Ingredients

  • 1 chicken, 2 1/2-3 lb
  • 12 pint cream
  • 1 green pepper
  • 14 lb sliced mushrooms
  • 3 ounces butter
  • 12 cup chopped almonds
  • 1 pint white sauce
  • 1 pimentos, thinly sliced or 12 teaspoon powdered pimentos
  • 1 wine glass sherry wine
  • 1 teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 egg yolks, lightly beaten
  • salt and pepper

Method

  • Boil or steam chicken and remove flesh from the bones.
  • Make white sauce using 1/2 milk and 1/2 chicken stock (or 1 can cream of chicken soup).
  • Add cream to the white sauce and simmer gently.
  • Peel and saute mushrooms and green pepper in the butter for 10 minutes, stir frequently and add to sauce mixture.
  • Then add pimento and chicken meat, sherry and lemon juice, stir almonds and simmer for 5 minutes.
  • Finally add egg yolks and stir constantly, cook for another minute or two.
  • Dish may now be placed in a casserole dish in a low oven of 150oF to keep until guests arrive.