Dairy-Gratuitous Chicken à la King Recipe

Updated on March 11, 2022

Chicken a la King

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Total Time: 20 min

Prep Time: five min

Melt Fourth dimension: fifteen min

Servings: 6

Ah, Chicken (or turkey) à la King—comfort food indeed. It's a dish fabricated of chicken, cream, mushrooms, and sometimes sherry. Dairy-free and comfort food may not sound like they mix, but it is possible by simply substituting soy or almond milk for regular milk and cream. Combined with the flour and chicken broth, it makes the white sauce that is a signature office of this classic dish. Pimentos add a bit of unexpected season and a burst of color.

Craven is an excellent source of highly digestible proteins, unsaturated fats, B vitamins including thiamin, vitamin B6, and pantothenic acid, and the minerals iron, zinc, and copper.

Ingredients

  • 2 tbsp. olive oil
  • one/4 loving cup onion (chopped)
  • i pocket-sized green pepper (chopped)
  • 1 small (2-oz.) can mushrooms (or 4 to 6 oz. fresh mushrooms, chopped)
  • 1/4 tsp. blackness pepper
  • i/2 cup all-purpose flour
  • ane 1/two cups soy milk (unsweetened or almond milk)
  • 1 ane/4 cups chicken stock (or h2o with chicken Meliorate than Burgoo or regular bouillon)
  • Salt to taste if using craven stock (but not bouillon)
  • two cups chicken (cooked, diced or shredded; or turkey)
  • 1 (four-oz. jar chopped pimentos

Preparation

  1. Heat the oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and sauté the onion for 2 to 3 minutes. Add together the dark-green pepper and mushrooms, and cook another 5 minutes or then, until softening. Add black pepper and combine.

  2. Add together the flour and melt, stirring constantly for ii minutes.

  3. Add together soy milk and chicken stock. Add together salt if needed. Bring to a simmer and cook for iii to 4 minutes.

  4. Add cooked craven or turkey and pimento. Heat through and serve.

Variations and Substitutions

While keeping this dish dairy-free, you lot tin can use coconut milk in identify of soy or almond milk. It will non impart a coconut flavour to the dish but will make it nice and creamy.

Supervene upon peppers and onions with carrots and peas if you prefer, or use whatever vegetables yous enjoy.

This is an platonic dish to brand when y'all have leftover cooked chicken or turkey or a fresh rotisserie craven in the fridge.

Cooking and Serving Tips

  • Endeavour topping with fresh parsley.
  • To go on this repast good for you and add some nutrition, serve this dairy-complimentary Craven à la King over "cauli-rice" or toasted flaxseed focaccia breadstuff. Chicken à la Male monarch is traditionally served over rice, pasta, or bread.
  • Equally an alternative to pasta, try quinoa pasta or chickpea pasta.
  • This dish is best eaten fresh as soy milk doesn't freeze well, but if y'all'd similar to freeze information technology, place it in an air tight container and freeze for upward to one month for best results. Defrost before reheating gently over the stovetop.

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