Turkey A La King, sort of

I looked up the recipes on line but boy do they use a lot of butter. I don't remember my mom using that much butter. Actually she probably used margarine. I thought she just made a white sauce and put a small can of mushrooms and a small jar of pimientos in.

This is how I made it but next time I'm cutting the butter down to 1/2 tablespoon. I didn't have any mushrooms or pimientos on hand so didn't put them in. I also didn't have milk or chicken stock so just used yogurt and water.

Melt in pan

• 1/4 cup butter (Probably could use a lot less, like 1/2 tablespoon.)

Saute in butter (Cut & chop as you go)

• 1 large onion
• 1 carrot 
• probably could add some raw mushrooms here but I didn't have any.
• 1 celery stalk
• 1/2 green pepper
• 1 small sweet red pepper
• 1 garlic clove

Then add

• 1/4 cup flour
• salt (about 1 teaspoon)
• fresh ground black pepper

Slowly add

• 6 oz yogurt
• 12 - 18 oz water

Bring to a boil and cook about 2 minutes or so until it thickens. Stir occasionally so it doesn't burn

Add and heat through

• 1 - 2 cups Turkey pieces, broken in large pieces or coarsely chopped
• My husband added some frozen corn at this point. Hominy might be a good addition too.

We served it like this;
Toasted bread with a handful or so of salad on top, then covered with Turkey A La King (Also known as Smooey on Toast)