  Let it thicken for 5 minutes and then serve over hot biscuits, toast or egg noodles.  We prefer to eat it over homemade biscuits. 

 

 

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Homemade BIG Biscuits and Chocolate Gravy

       If you are from the South, more than likely, you know EXACTLY what chocolate gravy is and have found memories of your mama or your grandma making this for you as a child.  If you're not from the South, you may be wondering what it is.  Well, it's exactly what it sounds like...chocolate in gravy form.  You use it like you would sausage gravy or pepper gravy.  Some prefer it over toast, some over bread, but at our house, my men folk prefer it over big homemade biscuits. I was going to take a picture of my hubby and boys enjoying the breakfast but my camera shutter doesn't move as fast as they were shoveling the food into their mouths.  It was truly a site to see.  

 

 

Big Homemade Biscuits

                       

 

3 c. flour

2/3 c. milk

1/2 c. shortening

 1/4 c. butter, softened

1 egg

4 tsp. baking powder

3 tsp. sugar

1/2 tsp. salt

1/4 tsp. baking soda 

                                        

                                                                                   

            Preheat your oven to 450 degrees.  Sift your flour with a flour sifter.  Add all your ingredients into a large bowl and stir with a spoon.  Do not use a mixer.  Once it is stirred up, dump onto a floured surface and knead the dough about 20 times gently.  Roll out the dough to about 1/4-1/2" thick and cut with biscuit cutter. 

 

Place on an ungreased jelly roll pan or cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.  Take a stick of margarine and using the end of the stick, smear butter over the top of the biscuits as soon as they come out of the oven.  Makes 12 big biscuits. 

Chocolate Gravy

2 c. milk

1 c. Splenda (or sugar)

1/4 c. cocoa 

3 T. flour

1 T. butter, softened

2 tsp. vanilla

                                                          

             Whisk the dry ingredients together in a small sauce pot.  Add in the milk and whisk until there are no lumps.  Cook over medium heat, stirring gently constantly, for 7 minutes.  Remove from heat and immediately stir in the margarine and vanilla.  Serve over biscuits with a dollop of butter on top of them all.  Makes 3 cups of gravy. 

Biscuits with chocolate gravy and a dollop of butter on top.

Biscuits with chocolate gravy!  Yum, yum, yum!

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