Fricassee Of Chicken A La Berrichonne Recipes

CHICKEN FRICASSEE

Steps:

• Prepare all your ingredients first.
• Break down the chicken and season it with some salt and pepper (save the wings and back bone to make homemade chicken stock). Click here for instructions and a video on how to break down a whole chicken.
• Chop the vegetables and set it aside. Measure remaining ingredients and set them aside as well.
• Preheat a large, 12-inch, skillet or a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
• Melt butter and sear chicken on both sides until golden brown. Take it out and set aside.
• Add onion, carrots, and celery to the pan and let them sear as well.
• Once you got some golden color on the vegetables, add mushrooms and cook until mushrooms are softened.
• Lower the heat to medium and sprinkle flour over the vegetables and stir to coat them evenly.
• Pour in white wine while slowly stirring and mixing the vegetables.
• Pour in chicken stock and add seasoning.
• Nestle chicken back into the pan, cover, and cook on low heat for about 30 minutes. Chicken should reach 165° internal temperature. Make sure to take the temperature of the thickest piece of chicken.
• Once chicken is done, pour in heavy whipping cream and gently mix it in. Bring everything to simmer and take off heat!
• Enjoy this dish with a side of fluffy rice!

CHICKEN FRICASSEE (FRICASSEE DE POULET A L'ANCIENNE)

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.

FRICASSEE OF CHICKEN A LA BERRICHONNE

Steps:

• Cut the chicken into 2 inches pieces. Brown carrots cut into 1 cm large pieces on butter In a pan.
• Drain them and than brown chicken in same butter. Add 1 cup chicken stock, the carrots a "bouquet garni" (thyme, sage, cloves, bay leaf), some salt and pepper. Bring to the boil, reduce the heat, cover the pan and cook gently for 45 minutes.
• Remove the chicken pieces and keep them hot.
• Mix 2 egg yolks with a pinch of caster (superfine) sugar and 200 g double (heavy) cream, 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar, and a few drops of a chicken stock.
• Pour into the pan and mix with the pan juices. Heat it without boiling (not over 74°C) so that sauce thickens a little.
• Serve the chicken coated with the sauce and sprinkled with chopped parsley.

CHICKEN FRICASSEE

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.