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Chicken Fricassee

Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 3 hours
Total Time 3 hours 30 minutes
Servings 10

Ingredients
  

  • 4-5 # of cut up Chicken I like boneless thighs
  • 1 Yellow Onion diced
  • 1 Green Bell Pepper diced
  • 2 Stalks Celery diced
  • Creole Seasoning
  • Garlic Powder
  • Flour for dusting
  • 1 stick butter
  • 2/3 cup peanut oil
  • 1 cup flour
  • 4 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 quart chicken stock
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tsp black pepper
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 can sliced mushrooms with juice.
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 1 bunch green onions sliced
  • 1 Tbsp dried parsley or ¼ cup chopped fresh parsley
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 9 cups of cooked white rice

Instructions
 

  • Prep your vegetables and put together in a bowl
  • Season your chicken, both sides, with Creole Seasoning plus some garlic powder.
  • Powder the chicken with the flour, using a mesh strainer or flour sifter.
  • Heat a large pot or Dutch oven, add the stick of butter until it melts.
  • Fry your chicken starting with the skin down.
  • When the chicken is brown on both sides, remove it to a plate.
  • In the same pot, make your roux from 2/3 cup of oil and 1 cup of flour. Stir continuously until it reaches a peanut butter color.
  • Turn off the heat under the roux and add the onion, bell pepper and celery. Stir until the vegetables are soft. Add the garlic and stir through.
  • Add the chicken stock, a little at a time and blending it until smooth.
  • Add the salt, black pepper, bay leaf and mushrooms to the pot.
  • Add 1 cup of hot water and stir through until smooth. If the roux breaks up a little don’t worry because it will come back together during cooking.
  • Add the chicken to the pot, making sure the pieces are covered, and bring this back to a boil.
  • Preheat your oven to 250 degrees and put the fricassee in the oven to simmer for 1-2 hours.
  • Remove from the oven. Add more water if it’s too thick. Stir in the green onions, parsley and the sour cream.
  • Serve over white rice and top with hot sauce; bacon green beans make a great a side dish.

Notes

After the long slow cook, the chicken will shred in the pot just by stirring it.