Elegant Chicken Ala King - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/4 c. chopped green pepper
1 c. fresh mushrooms, thinly sliced
2 Tbsp. butter or margarine
2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
3/4 tsp. salt
2 c. light cream (or half and half)
3 c. cubed cooked chicken
3 egg yolks
1/2 tsp. paprika
4 Tbsp. butter or margarine, softened
2 Tbsp. dry sherry
1 Tbsp. lemon juice
1 tsp. onion juice
2 Tbsp. chopped pimento

Preparation

Cook green pepper and mushrooms in 2 tablespoons butter until tender, but not brown.
Push vegetables to one side and blend salt and flour in butter; stir in cream.
Cook and stir until sauce thickens and bubbles.
Add chicken and heat, stirring occasionally.
Meanwhile, in small bowl, blend egg yolks, paprika and 4 tablespoons of softened butter.
Set aside.
To chicken mixture, add sherry, lemon juice and onion juice.
Have chicken bubbling, then add yolk mixture all at once, stirring until blended.
Immediately remove from heat.
Stir in pimento; serve at once over toast or in puffy pastry shells.