International Recipes

Chicken Fricassee (Fricassee de Poulet)

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Yield: 6 to 8 servings

Ingredients

  • 2 medium carrots, sliced
  • 1 medium onion, sliced
  • 1 stalk celery, sliced
  • 4 tablespoons butter
  • 1 (2 1/2 to 3 pound) broiler-fryer chicken, cut up
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • 2 tablespoons instant chicken bouillon
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 bouquets garni
  • 16 small white onions
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 8 ounces fresh mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 2 egg yolks
  • 1/2 cup whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons minced parsley
  • Hot cooked rice or noodles

Instructions

  1. Cook and stir carrots, sliced onion and celery in 4 tablespoons butter in a Dutch oven until onions are tender; push to side.
  2. Add chicken; cook uncovered until light brown, about 10 minutes.
  3. Add water, 1/2 cup of the wine, bouillon, salt and 1 Bouquet Garni. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer until thickest pieces of chicken are done, about 40 minutes.
  4. Heat onions, 2 tablespoons butter, remaining wine and 1 bouquet garni to boiling; reduce heat. Cover and simmer until onions are tender, about 25 minutes.
  5. Remove chicken and onions to warm platter with slotted spoon.
  6. Strain bouillon and onion liquid together; discard bouquets garni, carrots, onion and celery slices. Skim fat.
  7. Add mushrooms and lemon juice and heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered until reduced to 2 1/2 cups.
  8. Mix egg yolks and whipping cream.
  9. Beat 1 cup hot broth by tablespoonsful into whipping cream mixture.
  10. Beat in remaining broth. Heat to boiling, stirring constantly. Boil and stir 1 minute: pour over chicken and onions.
  11. Sprinkle with parsley.
  12. Serve with rice or hot buttered noodles.


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