Jenny's Chicken a la King

 

This is an easy and elegant chicken dish. It's a great way to use leftover chicken or turkey. Green pepper, red pepper or red  pimientos make this a pretty dish to serve at Christmas or  anytime. Serve over cooked rice, toast, or noodles. Can be made ahead and reheated.

 

    2 tablespoons butter

    2 tablespoons flour

    1 cup milk

    1 cup cream

    2 egg yolks

    1 green pepper, minced

    1 cup quartered fresh mushrooms

    1 pimiento or small red pepper cut in narrow strips

    ˝ cup celery, sliced diagonally in small pieces

    2-3 Garlic Cloves, chopped

    ˝ Onion, chopped

    2 cups cooked diced chicken

    Salt and pepper to taste

    Sprig fresh parsley

 

Make a white sauce of the butter, flour, milk, cream, salt and pepper. Sauté together the vegetables then add the chicken and combine with the sauce. Cook gently until the meat is heated through. Just before  serving stir in the egg yolks, slightly beaten, and cook for a moment, stirring constantly. Serves about 4 hearty eaters... the only kind we have in the Robbins' Family!

 

 

Mable's Mashed-Potato Pancakes

 

When Mama made mashed potatoes, there usually wasn't a problem with 'leftovers'. But when there was, she'd use them to make these delicious, easy, patties.     

 

      2 cups mashed potatoes

      1 large egg, beaten lightly

      6 tablespoons all-purpose flour

      Green onions, finely chopped, to taste

      Salt and pepper

      Vegetable oil, for frying

 

Preheat oven to 250 degrees F. In a bowl combine well the potatoes and the egg, stir in the flour thoroughly, and stir in the onion, salt and pepper, to taste.

     

In a large heavy skillet, preferably iron, heat 1/8-inch of the oil over moderately high heat until it is hot but not smoking. Grab a good handful of the mixture and form it into a patty, about like a hamburger or salmon patty, Make the rest into patties and fry them, flattening them slightly with the back of a spatula, for one     minute on each side, or until they are golden brown. Transfer the pancakes / patties as they are cooked to paper towels to drain and if desired, keep them warm on a rack set on a baking sheet in a preheated 250 degree F oven. Serve the pancakes as an  accompaniment to meat, poultry, or eggs.

 

Pat's Chicken Breasts Espanola

 

4 Chicken breasts        

4 slices of bacon cut in half

3 oz. whipped cream cheese  

1 can chopped green chilies

 

Sauce:

1/2 cup ranch dressing         

1/2 cup chunky Picante sauce

"handful" shredded cheddar

 

Pound chicken with mallet until flat and set aside. Mix cream  cheese, green chilies and shredded cheese - mold into 4 "balls".  Put each "ball" in middle of flattened chicken and fold to make a round pocket.  Put 1 slice (cut in two pieces) of bacon around each pocket of chicken & secure with toothpick.

 

Bake uncovered in Pyrex dish at 350 for 30 min. and then broil  until crisp on top (couple of minutes). When done, spread some sauce on plate and then put chicken pocket on sauce and drizzle some sauce on top. Would be great to sprinkle some parsley and/or green onion on top!!!