Chicken Fricassee

Description

Chicken Fricassee

• Serves 4

Ingredients

• 1 stewing hen, about 1½ kg (3 pounds)
• lightly salted water
• 3 tbsp butter
• 3 tbsp flour
• salt
• 1 tsp ground white pepper
• 2 tsp curry powder
• grated rind of 1 orange
• 2 dl whipping cream
• 1 small bunch parsley, chopped

Directions

1. Poach the hen in salted water about 90 minutes.
2. Cool it.
3. Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces.
4. Melt the butter and stir in the flour.
5. Gradually add the cooking liquid.
6. Season with salt, pepper, curry powder, and orange rind.
7. Simmer 5 minutes.
8. Add the cream and simmer 5 minutes more.
9. Stir in parsley.
10. Serve the chicken in the sauce with boiled potatoes, peas, carrot cubes, and cauliflower.