Indulge in the timeless classic, Chicken Fricassee with Chive Dumplings, a delectable dish that has stood the test of time. Originating in France, this hearty and flavorful stew is a testament to the culinary prowess of French cuisine. Succulent pieces of chicken are lovingly simmered in a rich, savory broth infused with aromatic vegetables, creating a symphony of flavors that warm the soul. As the chicken tenderizes, it releases its natural juices, mingling with the broth and vegetables to form a delectable elixir that is both comforting and invigorating.
Accompanying the chicken fricassee are delicate chive dumplings, a delightful addition that elevates the dish to new heights. These dumplings, crafted with a combination of flour, butter, and chives, are light and fluffy, with a subtle hint of oniony flavor. When dropped into the simmering broth, they gently cook, absorbing the flavorful essence of the stew while maintaining their delicate texture.
This comprehensive guide provides two variations of the classic chicken fricassee with chive dumplings recipe, catering to both traditionalists and those seeking a modern twist. The first recipe adheres to the timeless tradition, utilizing simple yet effective techniques to create an authentic French fricassee. The second recipe introduces a contemporary flair, incorporating a medley of fresh herbs and white wine to impart an extra layer of depth and complexity to the dish.
Whether you are a seasoned cook or a culinary novice, this detailed guide will equip you with the knowledge and confidence to prepare this classic dish in your own kitchen. Embark on a culinary journey through time as you savor the exquisite flavors of chicken fricassee with chive dumplings, a dish that promises to delight your palate and transport you to a realm of culinary bliss.
CHICKEN FRICASSEE WITH DUMPLINGS
If your family is craving old-fashioned comfort food, give this recipe a try. With plenty of chicken, veggies and dumplings on top, it's a complete meal in one.-Lena Hrynyk, Sherwood Park, Alberta
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h45m
Yield 6-8 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 20
Steps:
- Place the bay leaf, peppercorns and cloves on a double thickness of cheesecloth; bring up corners of cloth and tie with string to form a bag. Set aside. In a large resealable bag, combine flour, salt and marjoram. Add chicken, a few pieces at a time, and shake to coat., In a Dutch oven, brown chicken in butter in batches. Remove and keep warm. In the drippings, saute the carrots, onions and celery for 5-6 minutes or until onions begin to brown. , Stir in the broth, water and spice bag. Bring to a boil; add chicken. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 40 minutes or until chicken juices run clear. Discard spice bag., For dumplings, in a small bowl, combine biscuit mix and chives. Combine egg and milk; add to biscuit mix just until moistened. Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto simmering chicken mixture. Cook, uncovered, for 10 minutes. Cover and cook 10 minutes longer or until a toothpick inserted into dumplings comes out clean., Using a slotted spoon, carefully remove chicken and dumplings; keep warm. Combine flour and cream until smooth; stir into cooking juices. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Serve with chicken and dumplings.
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CHICKEN FRICASSEE WITH HERB DUMPLINGS
An easy, thrifty recipe using Bisquick that I found in a little booklet I forgot I had. It's titled Strictly Thrifty Menus from Betty Crocker. I'm putting them all on here for safe keeping.
Provided by CJAY8248
Categories Chicken
Time 1h40m
Yield 1 chicken, 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Blend 1 cup baking mix, salt, pepper, and paprika; coat chicken pieces.
- Cook chicken in shortening and butter in skillet until light brown. Remove chicken and drain fat.
- Mix soup and 1 1/2 cups milk in skillet; add chicken pieces. Cover and heat to boiling. Cook over low heat about 45 minutes or until chicken is tender.
- Stir 2 cups baking mix, 2/3 cup milk, parsley flakes and poultry seasoning to a soft dough.
- Drop dough by spoonfuls onto hot soup mixture. Cook uncovered over low heat 10 minutes; cover and cook 10 minutes longer.
- Serve with tossed salad and apple pandowdy.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 1378.8, Fat 84.6, SaturatedFat 26.2, Cholesterol 289.4, Sodium 2985.9, Carbohydrate 72.7, Fiber 2.3, Sugar 11.7, Protein 77.3
CHICKEN FRICASSEE WITH DUMPLINGS
Steps:
- Put the chicken in a large pot with broth, onion, celery, bay leaf, seasoned salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, reduce heat and simmer for 40 to 45 minutes or until chicken is tender. Thicken liquid in pot with flour mixed with 3 tablespoons water. Simmer for a few minutes more. Add a few drops of yellow food coloring.
- Dumpling Batter: Into a large bowl sift together the cake flour, baking powder and salt, and using a fork or pastry blender cut in vegetable shortening. Add parsley and green onion tops. In a separate bowl beat egg with milk. Stir wet ingredients into dry and blend together into a drop biscuit batter. Drop batter by teaspoonful onto simmering chicken. Cover pot and steam for 10 minutes, or until dumplings test clean with a toothpick. Garnish with parsley.
CHICKEN FRICASSEE WITH DUMPLINGS
This is a bit time consuming, but I thought it was worth it! There's not really any chopping so that saves time. It's not as hard as it looks to make. We all loved this, even the kids. I prepared this in my electric skillet. Prep and cook times are approximate. Note: To fricasse a broiler-fryer chicken, select 3-4 pound broiler-fryer chicken and cook slowly 45 minutes or until fork-tender.
Provided by keen5
Categories Chicken
Time 4h10m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 15
Steps:
- Wash chicken pieces and pat dry.
- Mix 1 cup flour, the salt, pepper and paprika.
- Coat chicken with flour mixture.
- Heat thin layer of shortening or salad oil in large skillet; brown chicken on all sides.
- Drain off and reserve fat.
- To chicken in skillet, add water and if desired, chopped onion, lemon juice or herbs, such as rosemary or thyme leaves.
- Cover tightly; cook chicken slowly 2 1/2 to 3 1/2 hours or until fork tender, adding more water if necessary.
- Remove chicken to warm platter; keep warm.
- Pour off and reserve liquid in skillet.
- To make gravy; heat 3 tblsp reserved fat in skillet.
- Blend in 3 tblsp flour.
- Cook over low heat, stirring until mixture is smooth and bubbly.
- Remove from heat.
- Add enough milk to reserved liquid to measure 3 cups; pour into skillet.
- Heat to boiling, stirring constantly.
- Boil and stir 1 minute.
- Return chicken to gravy.
- Prepare dough for Dumplings; drop by spoonfuls onto hot chicken.
- Cook uncovered 10 minutes; cover and cook 20 minutes longer.
- To make Dumplings: Measure flour, baking powder and salt into bowl.
- If desired, add 3 tblsp snipped chives.
- Cut in shortening thoroughly until mixture looks like meal.
- Stir in milk.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 807.9, Fat 49.5, SaturatedFat 14, Cholesterol 148.6, Sodium 1349, Carbohydrate 45, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 0.3, Protein 42.6
CHICKEN FRICASSEE AND DUMPLINGS (LIGHTER VERSION)
This version of chicken fricassee was a family favorite growing up. I lightened it up a little, and now it is a favorite with my husband and son. I don't make it often, since even with my adaptations it's still pretty high in fat. But I do make it a few times a year--it's so satisfying in cold weather! I usually make double the gravy and 1-1.5 times the dumplings. It reheats tolerably well, although the dumplings will soak up the gravy like a sponge (which is why I double the gravy). This is my single exception to my "no baking mix" rule! I don't recommend using skinless chicken; the browning and simmering will make the chicken tough without the skin to protect it.
Provided by Halcyon Eve
Categories Chicken
Time 1h30m
Yield 6-8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Combine 1 cup Bisquick, salt, pepper, and paprika in a gallon-size ziplock bag. Add chicken pieces, seal, and shake to coat.
- In a very large, deep skillet or saute pan (one that has a lid), heat about 1/4-inch oil over medium-high heat. Add chicken pieces and cook until golden brown, turning at least once. Remove chicken to a paper-towel lined dish.
- Drain fat from skillet. Add soup to skillet and gradually stir in 1 1/2 cups milk until smooth. Replace chicken, cover skillet, and bring just to boiling. Reduce heat and simmer gently over low heat for 45 minutes or until chicken is tender.
- Blend together 2 cups Bisquick, 2/3 cup milk, parsley, and poultry seasoning.
- Remove lid and drop dough by spoonfuls onto hot gravy (try not to overlap spoonfuls of dough).
- Cook uncovered for about 10 minutes, or until top of dumplings looks set (not wet and doughy). Replace lid and cook an additional 10 minutes or until dumplings are cooked through.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 230.6, Fat 14.6, SaturatedFat 4.2, Cholesterol 80.7, Sodium 117.7, Carbohydrate 4.5, Fiber 0.1, Sugar 4.5, Protein 19.3
CHICKEN FRICASSEE WITH VERMOUTH
This is an elegant, velvety take on a traditional skillet-supper, perfect with a mound of fluffy white rice. Cooking this fricassee with the aperitif known as dry vermouth instead of the more traditional white wine results in a slightly sweeter and more aromatic sauce than you would ordinarily get. (White vermouth is composed of, among other things, white wine plus a bit of sugar, herbs and plants and, at times, the bark of trees.) But white wine will work as well.
Provided by Craig Claiborne And Pierre Franey
Categories dinner, times classics, main course
Time 1h30m
Yield 4 to 6 servings
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper to taste.
- Heat the butter in a skillet and add the chicken pieces skin side down. Cook over moderate heat about one minute without browning.
- Scatter the onion over all and cook 30 seconds. Add the garlic and stir it around. Cook the chicken about four minutes, turning the pieces often in the butter.
- Sprinkle the flour over all, turning the pieces so that they are evenly coated. Add the vermouth, chicken broth, bay leaf and thyme. Cover and cook over moderate heat about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile, bring two batches of water to the boil for the carrots and leeks. Drop the carrots into one batch, the leeks in the other. Let the carrots simmer about one minute and drain. Let the leeks simmer about four minutes.
- When the chicken has cooked for a total of 30 minutes (start to finish), add the carrots, leeks and cream. Let simmer about two minutes. Serve with rice.
Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 501, UnsaturatedFat 18 grams, Carbohydrate 11 grams, Fat 35 grams, Fiber 2 grams, Protein 30 grams, SaturatedFat 14 grams, Sodium 647 milligrams, Sugar 3 grams, TransFat 0 grams
Tips:
- Make sure to use a heavy-bottomed pot or Dutch oven for the fricassee, as this will help to prevent the chicken from sticking and burning.
- Sear the chicken before adding the other ingredients. This will help to brown the chicken and add flavor.
- Use a variety of vegetables in the fricassee. This will add color, flavor, and nutrients to the dish.
- Be careful not to overcook the chicken. It should be cooked through but still tender and juicy.
- Serve the fricassee with egg noodles, mashed potatoes, or rice.
- For the chive dumplings, make sure to use fresh chives. This will give the dumplings the best flavor.
- Be careful not to overmix the dumpling batter. Overmixing will make the dumplings tough.
- Drop the dumplings into the simmering fricassee by spoonfuls. Do not crowd the dumplings in the pot, or they will not cook evenly.
- Cook the dumplings for about 10 minutes, or until they are cooked through.
- Serve the fricassee and dumplings hot.
Conclusion:
Chicken fricassee with chive dumplings is a classic comfort food dish that is perfect for a cold winter day. The fricassee is made with tender chicken, vegetables, and a creamy sauce, while the chive dumplings add a light and fluffy texture. This dish is sure to please everyone at the table.
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