Chicken ala King may sound fancy, but don’t worry, it’s easy enough that my teenage boys can whip it up! Made from scratch creamy sauce with chunks of chicken and veggies, served over hot biscuits. A comforting dinner recipe any night of the week.
We love serving this chicken a la king over homemade biscuits, but you can also serve the sauce over toast, puff pastry shells, noodles, rice, or even pie crusts.
Since I’ve posted several dessert recipes recently, I thought I’d better steer away from sugar and share something a little more nourishing. I got this recipe for Chicken ala King from my good friend Judy many ago, and my family loves it!
Unlike other chicken ala king recipes I’ve tried, this one has a homemade sauce instead of cream of chicken soup. It is scrumptious!
My family likes it best served with homemade biscuits, but you can also serve it with canned biscuits. I have my boys cook dinner on Sunday, and this is the meal my 12 year old picked a few weeks ago. He even made the biscuits!
This is a great weeknight meal, and if you have leftover chicken, it comes together even faster! Hope your family enjoys it as much as mine does.
(To see the printable recipe card, scroll to the bottom of the post.)
How to make Chicken Ala King
Ingredients:
- butter (I use salted butter.)
- flour
- chicken broth (I make my own using chicken base and water. )
- milk (I use 2%, but any kind would work. You could even use half & half for an even richer sauce.)
- salt and pepper
- dry minced onion
- cooked chicken (leftover chicken or rotisserie chicken are perfect)
- green pepper
- diced canned pimentos (It’s just not chicken ala king without pimentos, so don’t leave them out!)
- frozen peas and carrots
Melt butter in a large saucepan. Whisk in flour, then broth and milk. Cook and stir over medium heat till thick and smooth. Make sure you boil for at least one minute to remove the flour taste. Add remaining ingredients and heat through. Serve over toast, pie crust, or biscuits.
Kitchen tools for Chicken A La King:
Heavy Saucepan – when cooking sauces with milk, you don’t want them to scorch, so a sturdy saucepan is a must. I’ve had my Farberware saucepans for over 20 years.
Spiral Whisk – This recipe requires a bit of cooking and stirring, and a great whisk is a must. I love using spiral whisks when I’m making sauce. They get into the edges of the pan, and make sure nothing sticks to the bottom of the pan.
MORE TASTY CHICKEN RECIPES:
- Lemon Chicken Pasta
- Breaded Mayonnaise Chicken
- Chicken with Lime Butter
- Monterey Chicken
- Hot Chicken Salad
- Crock Pot Chicken Pot Pie
- Chicken Pillows
- Chicken Enchilada Chili
- Garlic Chicken Pasta
- Italian Chicken Pasta
- Chicken Flautas
Chicken ala King Recipe
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¼ cup butter
- ⅓ cup flour
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup milk
- ½ tsp salt
- ⅛ tsp pepper
- 1 tsp dry minced onion
- 1 ½ cups cooked chicken
- ¼ cup diced green pepper
- 2 Tbsp diced pimentos
- 1 ½ cups frozen peas and carrots
Instructions
- Melt butter in a large saucepan. Whisk in flour, then broth and milk. Cook and stir over medium heat till thick and smooth. Make sure you boil for at least one minute to remove the flour taste.
- Add remaining ingredients and heat through. Serve over toast, pie crust, or biscuits.
Nutrition
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This has become a regular in our recipe rotation. SO easy and delicious, especially over biscuits. And our kids like it which is always the #1 test of a great recipe.
So glad you (and your kids) love it! It’s still the recipe my third son requests for his birthday every year. I don’t make it nearly often enough!
So …good and simple …my go to for left over chicks
So glad you love it, it’s definitely a favorite at our house too!
We have been eating chicken ala king since I was a kid. Thatās a lot of years. I always have mushrooms in mine and this is a first with the vegetables. Very good and so easy. Great use of left over roasted chicken. Usually we eat it over toast, tonight we served it over extra wide egg noodles. I doubled the recipe and it is perfection. No green pepper for me as roasted peppers and paprika make it perfection.
I’ve never tried it over egg noodles, but I bet my family would love that! So glad you enjoyed it, and thanks for the suggestion!
I made this receipe last nite
Delishous
Thanks for the simple,easy receipe
Will definitely make againā”
So happy to hear that Pat! This is one of my favorites, so comforting. š
We loved this recipe, cannot say enough. I even took the leftovers and made a cream soup. Equally as good
I love that idea, I bet the soup was so good!
I love this recipe. It’s the best tasting one I have found, yet is so simple. With only milk instead of cream you don’t have to coddle it but it always comes out wonderful!
So glad you love it Sue! it’s definitely a favorite at our house!
How would you adapt the chicken ala king with three cans of chicken Walmart brand for a large crowd
You can easily double or triple the recipe and just use the same amount of canned chicken as cooked chicken breast. I don’t know how much is in the cans of Walmart chicken, so you would have to measure it, but it doesn’t have to be exactly 1 1/2 cups of chicken, you can use more or less.
Love this recipe! Have made it several times with homemade biscuits (my grandmother’s recipe) and am trying it in a pie crust tonight! Perfect on a cold, snowy night!
So glad you loved it! I’ve never tried baking it in a pie crust, but I bet it will be delicious! š
This has become my favorite meal with chicken! So good!
So happy to hear that you love it Ben!
You forgot the mushrooms. The reason this recipe was called āfor a kingā was because a certain ārichā patron loved creamed pimento chicken recipe from a certain Fancy restaurant, but also loved mushroom dishes (typicality reserved for the rich folks). It was Originally served over rice. It was created over a hundred years ago. Pimentos are red (sweet) bell peppers. No green peppers, since the idea was a less bitter sauce. Retired chef & food historian, at your service.
Yummy, this turned out awesome, I wouldnāt change a thing. I served it over buttermilk biscuits. My Husband gives this a two thumbs up. I would definitely make this again.
So glad you liked it! It is my 19 year old son’s favorite meal. š
I have tried a lot of these chicken pot pie recipes. This one is in the rotation. Second time tonight.
I do it this way but I sautƩ through onion and pepper and I add 2 chicken bouillon cubes
Thanks for sharing your variation Kim. I bet it’s just as tasty! š
Made this tonight and it was wonderful! HIt for the whole family and so easy to make. Thanks for sharing!
So glad it was a hit with the whole family! That is a major accomplishment sometimes. š
I love chicken and i liked your blog post. Thank for sharing with us.
Such a delicious meal!
Loved the color AND the flavor in this recipe!
Love how easy this dish is to make! Everyone devoured it!
My family LOVED THIS! Total hit!
This is one of my new favorite meals. Turned out delicious!
Yay – so glad to hear it Aimee!