Chicken a la King with Buttermilk Biscuits

Recipe courtesy Barry Keller, head chef at Earls Drive Inn in Chaffee, NY

Show: Diners, Drive-ins and DivesEpisode: Twists And Traditions

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Total Time:
1 hr 0 min
Prep
30 min
Cook
30 min
Yield:
12 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

Biscuits:

  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 tablespoon baking powder
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 6 tablespoons butter, chilled
  • 3/4 cup buttermilk

Chicken a la King:

  • 1 1/2 pounds boneless, skinless chicken breasts, cubed
  • 4 cups water, plus more as needed
  • 6 tablespoons margarine or butter, melted
  • 3 stalks celery, chopped
  • 3 carrots, peeled and chopped
  • 1/2 onion, chopped
  • 1/2 green pepper, chopped
  • 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • 4 cups water
  • 4 chicken bouillon cubes
  • 1 cup milk
  • 1 (10.5-ounce) can condensed cream of mushroom soup
  • 4 ounces frozen peas

Directions

Biscuits:

Preheat the oven 450 degrees F.

Add the dry ingredients to a large bowl and stir to combine. Cut the cold butter into chunks and cut it into the flour until the dough resembles coarse crumbs. Pour in the buttermilk and mix until combined. Chef's Note: If the dough appears dry, add more buttermilk.

Turn the dough onto a floured board and gently roll it out until it's about 1/2-inch thick. Using a round cutter, cut the dough into 12 biscuits and arrange them on a cookie sheet.

Chef's Note: If you would like them to have soft sides, have the disks touching each other. If you like crispy crusts, arrange them 1-inch apart. Bake until the biscuits are golden brown, about 10 to 12 minutes.

Chicken:

In a medium-sized pot, add the chicken pieces and enough water to cover. Boil over high heat until the chicken is cooked through, then remove them from the water to a plate.

In a large pot, over medium heat, add the melted margarine or butter along with the celery, carrots, onions, green peppers, poultry seasoning, and black pepper. Saute until the vegetables become soft. Add the flour and stir continuously to prepare a roux.

To a large saucepan, add the 4 cups water and the bouillon cubes. Bring to a boil over medium heat. Once the mixture comes to a boil, turn off the heat. Add the vegetable mixture and stir to combine. In another saucepan over low heat, add the milk and condensed cream of mushroom soup and simmer until heated through. Add the milk mixture, the frozen peas and the chicken to the vegetable mixture and simmer for about 5 minutes.

Chef's Note: If the sauce is too thick, add a little milk to thin. Arrange the biscuits on serving plates, then spoon the chicken mixture over the biscuits and serve.

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

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  • on February 04, 2012

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    I'm not sure why the recipe calls for water and bouillon cubes. If you watch the episode, the chef uses chicken broth to poach the chicken and then uses the enriched poaching broth for the recipe. Also, note that the recipe makes 12 servings. I cut the recipe in half and served it with white rice and biscuits on the side. I like to savor my biscuits with butter and sometimes strawberry jam...yum!

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  • on October 21, 2011

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    This is a very tasty meal. As for those who are whining about all the MSG and Margarine and bla bla bla. Just DON'T make the recipe and please don't get on the websit whining about all the ingrediants. Make your own Cream of Mushroom soup. Get real. Most people don't have the time or the desire to do such a thing.
    The biscuit recipe does not call for margarine, it calls for Butter. Read the recipe accurately. There is a world of difference in margarine and butter.

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  • on September 08, 2011

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    when i poached the chicken breast i added a bit of frsh thyme and rosemary and after words used the liquid from that and made a huge difference. Instead of buiscuts i did served them in puff pastry towers and it was delious and made more than 12 portions i think i had enough to make the rest into chicken pot pie and have to see how that tastes next.

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