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Chicken Fricassee with Dumplings
Wonderful winter meal, filling, pure comfort food
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Category: Main Dish

Ingredients

For 6 Person(s)

Recipe

3 pound(s) chicken parts, legs, wings breast, thighs, your choice
1/3 cup(s) flour
1 teaspoon(s) marjoram, dried
1/4 cup(s) butter
2 medium onions, sliced
1 cup(s) celery, chopped
6 large carrots, pared and halved
1 bay leaf
4 whole cloves
9 whole black peppers
1 can (13 oz) chicken broth
2 teaspoon(s) snipped chivessor chopped parsley
1 egg
1/4 cup(s) milk
1/2 cup(s) light cream

Chicken Fricassee with Dumplings Directions

  1. Wash chicken, dry with paper towels. If legs and thighs are large cut apart. Dredge chicken in a mixture of the flour, salt and marjoram, coating evenly, shake off excess. Reserve leftover flour.
  2. In 2 tblspns hot butter in 6 quart dutch oven, saute chicken, fout pieces at a time, skin side down, turning with tongs, until lightly browned all over, about 15 minutes. Lift out with tongs. Continue browning the chicken, adding butter as needed.
  3. To drippings, add onion, celery, carrots, bay leaf