Ham a La King
"A great recipe for leftover ham. Serve it over buttered toast or leftover mashed potatoes for a quick and easy meal."
photo by berry271
- Ready In:
- 35mins
- Ingredients:
- 11
- Serves:
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4
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 2 tablespoons grated onions
- 1⁄4 cup finely chopped celery
- 1⁄4 cup flour
- 2 cups milk
- 1 cup diced cooked ham
- 1⁄2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 2 teaspoons prepared mustard
- 1 cup cooked peas
- 1 (2 ounce) jar pimientos, drained and chopped
- salt and pepper
directions
- Melt butter in a heavy saucepan, sauté onion and celery over medium heat for 5 minutes.
- Add the flour and stir until incorporated.
- Slowly add the milk stirring constantly until smooth and thickened, add more milk if the sauce becomes too thick.
- Add remaining ingredients and cook over low heat, stirring frequently until heated through.
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We liked this recipe. I decreased the peas, and added asparagus tips. Also added about a cup of sautéed Baby Bellas and two hard boiled eggs. This is the way my mom made (either) Chicken/Ham Ala King. I omitted the Piementos and celery, and added a rounded TLB of coarse mustard. Mustard and Ham go together well. We felt it gave it just a little kick, that perhaps some folks are stating it misses. -
I have always served this over mashed potatoes. It's a nice way to make instant potatoes (If you don't have leftovers of the real thing on hand) a little more "special." It is a very comforting and tasty dish. I have even made a "prep ahead cassarole" version to take as a meal to a friend. To do this I made the potatoes and lined the bottom of a 9 by 13 dish with them, and then made the sauce and poured it on top of the potatoes. It warms up in a cassarole dish in about 20-30 minutes at 350. -
I diced an entire onion, two stalks of celery, subbed a 14 oz. can chicken broth for the milk (added about a quarter cup of milk as well), increased the worcestershire sauce to 1 tsp. and left out the pimientos...everyone loved it! -
I found it too bland as is but I didn't put in the pimientos so maybe that was it? I added at least a tsp more worcestershire and some salt until I was happy with the flavor. I thought capers might make an interesting addition to replace the pimientos but I'm not sure... -
What an easy and tasty dinner! I served it over texas toast. This was so easy I even made a seperate 1/2 batch w/o onions and celery for my picky 10 yr old daughter. She loved it! Thank you!!
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