Chicken A La King
Chicken A La King is an easy weeknight dinner with chicken, mushrooms, celery, and onion in a creamy gravy. This easy dinner is comfort food at its best!
CHICKEN A LA KING
I’m starting to think I have a real problem. I started this Chicken A La King post three weeks ago and never finished it. But it’s not just this post…I started reading 4 books and have yet to finish any of them. I love to wash laundry and dry laundry but can never get the folding done. AND I have 5 bottles of shampoo in my shower with an inch of shampoo left in them.
Psychoanalyze me. What’s my deal? The only thing I can finish is an entire plate of brownies! Do I have adult A.D.D.?
I love having people over for dinner but I started realizing how expensive it was getting every time I ran to the grocery store to get ready for the meal. So I am always trying to come up with easy and inexpensive meals for entertaining. That’s the first thing that came to mind when I made this recipe. It’s easy, good, and cheap! Serve it over rice, noodles, toast, or a big fat biscuit like I did!
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Chicken A La King
Comforting and simple, this creamy chicken a la king is an inexpensive meal truly fit for a king.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped finely
- 1/2 cup white onion, chopped finely
- 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
- 2 (4 ounce) cans of mushrooms with juice
- 3 cups chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- 5 cups cooked chicken, shredded or cubed
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large saucepan. Add bell pepper and onion and sautee until soft.
- Add garlic and cook for a minute.
- Add flour to mixture and cook until bubbly.
- Add mushrooms with juice and chicken broth and bring to a boil. Cook for 5 minutes or until thick.
- Reduce heat. Stir in chicken and cream and add salt and pepper to taste.
- Serve over toast, egg noodles, or Pilsbury™ Grand biscuits.
Easy to make
Plus the kiddos love it!!!
Thank you!
That chicken al a king looks so creamy and good!
I love your blog! and I love this recipe 🙂 I make something very similar, but without the green pepper and with black olives and red onions– and only 1/2 the sauce. We put it INSIDE the biscuits before cooking them. Just flatten the biscuit and do like a foldover. Then the other half of the sauce becomes the sauce on top 🙂 SO yummy! I’ll have to try your version 🙂
Okay you guys…so glad I’m not the only one with the shampoo thing!!!
Hmmm, I haven’t had this since I was a kid. Note to self, bookmark and make.
Eh, yeah-I currently have 4 shampoo bottles and 2 conditioners, 3 body washes and 2 razors going right now….
My grandma used to make the best recipe of Chicken a la king! I miss it so much. Your looks just like it! Awesome.
Um…yes, please!
I had to laugh when reading the first paragraph of your post because I thought you were doing a spotlight on me!!! I don’t know what it is but I can’t seem to finish even the smallest tasks nowadays. Good luck with trying to figure it out. If you do, let me know! And the Chicken a la King looks amazingly good in your pictures (my family recipe of it just doesn’t look as tasty EVER!)
looks delicious and now I’m pretty much starving!!
I have the same issue in my shower, and at least you start the books! 🙂 That chicken looks so good, especially on a biscuit! My tummy is growling now!
I am the same with shampoo I have no idea why I hate using the last little bit! I love Chicken a la king! My mom used to make it a lot growing up!
If it makes you feel any better, I have 5 empty bottle in my shower with nothing in them and they still haven’t made it to the garbage can.
This recipe also makes me happy because I was just thinking the other day. How do you make homemade chicken a la king? Forget the stuff in the can.