Chicken Fricassee for one

 

This Chicken Fricassee is a great French dish that can be made for one or 20 filled with chicken thighs or breast, veggies and a luscious cream sauce that is to die for.

Ingredients

2 bone-in skin-on chicken pieces (I used thighs)

½ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon black pepper

3 tablespoons salted butter

3 tablespoons oil I use Olive

1 medium yellow onion chopped

2 garlic cloves minced

1 medium carrots diced

1 celery ribs diced

1/2 cup sliced mushrooms

1 teaspoon dried thyme

1 ½ cup chicken stock

2 tablespoons cornstarch

¼ cup heavy cream or half and half

Instructions

Trim off excess fat off 2 bone-in skin-on chicken pieces, ½ teaspoon salt, ¼ teaspoon black pepper

In a skillet, melt butter with oil Brown chicken on both sides, about 5 minutes per side. Remove and put aside

To the pan with fat add onion and sauté until translucent, then add remaining veggies and thyme. Sauté for 5 to 6 minutes.

In a bowl, mix stock with cornstarch. Add to veggies and stir well. Bring mixture to a simmer over medium heat and cook for about 7 minutes then add chicken back to pan. Cover and cook for 30 minutes OR until the internal temperature of the chicken is at least 165° F.

Remove pan from heat. Remove chicken from sauce and add half and half to sauce and stir in well.

Place chicken back in the sauce. Let the dish cool slightly before serving.

Season with salt and pepper. Garnish with chopped parsley. Serve.

Elizabeth Kilbride is a Writer and Editor with forty years of experience in writing with 12 of those years in the online content sphere. Author of 5 books and a Graduate with an Associate of Arts from Phoenix University in Business Management, then a degree. Mass Communication and Cyber Analysis from Ashford University, then on to Walden University for her master’s in criminology with emphasis on Cybercrime and Identity Theft and is currently studying for her Ph.D. degree in Criminology. Her work portfolio includes coverage of politics, current affairs, elections, history, and true crime. Elizabeth is also a gourmet cook, life coach, and avid artist in her spare time, proficient in watercolor, acrylic, oil, pen and ink, Gouche, and pastels. As a political operative having worked on over 300 campaigns during her career, Elizabeth has turned many life events into books and movie scripts while using history to weave interesting storylines. She also runs 7 blogs that range from art to life coaching, to food, to writing, Gardening, and opinion or history pieces each week. 

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