Shelly's Recipe

CHICKEN VANDERBILT

Category: Chicken

1/2 cup finely chopped shallots
4 cups finely chopped mushrooms (about a lb)
4 tbsp butter
8 slices cooked chicken breast (get the rotisserie chicken at the grocery store)
8 slices country ham (you should already have one)
1 cup Mornay Sauce
Mornay Sauce
2 tbsp butter
2 tbsp flour
1 cup milk
1 egg yolk
2 tbsp cream (can use milk)
4 tbsp grated Gruyere Cheese (Swiss cheese)

Melt butter; add flour and blend over low heat about 5 minutes. Slowly stir in milk; cook over low heat until thick and smooth. Beat egg yolk with cream or milk; add to sauce mixture, stirring. Stir in cheese until melted. Season with salt and pepper

Saute shallots and mushrooms in butter until soft, adding more butter if necessary; season to taste with salt and pepper. Spread mixture in the bottom of a baking dish. Cover with rows of ham slices topped with chicken breast slices. Pour Mornay sauce over all and bake at 350 until golden brown, about 30 minutes.