All-american chicken puff

5 Servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
½cupBoiling water
¼cupButter or margarine
½cupFlour
teaspoonSalt
2Eggs
¼cupButter or margarine
cupFlour
½teaspoonSalt
1cupChicken broth
1cupMilk
4ouncesCheese; shredded
2cupsChicken; diced
1can(3-oz) sliced mushrooms
1tablespoonGreen onion tops; chopped
1cupGreen peas
1smallBell pepper; chopped
Parsley; chopped fine
Black pepper
Tabasco sauce

Directions

PUFF DOUGH

CREAM CHICKEN FILLING

Melt butter in boiling water; add flour and salt all at once, stirring vigorously. Cook and stir until mixture forms a ball that doesn't separate.

Remove from the heat; cool slightly. Add eggs, one at a time, beating after each addition until smooth. Drop by heaping tablespoons 3 inches apart on greased cookie sheet. Bake at 450 degrees for 15 minutes, then at 325 degrees for 25 minutes. Remove from oven; split. Turn off oven; return puffs to the oven to dry, about 20 minutes. Cool on rack. Makes 5 cream puffs.

In a saucepan, melt butter or margarine; blend in flour and add salt. Add chicken broth and milk all at once; stirring constantly until sauce is thick and bubbly. Add cheese, diced chicken, mushrooms, pimento, parsley, green onion tops and green peas. Season to taste with Tabasco sauce and black pepper. Add bell pepper just before serving. Serve with cream puffs.

This meal costs about 45› per serving.

From <A Taste of Louisiana>. Downloaded from Glen's MM Recipe Archive, .