Melt two tablespoons butter; add two tablespoons flour, one cup cream, one half teaspoon salt. Add one cup each of cold cooked chicken, cut in pieces, and cooked mushrooms, also cut in pieces.
Serve very hot on buttered toast. A few drops of Tabasco may be added.
Curried Chicken
Add one tablespoon curry powder to [Chicken à la Crême].
Chicken with Hard-cooked Eggs
Cut four hard-cooked eggs in slices, add to two cups creamed chicken with two tablespoons sherry.
Béchamel Eggs
Two cups [Béchamel Sauce], mixed with four hard-cooked eggs, cut in slices; one half cup sautéd mushrooms. Cook all together five minutes; serve on hot toast.