fricassees

Simmered meat preparations

Fricassees is the plural of fricassee, a dish of meat—typically chicken or veal—cut into pieces, stewed in a white sauce, and served with vegetables.

The word also works as a verb: to fricassee is to prepare meat this way.

She fricassees the rabbit with mushrooms and cream.

technique

braise

Sear, then slow-simmer

poach · stew · flour · dredge · deglaze · reduce · cream · finish · blanch · sear

sauce

roux

Cooked fat-flour paste

stock · broth · reduction · gravy · silky · rich · velvety · bechamel · liaison

protein

chicken

Domestic fowl for eating

lamb · pheasant · pork · goat · offal · giblets · jointed · cut-up · bone-in · free-range

variations

ragout

Seasoned meat stew

grandmother's · provincial · bourgeois

aromatics

onions

Pungent layered cooking bulbs

carrots · mirepoix · mushrooms · leeks · thyme · tarragon · parsley · rosemary · marjoram · nutmeg

Opposites
cooking method (wet vs dry)

fricasseesroasts

Oven-cooks or mocks

grills · broils · bakes · barbecues · char-grills

cooking method (stewed vs quick-cooked)

fricasseessautés

Cooks quickly in fat

stir-fries · flash-fries · sears

preparation complexity

fricasseesmicrowaves

Electromagnetic waves for cooking

Phrases
Family

fricassee, fricasseed

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G