Fricasseed Chicken

Ingredients

• a full-grown fowl
• a handful of chopped fat salt pork
• half a teaspoonful of minced onion
• two tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley
• a heaping tablespoonful of butter
• the same quantity of flour
• half a teaspoonful of salt
• a quarter of a teaspoonful of pepper
• an egg
• a teaspoonful of corn-starch
• a small cupful of milk

Method

1. 1

   Cut the fowl into joints and soak in salted water.

2. 2

   Layer pork and onion in a pot, add chicken, cover with water, and heat slowly.

3. 3

   After an hour, increase heat and simmer until tender.

4. 4

   Remove chicken, add parsley, butter, flour, salt, and pepper to gravy.

5. 5

   Mix egg, cornstarch, and milk, then add to gravy.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for beginners (1884) by Marion Harland, page 21. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

a full-grown fowl into joints, divid- ing the back and breast into two pieces each. Lay these in cold water, slightly salted, for half an hour. Wipe dry with a clean cloth. In the bottom of a pot scatter a handful of chopped fat salt pork, with half a teaspoon- ful of minced onion. On this lay the pieces of chicken. Sprinkle a double handful of pork on the top with another half teaspoonful of onion, pour in carefully, enough cold water to cover all, fit on a close top, and set the pot where it will heat slowly. It should not boil under one hour at least. Increase the heat, then, but keep at a very gentle boil for another hour, or until the chicken is tender. The time needed for cooking will depend on the age of the fowl. Fast stewing will harden and toughen it. When done, take out the chicken with a fork and arrange on a warm dish, covering MEATS. 103 and keeping it hot in the plate warmer or over boiling water. Add to the gravy left in the pot two tablespoonfuls of chopped parsley, a heaping tablespoonful of butter cut up in the same quantity of flour, half a teaspoonful of salt, and a quarter of a teaspoonful of pepper. Stir to a boil. Meanwhile, beat up an egg in a bowl, add a teaspoonful of corn- starch, and a small cupful of milk

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