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Classic chicken fricasse with mushrooms

Classic chicken fricasse with mushrooms

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A slow-cooked chicken stew in a creamy sauce made with chicken stock, shallots, and mushrooms, thickened with cream and egg yolk: a classic chicken pot pi…

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Recipe from Rrmsjp, Edmenb, Ezarate and 1 other contributors (Wikibooks), adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Chicken stew is a classic dish from traditional French cuisine. The chicken simmers in a chicken broth, then is coated in a sauce made with egg yolks and cream.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time1 hr 30 min
  • Total2 hr
  • DifficultyHard
  • CostBudget
  • Cooking methodnibbling
  • Estimated cost$7.07 $1.18 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 7, 2026.

Ingredients

6 people
  • $4.40
  • $0.74
  • $0.11
  • $0.44
  • $0.23
  • $0.68
  • $0.08
  • $0.18
  • $0.21

Prices from US supermarkets for 6 of 9 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Wash the chicken, cut it into eight pieces, and season it. ≈ 8 min
  2. Wash and disinfect the vegetables. ≈ 2 min
  3. Chop the onion into a brunoise (small, uniform dice). ≈ 8 min
  4. Blanch the shallots in cold water and set aside.
  5. Cut the mushrooms into quarters and set aside. ≈ 8 min
  6. Melt the finely chopped shallots in 10g of butter for 5 minutes.
  7. Add the chicken and cook for another 5 minutes.
  8. Pour the hot chicken stock over the vegetables and simmer for 30 minutes.
  9. Once the chicken is cooked, strain the broth, remove the onion, and set aside the chicken and the cooking broth.
  10. Prepare a puree using the remaining butter, flour, and cooking broth, then let it simmer for 20 minutes.
  11. Sauté the mushrooms in 10g of butter.
  12. Season with salt, pepper, and lemon juice, deglaze with white wine, and add the pearl onions. ≈ 2 min
  13. Add the chicken to the sauce with the garnish (pearl onions and mushrooms), and bind with the liaison. Then, adjust the seasoning. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Classic chicken fricasse with mushrooms

  • 1 liter of chicken stock$4.40
  • 80 g of butter$0.74
  • 80 grams of flour$0.11
  • 300 g of onion$0.44
  • 150 g of shallots$0.23
  • 150 g of mushrooms$0.68
  • 10 grams of salt$0.08
  • 50 ml of white wine$0.18
  • a few drops of lemon juice$0.21

Total$7.07

that's $1.18 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Ingredients

  • 1 chicken
  • 1 liter of chicken stock
  • 80 g of butter
  • 80 grams of flour
  • 300 g of onion
  • 150 g of shallots
  • 150 g of mushrooms
  • 100 ml of liaison (egg yolk and cream)
  • 10 grams of salt
  • A pinch of pepper
  • 50 ml of white wine
  • a few drops of lemon juice

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