Chicken fricassee
Yield: 4 Servings
Ingredients:
- 2 tb Vegetable oil
- 1 md Onion thinly sliced
- 3 lb Broiler-fryer chicken -cut into 8 pieces
- 1 1/2 ts Salt
- 1/4 ts Pepper
- 1 Bay leaf
- 3 c Water
- 3 tb Butter or margarine
- 1/4 c Flour
- 1 ts Paprika
- 1/2 c Milk Finely chopped parsley
- 1. In a deep
Instructions:
3-quart heat-resistant non-metallic casserole heat oil in Microwave Oven 2 minutes. Add onion and heat uncovered an additional 3 minutes or until onion is tender. 2. Add chicken pieces salt pepper bay leaf and water and heat tightly covered in Microwave Oven 10 minutes. Stir occasionally. Continue cooking an additional 7 minutes or until chicken is tender. 3. Remove chicken pieces and set aside. 4. Strain stock and reserve 1 1/2 cups for sauce. 5. In a medium-sized heat-resistant non-metallic bowl melt butter in Microwave Oven 30 seconds. Blend in flour and paprika until smooth. 6. Gradually stir in milk and reserved chicken stock. Heat uncovered in Microwave Oven 3 1/2 minutes stirring frequently until thickened and smooth. 7. Place reserved chicken pieces on a heat-resistant non- metallic serving dish and spoon sauce over chicken pieces. Heat un-covered in Microwave Oven 3 minutes or until heated through. 8. Sprinkle with parsley before serving.



