Chicken a la King

One story goes that the first chicken a la king wasn't made for royalty but rather for a man named Clark King III, while another story says it was a man named William King who first cooked it. Regardless of its origins we all enjoy Chicken a la King.

This recipe makes five to six servings.

Ingredients:
1 chicken, 1 ¾ kg (3 ½ lb)
2 spring parsley
1 bay leaf
Salt
3 tablespoon softened butter
1 medium sized green capsicum, diced
1 small onion, grated
1 ½ tablespoons flour
½ teaspoon paprika
Salt to taste
1 cup milk
¾ cup chicken stock
1 tablespoon dry sherry
125 g (4 oz) small mushrooms
Cooked rice

Procedure:
Put chicken into a saucepan with the parsley, bay leaf, salt to taste and water to cover. Put lid on pan, cook gently until tender.

Drain, pull of skin and disjoint chicken. Remove flesh from bones, cut into cubes, put aside. Strain the required stock, skim off fat.

Melt butter add the capsicum and onion, gently fry until soft. Add flour, paprika and salt and cook, stirring for 1-2 minutes.

Slowly stir in the milk and stock, mixed together and cook, stirring until boiling. Simmer for 2-3 minutes, stir the sherry.

Quickly fry the mushrooms in butter until softened, add to sauce with the chicken cubes and simmer until reheated. Serve on a bed of cooked rice.