Chicken Fricassee (French Chicken) | Food Wishes
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- This is my favorite version of the comforting, classic French dish of chicken, which is browned, and then stewed in a super savory, creamy sauce flavored with mushrooms, and white wine. This is a must-make for any serious home cook. Enjoy!
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Chef John is 100% right about where I first heard the term fricassee.
Fwicassee
I'm not a stewin wabbit, I'm a fwicasseeing wabbit. Also the first time I'd heard of succotash thanks to Sylvester.
Next he should do Hasenpfeffer to keep the theme going.
I'm probably 35 years younger than Chef John and it was the place I first heard the term, too! My parents made sure I was well acquainted with Bugs and the gang from a young age.
I'm a millennial and yup bugs bunny
I love how you don’t always give absolute reasons for something: “I don’t know if this does anything, but it feels right”. Best way to cook
cooking certainly is intuition
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I agree. This dish is a smash Hit along with many others. I have learned so much watching this channel. My wife told me that this dish tastes like it came straight from her fine restaurant. 😎
Dude I bet there are probably hundreds of thousands of us that feel the same way you do hahaha. Chef John is truly a positive force in the world.
I would agree. I basically learned to cook from Chef John many many years ago. In fact, I dream of starting my own restaurant or at least some kind of food business. If I ever do that and it succeeds, I'll have Chef John to thank!
My mom makes my grandma's recipe which she brought over to California with her from her home of New Orleans. She batters the chicken and shallow fries it. Also uses minced celery. I always knew that "grand mama's stew chicken" was French inspired since she was from Louisiana but I had no idea that it was Fricassee haha. This is a wonderful video and it brings me back to my childhood. I've got my chicken on a low simmer in the sauce as we speak. Cheers chef John, and thank you for all of the joy you've brought to my kitchen!
Chef John, you are the kind of teacher that inspires students. That is very rare. Thanks for making me better at cooking.
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You're speaking cadence drives me up a wall. But I love watching your show anyway. You make cooking enjoyable thank you. And yes, my first introduction to chicken fricassee was definitely bugs Bunny 🤣
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This is soo interesting I always thought this was a puertorican dish, but here is done with potatoes instead of mushrooms and red wine. But it make sense in the 17h there was a big French community in PR and ingredients may be different due availability, and since is been made for soo long people recognized as their own with their own ingredients.
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Typically European French would use white wine with chicken and red wine with red meat like in a beef burgundy dish. I like your idea of potatoes, I think I might try it with potatoes and mushrooms together and go with the white wine, since that's what I have
@@buckybarnes3803 let me know if you like it. 😊
@@buckybarnes3803 "Coq au vin" (arguably the most famous of all French dishes) is made with chicken and red wine.
Yes those was my first thought
Chicken thighs are so forgiving that a size difference isn't quite as big an issue as it is with chicken breast. Great recipe video.
This was the first time I saw the chicken browned, it makes the dish so much more appetizing, thanks for your great videos, Chef John!
This looks like one of your recipes that you dont forget, that got me really into cooking. I look forward to making this one.
EXCELLENT DISH CHEF!!!!! Thanks a million!
SAVE THE CHICKEN FAT FOR GRILLED CHEESE? The man is a genius. I think I would also like to saute sliced mushrooms as well to add to the cheese in the middle, and then grill the sandwich, maybe with a sprig of thyme in the pan as well. We can have the fricassee tomorrow.
Chef John, this was awesome. I've made it twice. Can't wait to serve this for my three meat eating grandsons!
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This tasted amazing, and I never would've tried it without this video! Thank you for making us all better cooks!
Chef John, ever since I first saw your technique of adding some flour to the mushrooms/aromatics in your Salisbury Steak recipe, it has completely changed my sauce-making game. It's the only way I make any sort of gravy now. I'm glad to see the technique being reprised here, and I can't wait to try this recipe!
First try on this recipe, followed the instructions to the letter and just.. wow. That was excellent! Super rich sauce and the chicken was fall apart tender.
Thanks Chef John, were it not for your channel I'd have never even made the attempt on half the dishes we make regularly now.
Looks so good. My mother used to make that all the time. So I got to try it. Thanks.
He always has easy, great tasting recipes.
Chef John is awesome. He has taken my culinary skill, or lack there of, a new level! And such a joy to listen to him . Keep em coming, John!
Thank you Chef John! This is one I’m definitely going to make this week!
Chicken fricassee and mashed potatoes is my favourite thing to eat
Love it when mushrooms are cooked first before onions/shallots are added.
People who cook onions first are missing out on the extra mushroom flavor.
I even fry them until crispy... soooooo good.
Nice, you can't go wrong with that style mushrooms and onions on some good fresh toasted bread with butter :)
I love the cadence (& humor) of chef John's directions
Ingredients:
6 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more to taste
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
2 cups thickly sliced fresh mushrooms
1 cup diced yellow onion
½ cup sliced shallots (Optional)
2 cloves garlic, minced
½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 pinch cayenne
2 teaspoons all-purpose flour
1 ½ cups white wine
6 sprigs thyme
1 cup chicken broth
½ cup heavy cream
Directions:
Season chicken thighs with salt on both sides.
Heat vegetable oil in a skillet over medium-high heat and place chicken skin-side-down into the hot oil. Cook until there is a good sear and fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. Flip and cook the other side until seared as well, about 2 minutes. Set aside.
Leave 2 tablespoons of the rendered fat in the pan and add sliced mushrooms. Cook until browned, 5 to 8 minutes. Add onion, shallots, and garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until onions are soft and translucent, about 5 minutes. Season with pepper and cayenne and stir in flour to thicken the mixture, about 1 minute.
Pour in white wine and cook, stirring, until alcohol has evaporated. Raise the heat to high and keep cooking until sauce has reduced to half, 3 to 5 minutes.
Add chicken broth, thyme, and bay leaf and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to medium-lo and add chicken and any accumulated juices back into the skillet, skin side up. Cover and simmer gently for 45 minutes, turning over thighs halfway through.
Remove lid and turn thighs back to skin side up. Continue to simmer uncovered, basting occasionally, until chicken is tender and sauce reduces even more. If the pan gets dry before the chicken is tender, add some more water or broth.
Add cream and simmer until sauce reaches desired thickness. Heat can be raised to medium to reduce cream faster if chicken is already tender. Sauce can be served thin and runny, or reduced to a thick sauce. Sprinkle with fresh thyme and serve.
Nutrition Facts:
(per serving)
Calories 407
Fat 27g
Carbs 7g
Protein 22g
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This video brought a tear to my eye, so beautiful.
You present great recipes with your endearing personality.
Thanks Chef John! I have some thighs in the fridge I can’t decide what to do with… now I do! Also, hearing the words “Chicken Fricasse” makes me think of the buffet scene from Fargo where the deputy asks Margie “How’s the Fricassee?”
Beautiful, classic recipe perfectly presented. I can really get excited about the preparation of the mushrooms! That's exactly how it should be done. The mushrooms are said to lose almost all moisture and thus develop their full aroma. Mushrooms prepared in this way still need cream, thyme, black pepper, some lemon zest and a splash of sherry - a perfect pasta sauce. From me a clear LIKE for this classic from France.
This was amazing! My whole family loved it. I don’t even like mushrooms that much, but your cooking inspires me and challenges me to do/try more. Thank you Chef John👏🏻👏🏻
It's free-ka-say, dear Chef John.
Now to get the perfect sound it's not really "say" but definitly the "se" in Serendipity.
Made this for dinner tonight. It was awesome. Thank you so much.
Just tried this and it's a new favorite! I swapped out the thighs for chicken quarters and it was amazing. Love you chef John!
Man I'm making this for dinner!!!😋 I'm salivating!!! Thank you Chef John!! Love all your delicious recipes!!☺️👍🔥🔥
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Looks absolutely incredible Chef John. Will definetly be cooking it tonight. Thank you sir.
This is the French fricassée de volaille à l'ancienne. Quite delicious. There is also a south Louisiana version that uses onion, celery and bell pepper and a brown roux gravy served over white rice.
He’s doing it all wrong lol fricassee is a stew which uses a roux base
@@MeauxSTTDB He’s doing it right. It’s the French version, not the Louisiana version. In the Louisiana version you make a roux and brown the roux before adding the aromatic vegetables and cream is never used (although some Louisiana families add a scoop of sour cream when it’s finished while many do not). In the French version, you sprinkle flour into your aromatic vegetables after they are wilted and cook it for a minute or so before adding cream.
@@IslenoGutierrez lol thanks for informing me on that, I was like whoa whoa whoa he’s doing it all wrong lol
@@MeauxSTTDB It’s understandable. Did you know Louisiana fricassée derived from French fricassée?
@@IslenoGutierrez I’m from south Louisiana and both my parents are cajun. I guess they did the same thing with food as they did with language, took it and put their own spin on it(Cajun French). I never had French food and never really thought about it lol. Once I got in my 20s and traveled around the states some I figured out that we cook a lot different than every other state.
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Love these one pan dinners! I’m adding this to my chicken rotation.
Beyond desserts, I've never really had French cuisine before. I just made this recipe after watching the video and legit almost cried at the first bite. Thanks for making it so easy :D
Every recipe I try - works!!! I just wish chef would speak to us like he does around his own table. The “presentation voice” inflection drives me CRAZY. Wife makes me listen with headphones….oh well. Worth it
Unseasonable warm weather (for us) is suddenly getting very cool. I am going to make this recipe, this weekend! Thank you, Chef John!
The white wine version of Coq au Vin
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I just made this tonight and it is amazingly delicious. Thanks, Chef John!
Bravo as always. TY chef.
I prepared this chicken Fricassee today following your recipe to the “T” - it absolutely was most delicious! Thank you!
Amazing recipe. The best.
I've stopped learning anything years ago, but I keep watching because I want to see how it turns out.
I was about to wonder where was the thym but there it is, this is perfect. Thank you so much for all these recipes.
Fabulous 💕💕💕 thank you… making this tonight!
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That looks sooooooooo good. So good.
That looks amazing. I'm definitely going to make this recipe.
What a beautiful skillet!!!!
Making this tonight. I love chef John and so does my family.
Looks amazing! I'm making it!
Thank you! I had almost forgotten this was a thing. Gonna make it soon. Something of note: You can manipulate the thickness of the sauce during the 'add flour phase'. Adding a teaspoon or so at this point will make the sauce a tiny bit thicker so you cook less of the volume away.
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Intersting. In Germany, we cook a whole chicken (or parts) and then use the fresh chicken stock to make a creamy sauce like a bechamel with mushrooms and then put small pieces of the cooked chicken in there.
This looks like a very good alternative.
As always, thank you! Long time (>10 years) fan! Love you!
That looks absolutely incredible
"wascally wabbit" okay you monster you! Easy now Chef J... You've brought back memories of Grandad harvesting the friendly bunnies he kept and stewing them into a very tasty dish.
I love the recipe. You were really pushing the liquid, but you make a more intense sauce the way. Bravo!
Modern French versions of this tell you to fry the chicken to temperature. Then coat in the finished sauce. The crispiness adds another dimension.
It's finally happened! Nice, chef John. I love me some chicken fricassee, and it's good to see your take. I generally cube up the chicken meat, rather than using whole thighs, and certainly use a lot less wine and a lot more cream. Going to try it your way some time. 👍
LoL I actually grew up eating Chicken Fricasseé but my mom's version aka German style. It was a staple in our house growing up in Germany. Her's is made from chicken she boiled to make the stock and then skin and debone it, pull the chicken off the bone, make a Bechamel sauce with a squeeze of lemon, fresh mushrooms and fresh parsley and serve it in puff pastry shells along with some really nice white rice. It always brings back loads of memories of cooking with my mom. Now, I love your version as well and it's completely different from what I'm used to but I grew up near the French border so I'm familiar with that version as well. I did completely forget about it though over the years, so it's a nice surprise to see you making it. You're right about not using skinless, boneless because it won't be as flavorful! I learned that making Cacciatore. 😂 I love your channel and enjoy the various recipes you try out, hit or miss! Thanks for brightening up my day!!! 🥰🥰🥰
I'm literally drooling 🤤
this is my favorite french dish, thx for the video
Wow! Looks so good.
chef john bringing the taste of home kitchen to youtube. thank you bro
Yum Yum! Wonderful Sir.
Made this today ... this recipe is an absolute winner! The only things I did differently was I just cooked the chicken skin side down and then removed the lovely crispy skin to use as a garnish (not a big fan of soggy chicken skin) . I also added a bit of worcestershire sauce and boiled and then fried some sliced potatoes (cuz I'm a bad ass like that) . I also felt I had to move everything to a stock pot because my pan was no way big enough. Once the chicken was cooked through I removed the bones too so I could scoff it down quicker
I have to agree about the skin. Another way you can try it is to follow John‘s directions, but don’t ever flip the chicken to skin side down once it’s in the sauce. Once the chicken goes in the sauce, transfer it to an oven at 375 for 40 minutes, it will braise from the bottom and roast from the top leaving the skin crisp, and the meat falling off the bone. The key is to make sure the level of the liquid sits below the skin. I use a stainless steel sauté pan that works perfectly.
@@jcnikoley I gotta try that! Thanks!
I already love it😍
Thanks for this great recipe. It was well received by our fellows.
Mashed potatoes perfectly pair with this, wow. The next level, past the right ingredients technique and you, Chef John explained mushrooms perfectly
I like to boil my potatoes drain and add them to the fricassee 15 minutes before serving 🙂
Or fondant potatoes!
Well I must say our dinner tonight was excellent Mr.John.
The wine reduction & Heavy cream is soooo delish,thanks a bunch/I've made a few of your TH-cam creations,keep up the good work👍
what a great looking dish thanks a lot
We cooked this tonight.
It is really good, thanks Chef John
Was one serving enough for each person? Or did you add an additional side besides the potatoes?
I made this last night - wow! One of the best chicken recipes ever!!
Not just the best on You Tube, one of the best in media.
Looks like I will be breaking my "no skin no fat" rule. This looks delicious!
I usually compromise trim the excess skin and fat.
A true master baster!
This was fantastic!
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Chef John 👏the number of chefs on the internet who add meat to cold oil in a pan. My mother would have a fit!! Your instructions are so good. “Make them wet then make them dry”.
Haven’t made this dish since culinary school. Maybe time to try it out again.
That looked so good.
This looks so delicious. I'll definitely be making this soon.
This is a classic Chef John
This is my favorite recipe
I've tried a few of your recipes (pfeffernüsse, spicy caramel chicken, stuffed pork chop), and they were fantastic! Looking forward to trying this one!
Yummmy as usual Chef.