I had never had Chicken A La King until a lady from our church brought it to us after we had just had one of our children. I absolutely fell in LOVE with the yummy mushrooms and just the homeyness of the dish.  The recipe was kindly shared with me and I want to share it with all of you.  This freezes wonderfully!

Enjoy!
-Janelle

Chicken A La King | Budget Friendly

This freezes beautifully or is wonderful served fresh over rice, mashed potatoes or waffles.

Course Main Course
Keyword chicken, freezer meal
Author Parsnips and Parsimony

Ingredients

  • 2 4oz can mushrooms OR 1 fresh package of mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 cup chopped green pepper
  • 1 cup butter
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tbsp chicken bouillon I use Watkins Chicken bouillon
  • 3 cups milk
  • 2.5 cups hot water
  • 6 cups cut-up cooked chicken or turkey

Instructions

  1. Melt butter in a large stock pot.

  2. Drain mushrooms if using canned (reserve mushroom liquid) or clean and slice fresh mushrooms

  3. Add peppers and mushrooms to melted butter and cook for approximately 10 minutes or until the peppers are crisp tender

  4. Add flour, salt and pepper to skillet and cook for another minute

  5. Add water, milk, reserved mushroom liquid (if you have it) and bouillon. *NOTE: If you boiled your chicken, use the cooking liquid from the chicken in place of the water

  6. Stir everything together and bring to a boil, stirring constantly

  7. Add chicken once the cream mixture has thickened.

  8. Serve over rice, mashed potatoes or waffles OR cool and freeze.

Recipe Notes

You can purchase Watkin’s Chicken Bouillon here:

Chicken Soup & Gravy Base

https://www.watkins1868.com/consultant/1250901