Recipe: Perfect Seafood a la King

Seafood a la King. Although the familiar version of this recipe features chicken, seafood a la king is a delicious way to enjoy fish and shellfish in a delicate, creamy sauce. Tilapia, shrimp, and crab are cooked in a simple white sauce, creating a crowd-pleasing dish that's great for a quick weekday meal or for special occasions. Seafood a la King I like this recipe because it looks fancy yet it's very easy to make.

Refrigerate seafood sauce until serving time, then reheat. Store baked biscuits at room temperature, then warm in the oven or microwave. * Shrimp, lobster, crab meat or any other type seafood may be used. Blend in flour, salt and pepper. You can cook Seafood a la King using 10 ingredients and 7 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Seafood a la King

1. You need 3 tbls of butter.
2. It's 1 cup of chopped onion.
3. It's 3 tbls of flour.
4. You need 2 cups of milk.
5. Prepare 1/2 tsp of salt.
6. It's 1/8 tsp of nutmeg.
7. It's 12 oz of tilapia cut into 2 in pcs.
8. Prepare 6 oz of cooked shrimp.
9. You need 4 oz of imitation crab meat.
10. It's 1 cup of frozen peas.

Slowly add milk, stirring constantly, until smooth and thickened. Gently stir in seafood, green pepper and pimiento. Perhaps the secret to the popularity of the House of á la King is its inclusiveness: be ye fish or fowl, vegetable, waffle or road kill, any and all are easily made presentable at court. Dress yourself in a sherry-laced cream sauce, decorate yourself with some peppers and mushrooms and you're good to go.

Seafood a la King step by step

1. Melt butter in large skillet.
2. Add onions and cook until soft.
3. Add flour and cook 2 - 3 minutes.
4. Add milk slowly whisking until blended.
5. Add seasonings and cook for 2 minutes.
6. Add tilapia and cover with sauce and cook for 5 minutes.
7. Add shrimp, crab and peas and cook until heated through..

It can be made with almost any milk cooked fish. We've enjoyed salmon, sole and leftover whitefish.—Louise Graybiel, Toronto, Ontario Chicken à la King has an unclear origin, but some very clear requirements and this recipe meets them all, including: chicken (of course), creamy sauce, pimientos and cooked vegetables. Blend in flour, salt and pepper. Slowly add milk, stirring constantly, until smooth and thickened. Gently stir in seafood, green pepper and pimiento.