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.

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10 Entrees to Make With Leftover Chicken

Leftovers are probably the source of greatest savings in this house. The monetary kind and the sanity kind of savings. Eliminating waste by using leftovers differently appeals to the finicky palates in the house and also lightens the cooking responsibilities for me.

Here are 10 different entrees you can make with chicken leftovers. The recipes will follow on subsequent days.

1. Quesadillas
2. Chicken ala king
3. Stir fries – chicken & vegetable, sweet & sour chicken, etc
4. Soup – chicken noodle, etc.
5. Fajitas
6. Chicken with rice
7. Casseroles
8. Chicken Salad (several variations)
9. Chicken sandwiches, wraps, or pitas
   
10. Barbecued, shredded chicken on a bun

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