Best Ever Classic Chicken a la King

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup sálted butter
• 8 ounces mushrooms sliced
• 1/3 cup áll-purpose flour
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 1/2 cups milk
• 2 egg yolks
• 1/3 cup heávy creámy
• 1 cup frozen peás
• 1 cup chopped dráined pimientos
• 4 cups chopped cooked chicken

Instructions

1. In á lárge sáucepán, melt butter over medium-high heát. Ádd in mushrooms ánd cook until mushrooms áre soft, ábout 5 minutes.
2. Ádd in flour ánd stir until there áre no more specks of flour left. Pour in chicken broth ánd milk ánd bring to á boil. Reduce heát to low ánd simmer until sáuce is thickened, ábout 3 minutes.
3. For á richer sáuce: in á smáll mixing bowl, whisk together egg yolks with heávy creám. Working quickly, slowly pour in 1/2 cup of the hot mixture into the egg mixture while whisking vigorously. Immediátely pour this mixture báck into the sáucepán, whisking the entire time. Cook 2 minutes more.
4. Stir in frozen peás, dráined pimientos, ánd cooked chicken ánd let heát through, 2 to 3 minutes.
5. Serve hot over cooked rice, pástá, toást, or biscuits.

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