Bechamel Sauce

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 tablespoons flour (all-purpose)
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 1/4 cups chicken broth
• 2 egg yolks (beaten)
• 4 teaspoons lemon juice

Recipe

• 1 in a saucepan melt the butter.
• 2 stir in the flour and salt.
• 3 add the chicken broth all at once.
• 4 cook and stir until the mixture is bubbly.
• 5 combine the egg yolks and lemon juice.
• 6 stir about half of the hot mixture into the egg yolk mixture.
• 7 return to the remaining hot mixture in the saucepan.
• 8 cook and stir sauce 2 minutes more.
• 9 makes 1 1/2 cups of sauce.