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khanyiswa 06/11/13 |
chicken alaking for 200 people Can you please help I'm having a 70 year old lady birthday, she likes chicken alaking so will be having 200 guests to feed.How many to buy ingredients |
ellen 06/12/13 |
this is chicken, poached or simmered, then cut up and mixed with a Mornay (cream/white) sauce and vegetables. Originally creamed chicken with peas and carrots, mushrooms was sometimes called chicken ala king; more traditionally it was green bell pepper, canned pimento (red bell pepper); often today mixed bell pepper strips. So somebody might want to find out how she remembers it. Here is a recipe for 200:
chicken broth 24 quarts
milk 2 gallons, 1 quart (may use part cream or half and half)
chicken, cooked, diced, 40 pounds (see note)
Prepare the vegetable base:
Thicken sauce:
Add meat and peppers: Chicken note: Traditionally, this is breast. If using whole chickens 80 pounds. If you buy the chicken raw, simmer it is the vegetable base to cook it, before thickening the sauce- this gives tender, juicy chicken. It is more traditional to cut it up after it is simmered, rather than cutting raw chunks- the texture is a little different. Serve over puff pastry, rice, biscuits, noodles, or toast points. |