In the realm of French cuisine, few dishes evoke a sense of rustic charm and delectable flavors quite like Poulet à la Normande. Originating from the picturesque region of Normandy, this classic dish showcases succulent chicken pieces braised in a rich and flavorful sauce, a symphony of Normandy's bountiful ingredients. The chicken is browned to perfection, then simmered in a luscious sauce made with Normandy cider, crème fraîche, and an array of aromatic vegetables. Apples, a symbol of Normandy's orchards, add a touch of sweetness and a delightful crunch, while mushrooms and bacon contribute savory and earthy notes. The result is a tender and juicy chicken enveloped in a creamy, flavorful sauce that will tantalize your taste buds. So, prepare to embark on a culinary journey to Normandy as we delve into the art of crafting this delectable dish.
Additional Recipes Included:
1. Poulet à la Normande with Calvados: This variation adds a distinctive touch to the classic recipe by incorporating Calvados, a renowned apple brandy from Normandy. The Calvados lends a subtle yet distinct apple flavor to the sauce, enhancing its complexity and depth of flavor.
2. Poulet à la Normande with Apples and Cream: This version places a special emphasis on the harmony between apples and cream. Using a combination of tart and sweet apples, this recipe creates a vibrant and balanced sauce. The addition of cream further enhances the richness and creaminess, resulting in a luscious and elegant dish.
3. Poulet à la Normande with Mustard: For those who enjoy a touch of tanginess, this recipe incorporates Dijon mustard into the sauce. The mustard adds a piquant flavor that beautifully complements the sweetness of the apples and the richness of the cream. This version is sure to tantalize your taste buds with its vibrant and complex flavors.
4. Poulet à la Normande with Herbs de Provence: This variation pays homage to the vibrant herbs of the Provence region. A medley of herbs, including thyme, rosemary, and savory, is incorporated into the sauce, infusing it with a delightful aromatic quality. The herbs add a layer of complexity to the dish, creating a harmonious blend of flavors.
5. Poulet à la Normande with Cider and Bacon: This recipe showcases the perfect marriage of cider and bacon. The cider adds a subtle sweetness and acidity, while the bacon contributes a smoky and savory flavor. The combination of these two ingredients creates a rich and flavorful sauce that perfectly complements the tender chicken.
ESCALOPE DE POULET à LA NORMANDE (CHICKEN NORMANDY)
A wonderfully classic French chicken dish from the Normandy region.
Provided by Sarah | Curious Cuisiniere
Categories Dinner
Time 50m
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- In a large sauté pan with high sides, brown the chicken breasts over medium high heat until lightly golden on all sides. Remove the chicken from the pan and set aside on a plate.
- Add the butter to the pan and reduce the heat to medium. Add the onions and sauté for 4-5 minutes, until golden.
- Add the mushrooms and garlic. Sauté for 2-3 minutes, until the mushrooms are golden.
- Remove the pan from the heat and add the flour. Mix well until the flour is moistened. Return the pan back to the heat.
- Add the stock to de-glaze the skillet, scraping up any stuck bits.
- Add the cider, brandy, and pepper.
- Return the chicken to the pan, nestling them among the onions and mushrooms. Simmer, uncovered for 20 minutes, over medium low heat, until the chicken is cooked.
- After 20 minutes, mix in the cream and the salt. Taste the sauce and adjust the salt and pepper to taste. Simmer, uncovered, for 10-20 minutes over medium low heat until the sauce has thickened to your liking.
CHICKEN NORMANDY
A fall dinner made up of braised chicken, apples, onion, brandy, and cream.
Provided by Beeta @ Mon Petit Four
Categories Main Course
Time 25m
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- To a large pot, heat the oil over medium-high heat. Pat dry the chicken thighs and a pinch of salt and pepper to both sides of the thighs. Carefully place the thighs into the pot and cook each side until browned.
- Remove the chicken thighs from the pot and temporarily set aside on a plate. Add the apple wedges to the pot and sauté for a few minutes until golden and caramelized. Place the apple wedges on a separate plate.
- Turn down the heat to medium. To the pot, add the onions and brandy. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up the browned bits that are stuck to the bottom of the pan. After a few minutes, when the onion has softened, add the garlic and cook for another minute.
- Add the chicken back into the pot and pour in enough apple cider so that the chicken is mostly immersed in the cider, but not completely submerged. Raise the heat to high to bring the cider to a boil. Once it's boiling, turn down the heat to medium and cover the pot with a lid; cook for 5-7 minutes, until the chicken is tender and cooked through.
- Remove the lid from the pot and stir in the cooked apples, mustard, cream, and chopped sage. Allow the mixture to simmer for about 5 to 7 minutes longer, until the sauce has reduced and thickened.
- Serve each chicken thigh with a few apple wedges and some cream sauce poured over it. Enjoy immediately with French bread.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 200 calories, ServingSize 4 Servings
CHICKEN NORMANDY
Chicken browned and braised in apple cider and brandy, cooked with apple slices and onions, served with a cream sauce.
Provided by Elise Bauer
Categories Dinner Chicken Chicken Leg French
Time 1h40m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Sprinkle chicken with salt: Sprinkle salt over the chicken pieces and let sit for 20 minutes at room temperature while you prep the other ingredients and sauté the apples in the next step.
- Deglaze pan with brandy: Add the brandy to the pan. Using a wooden spoon, scrape any remaining browned bits off the bottom of the pan.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 513 kcal, Carbohydrate 35 g, Cholesterol 146 mg, Fiber 3 g, Protein 18 g, SaturatedFat 16 g, Sodium 315 mg, Sugar 24 g, Fat 29 g, ServingSize Serves 4, UnsaturatedFat 0 g
POULET A LA MOUTARDE (CHICKEN IN DIJON MUSTARD SAUCE)
This is a fantastically easy and delicious chicken dish, basically made with onions, white wine, heavy cream and Dijon mustard. Your family will feel like they've had a meal made by an impressive French chef. Serve with rice, pasta, or crunchy French baguettes.
Provided by Diana71
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European French
Time 1h5m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
- Warm oil and butter in a large, ovenproof casserole or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper and place into the pot, skin-side down. Brush thighs with 1/2 the mustard. Cook until skin is golden, 3 to 4 minutes, and turn thighs over. Brush with remaining mustard. Cook 3 to 4 minutes more and transfer thighs to a plate.
- Reduce heat to medium and add sliced onion to the casserole. Cook until nearly clear, 5 to 6 minutes. Pour in wine to deglaze. Increase heat to medium-high and bring to a boil, about 5 minutes. Keep cooking until sauce reduces slightly and no longer smells strongly of alcohol, 3 to 4 minutes more.
- Pour broth and heavy cream into the casserole dish. Scrape the bottom to loosen browned bits. Add bay leaf and thyme. Return chicken to the casserole dish and cover.
- Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and juices run clear, about 40 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 427.9 calories, Carbohydrate 18.9 g, Cholesterol 100.2 mg, Fat 25.6 g, Fiber 5.6 g, Protein 20.8 g, SaturatedFat 10.2 g, Sodium 919.4 mg, Sugar 2.5 g
CHICKEN NORMANDY (ESCALOPE DE POULET A LA NORMANDE)
This is how my mum and grandma make chicken Normandy. The main things in this recipe are to have the chicken breasts really tender and the sauce not too liquidy. Bon appetit!
Provided by CeliaBC
Time 40m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium-high heat. Pan-sear chicken breasts in the hot oil until lightly browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove chicken breasts from the skillet.
- Add drained mushrooms to the pan juices in the skillet and cook until they start to pop, about 5 minutes.
- Whisk together cream, egg yolk, Dijon mustard, salt, and pepper in a small bowl; pour into the skillet with the mushrooms. Return chicken breasts to the skillet and simmer over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally to prevent the egg yolk from setting, until chicken is no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 15 to 20 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the chicken breast should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
- Serve with cooked white rice.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 519.1 calories, Carbohydrate 26.4 g, Cholesterol 213.3 mg, Fat 30.2 g, Fiber 1.1 g, Protein 34 g, SaturatedFat 15.6 g, Sodium 323.2 mg, Sugar 0.7 g
SUPRêME DE VOLAILLE FERMIèRE à LA CRèME (CHICKEN BREAST IN CREAM)
The author Bill Buford adapted this recipe, which he learned while working with the chef Mathieu Viannay at La Mère Brazier in Lyon, France. (Mr. Buford worked with the chef while researching his book "Dirt.") If you just made a batch of chicken stock, there are few better things to do with it than poaching chicken breasts in it. You get two benefits: white meat that is about as moist and tender as possible, and stock that is stronger than when you started, particularly if you poach the entire bird and save the legs for another night. The goal is to keep the liquid well below boiling; it's a stove-top approximation of the sous vide technique.
Provided by Pete Wells
Categories dinner, lunch, poultry, main course
Time 2h
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Set the chicken in a large, deep pot. Add the chicken stock, then add enough water to cover the chicken completely. Heat over high until the temperature of the cooking liquid reaches 160 degrees and is hot enough to steam. Cook the chicken until the inner thighs reach a temperature of 145 degrees, 30 to 40 minutes, monitoring the temperature and reducing the heat as needed throughout the cooking process to make sure the liquid stays under a simmer. Remove chicken from liquid and let rest until cool enough to handle, about 15 minutes.
- While chicken rests, start the sauce: In a medium saucepan, whisk the butter and flour over low heat until the mixture melts into a thick, pale roux, 2 to 3 minutes. Slowly add 3 cups of the hot chicken stock to the roux, whisking constantly over low heat, until roux and the liquid are emulsified. Bring to a simmer and cook, whisking occasionally, until the mixture is reduced to 2 cups, about 15 minutes. (Let the remaining stock cool, then refrigerate or freeze for future use.)
- Meanwhile, remove the legs (they will not be fully cooked) and set them aside for another use (see Note). Carefully remove the skin from the chicken breasts, then, starting with the pointed end of each breast, separate the breasts from the breastbone, with your thumb if possible (or your knife if necessary), gently moving your thumb down the center bone that separates the two breasts on each side. Using a knife, ensure that you remove the rest of the breast meat (including the filets) from the bone without tearing; remove and discard any membranes from the surface of each breast. (The meat nearest the bone might still be slightly uncooked, but it will cook through in Step 6.)
- Whisk the cream into the sauce in the saucepan, and continue to cook at a simmer until the sauce is thick enough to coat the back of a spoon and has reduced to about 2 1/2 cups, another 15 to 20 minutes.
- Whisk in the mustard, then lemon juice. Season to taste with salt and pepper, then add the port, if using.
- Add the breasts to the sauce to reheat, basting them until fully cooked through, about 5 minutes. Transfer each breast to a warmed plate and slice thickly, if desired. Gently spoon the sauce over the breast to serve.
POULET VALLéE D'AUGE
A wonderful recipe bringing together calvados, chicken, apples, butter and cream - it's easy to size up or down
Provided by Orlando Murrin
Categories Dinner, Main course
Time 45m
Yield Serves 2, but easily halved or doubled
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Quarter and core the apples and cut into smallish dice - a bit smaller than canned pineapple cubes. Put half the butter in a frying pan (you will need a lid for it later), heat until foaming, then tip in the apples. Fry for 7-10 minutes, turning more or less constantly, until golden brown all over and just tender when prodded with a knife. Lift out and set aside.
- Melt the remaining butter in the pan and fry the chopped shallots for 2-3 minutes. Move them to the sides of the pan so they don't start to burn, then put the chicken in, skin side down. Cook the chicken, without moving it, for 3-4 minutes until browned, then turn it over and cook in the same way for another 3-4 minutes.
- Heat about one third of the calvados in a ladle or small pan. Remove from the heat and set light to it with a match, then pour it over the chicken in the pan, stirring to burn off the fat. Repeat with the remaining calvados, in two batches.
- Pour in the stock and season with salt and pepper. Cover and simmer very gently for 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked and tender. Lift the chicken on to a board and set aside to rest for a few minutes.
- Vigorously bubble the remaining juices in the uncovered pan for a couple of minutes, to reduce, then stir in the apples and crème fraîche and keep the pan over a low heat.
- Carve each breast thickly into 6 or 7 diagonal slices and transfer them to warmed plates, keeping the slices together by lifting them with a fish slice or wide palette knife. Check the seasoning of the sauce and spike with a touch of lemon juice, then spoon over the chicken. Sprinkle with parsley and eat.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 687 calories, Fat 45 grams fat, SaturatedFat 23 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 14 grams carbohydrates, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 40 grams protein, Sodium 0.97 milligram of sodium
POULET DE NORMANDY
Make and share this Poulet De Normandy recipe from Food.com.
Provided by lhbishop
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Mix breadcrumbs, margarine, and water.
- Place 1/2 of the mix into a casserole.
- Mix chicken, onion, celery, mayonnaise, and salt. Spoon over first mixture and top with remaining bread mixture.
- Beat eggs slightly, add milk, and pour over mixture.
- Cover and refrigerate overnight.
- Remove one hour before baking.
- Spread soup over top.
- Bake at 325°F for 40 minutes.
- Put cheese on top and bake an additional 10 minutes.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 402.1, Fat 25.5, SaturatedFat 6.5, Cholesterol 100.3, Sodium 1163.1, Carbohydrate 23, Fiber 1.8, Sugar 2.7, Protein 19.7
POULET DE NORMANDY
This is another recipe that I got out of our local electric cooperative magazine. This needs to be made up the night before you intend to serve it. It calls for refrigerating overnight. Good comfort food!!! Cook time does NOT include the refrigerate time.
Provided by Jellyqueen
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 1h15m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Combine stuffing mix, butter and broth and set aside.
- Mix onions, celery, mayonnaise and salt.
- Add mayonnaise mixture to stuffing mix and mix well.
- Put 1/2 of stuffing mixture in a greased 9x13 inch baking dish.
- Spread chicken over this layer then top with the remaining stuffing mix.
- Beat eggs in milk and pour over all.
- Refrigerate overnight.
- Take out 2 hours before serving and spread with the mushroom soup.
- Preheat oven to 325 F.
- Bake uncovered for 40-45 minutes.
- Sprinkle with cheese and bake an additional 10 minutes.
Tips:
- Mise en Place: Before you start cooking, make sure you have all the ingredients and equipment you need. This will help you stay organized and avoid any scrambling during the cooking process.
- Use High-Quality Ingredients: The quality of your ingredients will greatly impact the final dish. Use fresh, seasonal produce and high-quality meats and seafood.
- Don't Overcook the Chicken: Chicken is a delicate meat that can easily become dry and tough if overcooked. Cook it until it reaches an internal temperature of 165°F (74°C) for white meat and 175°F (80°C) for dark meat.
- Use a Variety of Mushrooms: This recipe calls for a mix of mushrooms, which adds depth of flavor and texture to the dish. Feel free to experiment with different types of mushrooms, such as cremini, shiitake, or oyster mushrooms.
- Don't Skimp on the Cream: The cream is what gives this dish its rich, luxurious flavor. Use a high-quality heavy cream or crème fraîche for the best results.
- Serve with a Side of Egg Noodles or Rice: This dish is traditionally served with egg noodles or rice, which helps to soak up the delicious sauce.
Conclusion:
Poulet à la Normande is a classic French dish that is sure to impress your family and friends. The combination of tender chicken, flavorful mushrooms, and rich cream sauce is simply irresistible. With a little bit of preparation and attention to detail, you can easily make this dish at home. So next time you're looking for a special meal to cook, give Poulet à la Normande a try!
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