Chicken A La King - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    2/3 c. butter or margarine
    1 1/3 c. sliced mushrooms
    10 Tbsp. flour
    1 tsp. salt
    dash of pepper
    13 oz. can chicken broth
    1/2 pt. table cream
    1/2 pt. whipping cream
    1 small jar pimento, drained
    sherry to taste (approximately 1 1/2 Tbsp.)
    1 pkg. chicken breasts (approximately 4 c. cooked)
    rice
Preparation
    Boil chicken breasts until done, cool and remove chicken from bones.
    Cut or shred chicken to make approximately 4 cups. Discard skin.
    In large pot, melt butter; add mushrooms and saute 5 minutes.
    Stir in flour, salt and pepper until smooth.
    Slowly stir in chicken broth, continue to stir until flour is mixed in. Slowly stir in table cream and whipping cream.
    Drain pimentos from juice in jar and add pimentos to the mixture.
    Add cooked chicken and sherry.
    Continue to cook over low heat until thickened.
    Serve over cooked rice (or noodles).
    This recipe can be prepared the night before and refrigerated.
    To warm, just add a little milk to thin the mixture out if needed.

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