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Special chicken stew
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Special chicken stew

16 ingredients 4 openrecipes
Special chicken stew

This recipe is based on the classic French fricassee of chicken that I spent so many years as a student preparing. I've been lucky enough to see authentic ones cooked in France, and the Italian version of the same. A fricassee means floured meat fried and turned into a stew, using the flour as a thickening agent. In this recipe I've bastardized an old original, using individual spring chickens, but you can use a jointed whole chicken.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

999
Calories
48g
Protein
31g
Fat
127g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Chicken 100g cooked 165
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Grape 1/2 cup (76g) 62
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Wine 2 tbsp cooking wine (30ml) 25
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Celery 1 stalk (40g) 6
Lettuce 1 cup shredded (36g) 5
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Mustard 1 tsp (5g) yellow 3
Tarragon 1 tsp dried (0.5g) 2
Parsley 1 tbsp chopped fresh (3.8g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • salt
  • freshly ground black pepper
  • 4 higher-welfare spring chickens or poussins
  • 1 small handful fresh parsley, leaves picked, stalks kept
  • 1 bunch fresh tarragon, leaves picked, stalks kept
  • 4 teaspoons wholegrain mustard
  • 2 heaped tablespoons plain white flour
  • extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 white onion, peeled and finely chopped
  • 2 cloves garlic, peeled and finely sliced
  • ½ heart celery, trimmed back and finely sliced
  • 2 good knobs butter
  • 2 wineglasses crisp white wine
  • 565 ml organic stock
  • 3 gem lettuces, quartered
  • 1 small bunch seedless grapes, washed and halved

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By jamieoliver · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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