To cook the chicken

• 3 lb (1.5kg) chicken
• 1 carrot quartered
• 1 celery stick roughly chopped
• 1 leek washed and roughly chopped
• 2 garlic cloves
• 1 sprig fresh rosemary
• 4 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns
• 1 teaspoon sea salt flakes

for the Chicken à la King

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 5 tablespoons flour
• 1-2 cups chicken stock chicken's poaching liquid
• 1½ cup cream milk can be substituted.
• 1 onion finely chopped
• 1 celery stalk finely chopped
• carrot finely chopped
• 1 red pepper thinly slicedfinely chopped
• 1 yellow pepper finely chopped
• 1 green bell pepper finely chopped
• 4 garlic cloves crushed
• 250 g mushrooms sliced
• 2 tsp fresh thyme
• 1.5 cups frozen peas
• lemon juice to taste
• salt & pepper to taste