Chicken Fricassee

Name: Chicken Fricassee
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 454 grams baby carrots with green tops; 1 teaspoons freshly ground black pepper; 1 Tbsp butter; 4 chicken leg quarters, skinned; 454 grams cremini mushrooms, quartered; 177 milliliters dry white wine; 237 milliliters 4.5 ounces all-purpose flour (about; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh sage; 1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme; 1 teaspoons kosher salt; 473 milliliters fat-free, lower-sodium chicken broth; 1 Tbsp olive oil; 283 grams fresh pearl onions, peeled; 2 sage sprigs; 3 thyme sprigs

Chicken Fricassee might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe serves 4. One serving contains 629 calories, 33g of protein, and 31g of fat. A mixture of kosher salt, thyme, olive oil, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so scrumptious. To use up the butter you could follow this main course with the Cinnamon Butter Cake as a dessert.

Instructions

Trim tops of carrots to 1-inch; peel. Set aside.

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Carrot

Melt butter in an 8-quart pressure cooker over medium-high heat.

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Butter

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Pressure Cooker

Add oil to cooker; swirl to coat.

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Cooking Oil

Sprinkle chicken evenly with salt and pepper.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

Place flour in a shallow dish. Dredge chicken in flour.

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Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

Place 2 chicken leg quarters, flesh side down, in cooker; saut 5 minutes or until browned. Set aside. Repeat procedure with remaining 2 chicken leg quarters.

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Chicken Leg Quarters

Place mushrooms in cooker; saut 4 minutes or until liquid evaporates.

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Mushrooms

Remove mushrooms from cooker using a slotted spoon; set aside.

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Mushrooms

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Stir in wine, scraping cooker to loosen browned bits. Bring to a boil; cook 30 seconds. Tie thyme and sage sprigs together with twine.

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Thyme

Sage

Wine

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Add chicken, herb sprigs, and broth to cooker. Close lid securely; bring to high pressure over high heat. Reduce heat to medium or level needed to maintain high pressure; cook 6 minutes.

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Whole Chicken

Broth

Remove from heat; release pressure through steam vent, or place cooker under cold running water to release pressure.

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Water

Remove lid.

Add carrots, mushrooms, and onions to cooker; close lid securely. Return cooker to high pressure and immediately remove from heat; release pressure through steam vent, or place cooker under cold running water to release pressure.

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Mushrooms

Carrot

Onion

Water

Remove lid.

Transfer chicken to a platter.

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Whole Chicken

Remove vegetables from cooker using a slotted spoon; arrange on platter with chicken. Cover and keep warm. Strain cooking liquid through a cheesecloth-lined sieve into a large bowl; discard solids.

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Vegetable

Whole Chicken

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Bowl

Transfer liquid to a large, wide skillet over medium-high heat; bring to a boil. Cook until reduced to 1 cup (about 12 minutes). Stir chopped thyme and sage into sauce.

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Sauce

Thyme

Sage

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Serve with chicken and vegetables.

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Vegetable

Whole Chicken

Wine note: Chardonnay loves sweet root vegetables (especially onions) with chicken. For this dish, deliciously browned and laced with mushrooms and fresh herbs, the chardonnay needs to have its sweet fruit balanced with an earthy, minerally side to work with all the layers. Iron Horse 2008 Chardonnay (Green Valley of Russian River Valley, $2

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Root Vegetable