Name: Chicken fricassee
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon vegetable oil; 1 brown onion, thinly sliced; 2 clove garlic, crushed; 500 gram chicken thigh fillets, trimmed, chopped; 1/4 cup plain flour; 1 chicken stock cube; 250 gram button mushrooms, thickly sliced; 3 carrots, halved lengthwise, cut into 1cm slices; 1 teaspoon dried tarragon leaves; 1/3 cup light sour cream; 1/3 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley, plus extra sprigs, to serve; 3 cup cooked long-grain white rice, to serve

Ingredients

1 tablespoon vegetable oil

1 brown onion, thinly sliced

2 clove garlic, crushed

500 gram chicken thigh fillets, trimmed, chopped

1/4 cup plain flour

1 chicken stock cube

250 gram button mushrooms, thickly sliced

3 carrots, halved lengthwise, cut into 1cm slices

1 teaspoon dried tarragon leaves

1/3 cup light sour cream

1/3 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley, plus extra sprigs, to serve

3 cup cooked long-grain white rice, to serve

Method

1.Heat oil in a heavy-based frying pan over moderate heat. Add onion; cook and stir for 3 minutes or until softened. Add garlic; cook and stir for 30 seconds or until fragrant. Add chicken; cook and stir for 5 minutes or until cooked. Season.

2.Sprinkle flour over chicken; cook and stir for 1 minute. Combine crumbled stock cube and 1 1/2 cups boiling water in a jug until dissolved.

3.Add to chicken with mushroom, carrot and tarragon. Bring to the boil, stirring, over moderate heat. Reduce heat to low. Cover; simmer, stirring occasionally, for 10 minutes or until vegetables are tender.

4.Remove from heat. Stir in sour cream and parsley until combined. Serve spooned over rice and sprinkled with parsley sprigs.

Swap chicken thigh fillet for diced pork scotch fillet or veal.
Note

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