Brown Fricassee

Ingredients

• Roasting Chicken
• Pint Water
• Slice Onion
• Bay Leaves
• Tablespoonfuls Snowdrift
• Tablespoonfuls Flour
• Saltspoonful Celery Seed
• Teaspoonful Salt
• Saltspoonful Pepper

Method

1. 1

   Clean and disjoint the chicken.

2. 2

   Put the Snowdrift into a saucepan; when hot, dust the chicken with flour and drop it into the hot Snowdrift; turn until nicely browned.

3. 3

   Draw it to one side of the saucepan, add the flour, mix thoroughly, add one pint and a half of water and all the seasonings.

4. 4

   Cover the saucepan and simmer continually until the chicken is tender, about one hour.

5. 5

   Dish the chicken, strain over the sauce, garnish the dish with triangular pieces of toast or pastry, dust with chopped parsley and serve.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Snowdrift secrets (1913) by Sarah Tyson Heston Rorer, page 6. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BROWN FRICASSEE 1 Roasting Chicken 1 Pint Water 1 Slice Onion 2 Bay Leaves 4 Tablespoonfuls Snowdrift 4 Tablespoonfuls Flour 1 Saltspoonful Celery Seed 1 Teaspoonful Salt 1 Saltspoonful Pepper

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