Chicken à la King

Leftover Chicken Recipe 2: Chicken à la King

6 servings

• ½ cup margarine or butter
• 1 small green bell pepper, chopped
• 1 small red bell pepper, chopped
• 3 ounces canned mushroom slices or pieces with liquid reserved (or 1 cup sliced)
• ½ cup all-purpose flour
• ½ tsp salt
• ¼ tsp pepper
• 1 ½ cup milk (with mushroom liquid total amount is 1 ½ cup)
• 1 ¼ c chicken broth
• 2 cups cut up cooked chicken
• 3 cups hot cooked rice, OR 12 toasted bread triangles, OR 4 cups hot cooked noodles (preferably egg noodles)

Melt margarine in large saucepan (at least 3 quart) over medium-high heat. Cook peppers and onions until pepper is crisp but tender, stirring occasionally. Stir in flour, salt and pepper. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Once bubbling, remove from heat. Stir in milk plus mushroom liquid and broth. Return to heat and heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute. Stir in chicken. Cook until chicken is hot. Serve over rice or bread triangles or noodles.