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What Is Chicken Fricassee?
In addition to being fun to say, traditional chicken fricassee is meat browned in butter and served in a creamy mushroom sauce so good you’ll want to eat it with a spoon. It’s a great addition to some of our other easy classic chicken recipes like Chicken Cacciatore, French Onion Chicken and Creamy Tarragon Chicken. Believe us when we tell you that you’ll want to serve Classic Mashed Potatoes (or Couscous or White Rice) with this.
Ingredients For Easy Chicken Fricassee
Chicken–chicken drumsticks and skin-on chicken thighs
Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
Dairy–Salted butter, heavy cream
Cremini mushrooms, yellow onion, garlic
Herbs–Fresh thyme leaves, bay leaves, ground nutmeg, fresh parsley
Dry white wine (like Sauvignon Blanc) or chicken stock
Pantry–Chicken stock, flour
How To Make Homemade Chicken Fricassee
Heat butter in a large pot or braiser, and cook chicken for 3-4 minutes until browned. Using tongs, transfer to a plate.
To the same pot, add the mushrooms and onion and cook, stirring often, until mushrooms are golden and onions are softened, about 7 minutes. Stir in the garlic, thyme, bay leaves, and nutmeg and cook until fragrant, 1 minute.
Make a roux (butter and flour) in the same pot.
Pour in the wine, stirring vigorously, until reduced by a quarter, about 1 minute. Add the chicken stock.
Add the chicken back to the pot, raise the temperature, and cook until the chicken reaches 165°F on an instant-read thermometer. Move the chicken to a serving plate.
Make the sauce. Stir the cream into the pot and increase the heat to medium. Bring to a simmer and cook until the sauce has thickened slightly, 8 to 10 minutes.
Return the chicken to the sauce. Top with the parsley and serve family style.
How to Store + Tips
If you would like to make this recipe using boneless breast or thighs, brown them per recipe, then simmer the sauce with the lid off for 15 minutes (to reduce), then add breast or thigh, and simmer with lid on for 8 to 10 minutes or until the internal temperature of the chicken reaches 165°F on an instant-read thermometer.
While you’re looking for easy weeknight dinner recipes, consider our Baked Chicken Thighs, Butter Lettuce Salad, Mushroom Roundup, Chicken Roundup, Chicken Thigh Roundup for inspo.
Leftovers are good in the fridge for 3-4 days. We don’t recommend freezing this recipe, because the texture will change.
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