Chicken Ala King - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 stick butter
1/2 c. flour
1 tsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
1 pt. half and half
1 3/4 c. chicken broth (canned or homemade)
1 (6 oz.) can sliced mushrooms (reserve 1/4 c. liquid)
1/2 c. diced green pepper
1 (4 oz.) jar pimentos
2 c. diced, cooked chicken (2 whole chicken breasts)

Preparation

Saute mushrooms and green pepper in butter about 5 minutes. Blend in flour, salt and pepper over low heat.
Remove from heat. Stir in broth, cream and mushroom liquid.
Stir constantly until thickened and comes to a boil.
Boil 1 minute.
Stir in chicken and chopped pimentos.
Serve over pastry puff shells (these can be bought frozen).
This dish can be frozen!