Chicken Fricassee with Morels

Name: Chicken Fricassee with Morels
Prep time: 2 h
Cook time: 2 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 237 milliliters beef stock; 473 milliliters ounces (about sliced fresh button mushrooms; 6 chicken breasts with wing, skin on; 59 milliliters clarified butter; 6 servings All-purpose flour, as needed for dredging; 237 milliliters heavy cream; 2 Tbsps lemon juice; 237 milliliters Madeira wine; 57 grams dried morels

You can never have too many main course recipes, so give Chicken Fricassee with Morels a try. This recipe makes 6 servings with 408 calories, 28g of protein, and 25g of fat each. This recipe covers 18% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up flour, button mushrooms, chicken breasts, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the lemon juice you could follow this main course with the Lemon Shortbread Cookies with Lemon Icing From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 2 hours.

Instructions

Soak morels in 3 cups very hot water for 30 minutes to re-hydrate. Lift them carefully from the hot water in order to leave any grit behind in the liquid. Discard the liquid, and dry the morels lightly with paper towels.

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Morel Mushrooms

Water

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Paper Towels

Cut morels crosswise into 1/4-inch to 3/8-inch wide slices and set aside.

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Morel Mushrooms

Sprinkle chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Dredge chicken in flour, and shake off excess.

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Chicken Breast

Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

All Purpose Flour

Shake

Heat half the clarified butter (1/8 cup) in a large saute pan, and cook the chicken over medium heat for about 8 to 10 minutes. Flip the chicken and brown on the second side, 4 to 5 minutes more.

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Clarified Butter

Whole Chicken

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Frying Pan

Remove to an ovenproof casserole dish.

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Casserole Dish

Add the rest of the clarified butter (the other 1/8 cup) to the same saute pan, add the morels and button mushrooms, and cook gently over low heat for 2 minutes. Then add the Madeira and reduce the liquid by half.

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White Button Mushrooms