Chicken à la King

Ingredients

• 0.5 cup butter
• 1 (4.5 ounce) can mushrooms, drained, liquid reserved
• 1 green bell pepper, chopped
• 0.5 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 0.25 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1.5 cups milk
• 1.25 cups hot water
• 1.5 teaspoons chicken bouillon powder
• 4 cooked, boneless chicken breast halves, chopped
• 4 ounces chopped pimento

Steps

1. Melt the butter in a large skillet over medium heat. Add the drained mushrooms and bell pepper and cook, stirring, for about 5 minutes, until the pepper begins to soften.
2. Take off the heat and stir in the flour, salt and black pepper. Cook over low heat with constant stirring until bubbly.
3. Stir in the milk, water, bouillon and reserved mushroom liquid. Raise the heat to medium-high, bringing to a boil while stirring constantly. Boil and stir for 1 minute.
4. After stirring in the chicken and pimento, cook until heated through.