Easy German Fricassee (Hühnerfrikassee)

5 from 8 votes

A delicious German chicken dish. Cooked chicken in a white sauce with delicious vegetables.

Course Main Course

Cuisine German

Prep Time 15

Cook Time 15

Total Time 30

Servings people

Calories 688kcal

1 lb chicken meat (weight without bones) you can use leftover roast chicken, soup chicken or other chicken leftovers. To cook the chicken beforehand use approx 1 kg / 33 oz chicken meat with bones.
½ lb mushrooms 9 oz, I used champignons
2 carrots roughly 200g / 7 oz
1 cups frozen peas
7 oz asparagus 7 oz, white or green asparagus
3.5 cups chicken broth / stock
½ cup flour
¼ cup butter
¼ cup whipping cream
1 egg yolk
1 splash lemon juice
salt and pepper to taste

Place chicken in water with a little vegetable stock and boil until cooked. (you can keep the chicken stock for the sauce later) Then remove the skin and discard. Remove the meat from the bones
1 lb chicken meat
Cut your cooked chicken into bite-size pieces.

Peel and chop the carrots and chop into 1 cm cubes. Wash the mushrooms and slice.
½ lb mushrooms, 2 carrots
If you are using white asparagus then peel it and chop off the wooden bits. If you are using green asparagus then just chop off the wooden bits.
7 oz asparagus
Blanche the asparagus for approximately 2 minutes in hot water with a pinch of salt and a pinch of sugar.
Weigh the peas and prepare the chicken broth
3.5 cups chicken broth / stock
Now let us prepare the roux. Melt the butter in a saucepan and add the flour into the melted butter. Whisk until the flour turns golden and yellow.
½ cup flour, ¼ cup butter
Carefully add little portions of the stock/broth to the flour-butter mixture. Keep on stirring to even up the lumps.
Now add in the cream, mushrooms, vegetables, asparagus and peas. Leave to simmer on medium heat for approximately 8 minutes, until the vegetables are cooked.
1 cups frozen peas, ¼ cup whipping cream
Now carfully add in the egg yolk (if using) and quickly stirr into the sauce. Thickening the sauce with egg yolk, gives it a rounded and taste provides it with a special sheen.
1 egg yolk
Season the Hühnerfrikassee with salt and pepper. Add some lemon juice to taste.
1 splash lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste
Add in the chicken, and leave to warm up in the sauce for approximatley 5 minutes. The sauce no longer needs to cook.
Serve with white rice or mashed potatoes.