European Recipe ⊶ Secret Recipe Chicken Fricassee

This was my Grandma's secret family recipe from her French ancestors. I have never seen a recipe like this on any site. It's a rich creamy sauce over chicken...great with mashed potatoes. A great dish for Easter or Christmas.

Ingredients

• ¼ cup all-purpose flour
• ¼ cup margarine
• 2 cups heavy whipping cream
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 4 egg yolks
• ¼ cup lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon cornstarch, or as needed
• 4 cooked chicken breasts, broken into chunks

Cooking Directions

1. Mix flour and margarine together in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring until the flour and margarine form a paste.
2. Whisk cream into flour mixture about 1/2 cup at a time until smoothly combined; whisk in chicken broth and parsley. Bring sauce to a simmer, whisking constantly until thickened.
3. Whisk egg yolks and lemon juice together in a bowl.
4. Whisk egg yolk mixture slowly into cream mixture, about 1 tablespoon at a time, until the sauce barely comes to a simmer and coats the back of a spoon. Do not boil.
5. If thicker sauce is desired, whisk cornstarch and 1/4 cup of sauce in a small bowl; stir cornstarch mixture back into sauce until thickened, about 2 minutes.
6. Stir chicken breast pieces into sauce until chicken is heated through.

Nutrition Facts

• calories693.4
• carbohydrateContent12.6 g
• cholesterolContent414.6 mg
• fatContent61.7 g
• fiberContent0.4 g
• proteinContent23.3 g
• saturatedFatContent31.4 g
• sodiumContent702.8 mg
• sugarContent1.3 g