Chicken Fricassee Recipes

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• Heat a skillet over medium-high heat and add the almonds and toast swirling the pan until golden. Remove almonds and set aside, reserve skillet.
• Season the chicken all over with salt and pepper. Dredge the chicken in flour and shake off any excess. Heat the oil and butter in the skillet over medium high heat. Cook the chicken on both sides until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Transfer to a dish and set aside.
• Add the onion, bell pepper, garlic, curry powder, thyme, and cayenne to the pan. Stir to loosen up the brown bits on the bottom of the pan. Cook until the vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and nestle the chicken pieces in the sauce, bring the sauce up to a simmer and then transfer to the oven and cook until the chicken is cooked through and tender, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Remove skillet from the oven and transfer chicken to a serving dish. Spoon any oil off the surface of the sauce and discard. Bring the sauce to a simmer over medium heat, add the currants and simmer to thicken slightly. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Spoon the sauce over the chicken and scatter the toasted almonds on top. Serve with a dollop of cool yogurt and herb sauce.
• In a bowl combine the first 4 ingredients, season with salt and pepper, to taste.

Steps:

• Put the chicken in a large pot with broth, onion, celery, bay leaf, seasoned salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 40 to 45 minutes or until chicken is tender. Thicken liquid in pot with flour mixed with 3 tablespoons water. Simmer for a few minutes more. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring.
• Dumpling Batter: Into a large bowl sift together the cake flour, baking powder and salt, and using a fork or pastry blender cut in vegetable shortening. Add parsley and green onion tops. In a separate bowl beat egg with milk. Stir wet ingredients into dry and blend together into a drop biscuit batter. Drop batter by teaspoonful onto simmering chicken. Cover pot and steam for 10 minutes, or until dumplings test clean with a toothpick. Garnish with parsley.

Steps:

• Step 1: In a casserole or skillet, cook the carrots and onion in butter for 5 minutes over moderate heat. Cut the chiken in about 10 pieces. Add the cut-up chicken in the skillet. Turn it every minute for 4 minutes until slightly golden yellow.
• Step 2: Lower heat, cover and cook very slowly. Turn the chicken once while cooking.
• Step 3: Add salt, pepper and flour on both sides of the chicken. Cover and cook slowly for 4 to 5 minutes. And turn the chicken once during the process.
• Step 4: Remove from heat. Boil the bouillon/stock and pour in over the chicken. Add the wine, parsley and just enough bouillon/stock or water to cover the chicken. Bring to the simmer. Cover and maintain for 30 minutes.
• Step 5: Cook the mushrooms in butter with a drop of lemon juice. Retrieve the cooking juice of both the mushrooms and chicken. Simmer the cooking juice in a casserole for 3 minutes. Remove the fat from it. Then raise heat and boil, stir it well until the sauce reduces itself, enough to get 2 1/2 cups from it.
• Step 6: Blend the egg yolks and cream. While beating it, add the sauce very slowly. Pour the sauce in the casserole again and cook at medium to high heat. Stir the sauce all the way. Boil for 1 minute. Add a drop of lemon juice and salt & pepper.
• Step 7: Pour the sauce over the chicken and vegetabbles. Heat the chicken fricassee if needed. Add butter before serving.
• Wine suggestion: Red Bordeaux wine or Saint Chinian, Rosé from Provence, Vouvray white wine.

Steps:

• Heat the olive oil and butter in a large Dutch oven over high heat. Add the chicken a few pieces at a time and brown on all sides. As they brown, sprinkle with salt and pepper and transfer to a platter.
• Add the onions to the pot and cook over medium heat to soften. Add the celery and garlic and cook until they turn a rich brown, about 5 minutes. Add the tomatoes and cook, stirring, for 3 more minutes. Deglaze with vermouth, then add the chicken broth and thyme. Return the chicken to the pot and bring to a simmer. Lower the heat, then cover and simmer for 45 minutes. Add the roasted peppers and pasilla, then cover and cook until the chicken is fork-tender and the thigh bones are loose, an additional 30 minutes.

Steps:

• Saute chicken and sausage in a large skillet for 4 to 5 minutes. Remove meat from skillet, add green onions and onion and saute until soft. Set aside.
• To Make Roux: In a small saucepan stir together oil and flour over low heat; cook until color is caramel and mixture is reduced to 1 cup of roux. Set aside.
• Put water in a large pot. Add the chicken, sausage, onion mixture, celery, seasoning, cayenne pepper, salt, ground black pepper and garlic. Bring all to a boil and cook for 20 minutes. Add 1/2 cup roux and stir together; the mixture should have the consistency of chowder. If necessary, add the remaining 1/2 cup roux.
• Reduce heat to medium low and simmer uncovered for 2 hours, stirring occasionally. Serve hot over rice, if desired.

Steps:

• In large heavy pot heat oil over medium heat.
• Dredge chicken parts in flour and brown on all sides in hot oil, removing after browning.
• Add 2 Tbsp flour and and cook, stirring constantly, until light brown (the color of peanut butter).
• Add onions and cook, stirring, until they are soft.
• Add the remaining ingredients and browned chicken and cook, covered, over low heat for 45 minutes to 1 hour, stirring occasionally to prevent sticking.

Steps:

• Spray crock pot with non-stick cooking spray.
• Place chicken in crock pot.
• Mix remaining ingredients together and pour over chicken.
• Cover and cook on low 6-8 hours.
• One hour before serving, prepare chive dumplings: Mix dry ingredients and shortening.
• Add chives and milk, combine well.
• Drop by teaspoonful onto hot chicken and gravy.
• Cover and cook on high for 45-60 minutes.
• Serve with mashed potatoes and vegetables, or over hot, cooked noodles.

Steps:

• Combine flour, salt, pepper, sage, marjoram, and paprika in a bowl; mix well.
• Set aside the back, neck, and giblets of the chicken to be used for soup or frozen for later use.
• Dredge remaining chicken pieces in flour.
• Shake off excess flour and place on a rack. Reserve any remaining flour.
• Heat oil to 325ºF in a large skillet with a tightly-fitting lid.
• Add dredged chicken and fry 10 to 15 minutes until golden brown, turning occasionally.
• Remove chicken to platter and keep warm.
• Reduce heat to medium.
• Pour off all except 2 tablespoons of the oil from the skillet.
• Add 2 tablespoons of the reserved flour mixture to the skillet and cook, stirring frequently, until the flour turns golden brown.
• Add the onions and mushrooms and continue to cook, stirring constantly, until the onions are translucent.
• Pour in the chicken broth and white wine.
• Bring back to a boil while scraping cooked-on bits from the bottom of the pan with a spatula.
• Continue to cook, stirring constantly, until sauce starts to thicken.
• Use a whisk to remove lumps if necessary.
• Return the chicken to the pan and reduce heat to low.
• Cover and simmer for for 1 hour.
• Just before serving stir in sour cream and parsley.
• Serve over rice, mashed potatoes, or egg noodles.

Steps:

• In a large Dutch oven, heat the oil. Brown the chicken and set aside.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In the same pan add more oil, if necessary, and add the peppers, onions, and garlic. Cook until the vegetables start to soften and caramelize, about 5 minutes. Add the ground cumin, coriander, and cayenne. Cook for another 5 minutes. Remove the pepper mixture and puree until smooth in a food processor and set aside.
• In the same pan, add the chicken back in, along with the malanga, green plantain, and calabaza. Pour in the chicken stock and the pureed pepper mixture (sofrito). Cover and cook in the oven until the chicken is falling off the bone and the vegetables are tender, about 1 hour.
• Serve garnished with chopped cilantro.

Steps:

• In a resealable plastic bag, combine 2-1/4 teaspoons flour, salt, pepper and thyme. Add chicken and shake to coat. In a small skillet, brown chicken in butter. Remove chicken and set aside. In same skillet, saute the mushrooms, onion and celery until crisp-tender. Return chicken to the pan. Add water and bay leaf. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30-35 minutes or until chicken juices run clear, turning occasionally., Place remaining flour mixture in a bowl; stir in milk until smooth. Stir into pan juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Discard bay leaf. Sprinkle with parsley.

Steps:

• cut the chicken breasts into long strips about a cm wide.
• Then toss them into flour until fully covered.
• dice the onion and mushrooms
• heat the butter in a frying pan and cook the onions until soft.
• Add the mushrooms to the onions and cook for 3-4 minutes
• add the chicken, cook until brown all over.
• pour in the white wine and boil to burn off the alcohol. add the sprig of thyme and cumin & salt and peper to taste.
• add the chicken stock, bring to the boil and simmer for 20 minutes
• remove from the heat and add the double cream, return to the heat and warm through taking care not to boil.
• serve on a bed of rice.

Steps:

• Brown ChickenSeason chicken on both sides with 1 tablespoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Preheat a Dutch oven or other large heavy pot over medium-high heat. Add 2 tablespoons butter and the oil to pot. When butter melts and foam subsides, add half the chicken, skin side down, in a single layer; do not crowd pot. (If butter begins to blacken, lower heat.) Fry chicken, turning once, until golden brown on both sides, about 10 minutes total, and transfer to a plate. Repeat with remaining chicken.
• Saute MirepoixReduce heat to medium, and add mirepoix (onion, carrot, and celery) to pot, scraping up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Saute mirepoix, stirring occasionally, until soft and golden brown in places, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Cook Mushrooms and FlourAdd mushrooms, and cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms darken, become glossy, and begin to release liquid, 4 to 5 minutes. Stir in flour, and cook until flour is absorbed by vegetables and is no longer visible, about 1 minute.
• Pour in Wine and BrothAdd wine to pot, and bring to a boil, stirring until liquid just thickens, about 45 seconds. Add broth, and stir.
• Simmer ChickenPlace chicken, skin side up, in a single layer on vegetables; pour juices that have accumulated on plate into pot. Tie parsley sprigs, thyme sprigs, and bay leaf together with kitchen twine; add to pot. Bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer. Cover partially. Cook until internal temperature of thickest part of chicken registers 165 degrees, 25 to 30 minutes. Transfer chicken to a clean plate. Simmer liquid, uncovered, until reduced slightly, about 5 minutes. Discard herbs.
• Make and Add LiaisonTo make the liaison (sauce thickener), whisk together egg yolks and cream in a medium bowl. Whisking constantly, pour 1/2 cup cooking liquid, 1 tablespoon at a time, into liaison to temper it. Stir tempered liaison into pot.
• Finish with Tarragon, Lemon, and ButterReturn chicken to pot. Add tarragon, lemon juice, and the remaining butter. Bring to a simmer, stir gently to combine, and serve.

Steps:

• Mix flour, salt, pepper and poultry seasoning in a shallow dish.
• Put oil in the skillet and heat to 300 degrees F.
• Rinse chicken pieces with water and dredge in flour.
• Place in skillet and brown lightly on one side.
• Turn pieces over and put onion in the skillet around the pieces.
• When lightly brown on the other side, add chicken broth and 1 cup water to skillet.
• Bring to a boil, cover and reduce to a simmer.
• Simmer for 1 1/2 to 2 hours.
• To thicken gravy, mix cornstarch and cold water, and slowly add while stirring.
• Serve with mashed potatoes or rice.