Vickys Chicken Fricassee, GF DF EF SF NF

Ingredients of Vickys Chicken Fricassee, GF DF EF SF NF

1. Prepare of Base Recipe.
2. Prepare 1 1/2 kg of whole chicken.
3. You need 1 of carrot, sliced.
4. Prepare 1 of leek, sliced.
5. Prepare 1 of onion, sliced.
6. You need 1 of celery stalk, chopped.
7. Prepare 1 clove of garlic, peeled.
8. You need 1 of bay leaf.
9. It's 1/2 of lemon.
10. It's 4 of peppercorns.
11. It's 1 handful of fresh parsley.
12. It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
13. Prepare 50 grams of butter/olive spread.
14. You need 3 tbsp of gluten-free / plain flour.
15. Prepare of Fricassee with Mushrooms.
16. You need 225 grams of button mushrooms, halved.
17. It's 225 grams of shallots, peeled & halved.
18. It's 25 grams of sunflower spread / butter.
19. It's 100 ml of dry white wine.
20. You need 4 tbsp of soured cream - I use coconut cream with a squeeze of lemon.
21. It's 1 of salt & pepper to taste.
22. Prepare of Fricassee with Asparagus.
23. It's 1 bunch of asparagus, trimmed to 4 inch pieces.
24. It's 100 grams of peas.
25. You need 4 tbsp of coconut cream / double cream.
26. It's 1 of salt & pepper to taste.
27. You need of Kid-Friendly Version.
28. You need 350 grams of pre-cooked mixed veg eg.carrot, sweetcorn, peas, broccoli, onion mix.
29. You need 4 tbsp of coconut cream.

Vickys Chicken Fricassee, GF DF EF SF NF step by step

1. Bring a large pan of water to boil.
2. Add the carrot, leek, onion, celery and garlic.
3. Add the chicken with the lemon, parsley, peppercorns, bay leaf and salt making sure the water is enough to cover the chicken.
4. Cover the pan and simmer for 45 minutes then take off the heat and remove the chicken.
5. What remains in the pan is the reduced stock. You need to strain it to remove the bay, lemon etc.
6. Remove the bones and discard. Dice the chicken into bitesize pieces.
7. To make the base sauce, melt the butter in a pan and add the flour. Cook for a minute.
8. Take off the heat and stir in 600mls of the strained stock.
9. Bring to the boil stirring all the while, then let simmer for 10 minutes.
10. Now to add your finishing variation:.
11. To make the mushroom fricassee, melt the butter in a pan and fry off the shallots until golden.
12. Add the wine, bring to boil then reduce by half.
13. Stir the mushrooms, shallots & wine and soured cream into the base recipe sauce.
14. Add in the chicken and heat through. Season to taste.
15. To make the asparagus fricassee, simmer the trimmed asparagus and peas in lightly salted water for around 5 minutes.
16. Drain them then add to the base sauce with the chicken.
17. Heat through, stir in the cream and season to taste.
18. For the kid-friendly version (no salt, plenty of sweet veg) stir the cream into the base sauce, add the chicken and cooked vegetables and heat through.
19. CHEATS VERSION: Use pre-cooked, chopped chicken. Cook some chopped vegetables of choice in 600mls chicken stock. Strain the vegetables and set aside. Add the stock to the butter/flour (roux) mixture with 4 tbsp cream, then add back in the chicken and vegetables. An even bigger cheat is to just use a can or two of cream of chicken or mushroom soup, in place of the stock/cream mixture. I've never seen a dairy-free one yet though but I do have both of those recipes posted, free-from of course.....

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