GERMAN CHICKEN RECIPES: FRICASSEE RECIPE - (4.3/5)

German Chicken Recipes: Fricassee Recipe - (4.3/5) image

Provided by Thom7747

Number Of Ingredients 17

Ingredients

For the Fricassee:
fresh or frozen chicken (weight 1-3 pounds)
1/2 celery root, 2 carrots, 2 celery sticks, 1 leek
1 onion
2 bay leaves
2 cloves
2 liter purified water
100 g butter
3 tbsp flour
1 small jar white asparagus, whole or in pieces, 10 thin green asparagus, frozen or jar
frozen peas (or fresh)
2 small cans mushrooms
2 egg yolks
1/2 lemon
100 ml heavy cream
salt, pepper, nutmeg to taste
1/2 lemon

Steps:

Soup: - wash the chicken, dry it and put it a pan that is big enough for 2-3 liter liquid - add 2 liter cold water and bring it to a boil. - cut celery root in cubes, cut carrots in 2-3 pieces. - add the celery, the root, carrots, bay leaves to the broth. - cut the onion in 2 pieces, in every piece stick a clove, add it to the soup. - let it simmer for 1-2 hours or until chicken meat is tender. Fricassee: - take the cooked chicken out of the broth, drain it through a a sieve. Keep 1 liter for the fricassee. - Remove all the nice looking meat from the bones (don't use the skin, or dark brown pieces); cut bigger pieces into smaller pieces. - Drain mushrooms and asparagus. If you use frozen asparagus break the frozen asparagus in small pieces. - Add butter in an extra pan and on reduced heat, mix in the flour while stirring until the flour has a golden yellow color. The butter should not become brown. - Very slowly add the chicken broth, first a little bit, then more and more while whisking it. You want to avoid clumping. - Let it simmer for 10 minutes on low heat while stirring frequently. - Add chicken meat, asparagus, peas and mushrooms to the sauce. - Now add the yolk into the milk, and mix it carefully into the fricassee mix. Important: The sauce should not be boiling hot. Let it cool off a bit before adding the yolk/milk mix, and don't bring it to a boil again. - Squeeze the lemon and and add the juice to the sauce. Spice it with salt and pepper and nutmeg to taste. You can also add additional lemon juice if you think it needs more. You should taste the juice a bit.