Chicken Ala King

Name: Chicken Ala King
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 75 Minutes
Yield: 5 servings

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20 minutes

55minutes

5 people

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Ingredients 13 items

1 whole chicken or 1 kg
7 cups water or 1750 ml
4 tablespoons butter
1 cup mushrooms or 100 g, cut into quarters
4 tablespoons plain flour
2 cubes MAGGI Chicken Stock
1 medium green bell pepper or 150 g, sliced
1 medium red bell pepper or 150 g, sliced
1 carrot or 100 g, peeled and grated
1/3 cup whipping cream or 85 ml
¼ teaspoon white ground pepper
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 tablespoon fresh parsley chopped for garnishing

How to prepare

Boil chicken in water for 45 minutes or until it becomes tender. Set aside to cool then remove the skin and bones. Strain stock and set aside.
Melt butter in a saucepan and sauté mushrooms for 2 minutes. Add plain flour and stir with mushrooms for a minute.
Add 3 cups or 750 ml from the reserved stock and bring to a boil with stirring. Add MAGGI Chicken Stock cubes, green bell pepper slices, red bell pepper slices, carrots, cream, and white pepper then simmer on low heat for 3 minutes.
Add lemon juice and chicken pieces to the prepared sauce. Stir then garnish with parsley and serve.

An easier, faster and lighter option will be to use boneless chicken breast pieces instead of a whole chicken. In that case sauté chicken pieces in 2-3 tablespoons of vegetable oil for 5 minutes or until tender then add them to the prepared flavorful sauce and let simmer!

How much vitamin C do the bell peppers contain?

Green and red bell pepper are full of vitamin C! They provide a total of 310 mg in this recipe, which means you get about 83% of your vitamin C requirements from eating 1 plate!