Crab A La King Recipe

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Ready in: < 30 minutes
recipe difficulty 3/5

Difficulty: 3 (1=easiest :: hardest=5)

Serves/Makes: 8

Ingredients:
8 tablespoons Flour
1 teaspoon table Salt
1/4 teaspoon Black Pepper
1 qt. whole sweet Milk or Half & Half
1/4 cup chopped Green Pepper
1/4 cup chopped Pimientos
2 tablespoons Butter
1 lemon, Juice and rind only
1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
1 1/4 pound crab meat (cooked)

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Directions:

Combine flour, salt and pepper and mix into a paste with part of milk. Add peppers and pimientos to balance of milk and cook 5 minutes over a low heat. Add flour paste and stir constantly until thickened. Add butter, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce and crab meat. Simmer gently until hot.

Based on a Recipe in The Pirate's House Cook Book, Frances McGrath

For Chicken A La King: Omit lemon and Worcestershire sauce. Use 1 1/2 lbs cooked boned and chopped chicken instead of crab meat. Add 8 oz. fresh sliced mushrooms, if desired.

Serve over pasta or biscuits.

This recipe from CDKitchen for Crab A La King serves/makes 8