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Chicken fricot
Chicken stew with dumplings
Fricot au poulet: Acadian chicken stew with savory dumplings
CanadianFricot is the everyday stew of Acadian kitchens in New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia, and on Chéticamp it is still what grandmothers serve when the family comes home. Chicken simmers with potatoes, onion and plenty of summer savory, and fluffy dumplings called pâte steam on top at the end. It is simple, comforting food for cold evenings. A common mistake is a stew that is boiling hard when the dumplings go in, which breaks them up; keep it at a lively simmer. Chef's tip: summer savory is the defining herb; use thyme only if you really can't find it.
- Total time
- 90 min
- Difficulty
- medium
- Serves
- 6
Ingredients
For the stew
- 1 oz butter
- 2 onionschopped
- 7 ¼ cups water
- 2 tsp dried summer savory
- 2 tsp salt
- 1 tsp black pepper
- 1 ¾ lb potatoespeeled and cut into 3 cm cubes
- 2 carrotssliced
For the dumplings
- 7 oz plain flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp dried summer savory
- ¾ cup milk
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Method
0/6 doneStep 1: Melt 1 oz butter in a large pot and fry 2 onions for 6–8 minutes until golden. Add 2 ⅝ lb chicken thighs, bone in, skin removed and brown lightly on all sides.
10 minStep 2: Pour in 7 ¼ cups water, add 2 tsp dried summer savory, 2 tsp salt and 1 tsp black pepper and bring to the boil. Skim, then simmer covered for 40 minutes until the chicken is tender.
40 minStep 3: Lift out the chicken, pull the meat from the bones in large pieces and return it to the pot. Discard the bones.
5 minStep 5: Mix 7 oz plain flour, 2 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt and ½ tsp dried summer savory, then stir in ¾ cup milk to a soft, sticky dough.
3 minStep 6: Drop spoonfuls onto the simmering stew, cover tightly and cook for 15 minutes without lifting the lid, until the dumplings are puffed and cooked through. The chicken must be piping hot (165°F). Serve in deep bowls.
15 min
Nutrition per serving
- Calories
- 520 kcal
- Protein
- 38 g
- Carbs
- 44 g
- Fat
- 20 g
- Fibre
- 4 g
Nutrition values are estimates.
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Good to know
- How long does chicken fricot take?
- About 90 minutes in total: 20 minutes to prepare and 70 minutes to cook.
- How many people does it serve?
- 6 as written. Change the servings above the ingredients and every amount scales to match.
- What can I use instead of butter?
- The same weight of ghee or coconut oil (for frying and most baking).
- What can I use instead of onions?
- 2 shallots per onion.
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