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Tarragon Chicken Blanquette

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PREP TIME
30 min
COOKING TIME
75 min
TOTAL TIME
105 min
SERVINGS
8 servings
Dinner French
Tarragon Chicken Blanquette
Ingredients
  • 1 whole onion
  • 1 whole clove
  • 6 cups water
  • 7 fluid ounces white wine
  • 1 stalk celery, cut into chunks
  • 1 clove garlic
  • 1 sprig fresh thyme
  • 1 sprig fresh parsley
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 (3 pound) whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
  • 2 carrots, cut into chunks
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • 2 1/2 ounces butter
  • 4 1/2 ounces fresh mushrooms, trimmed and halved
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 3 tablespoons heavy cream
  • 1 sprig fresh tarragon leaves, finely chopped
Instructions
1
Insert a whole clove into the onion, then place it in a large soup pot. Combine water, white wine, celery, garlic, thyme, parsley, salt, and black pepper in the pot; bring the mixture to a boil over medium heat. Add chicken pieces and carrots into the liquid, cover, and let it simmer for 20 minutes. Take out the chicken pieces to a bowl; strain the stock and reserve approximately 2 cups of it. Discard the vegetables and herbs.
2
Sprinkle chicken pieces with flour. Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat, and pan-fry the chicken until it turns golden brown on both sides, approximately 5 minutes per side. Remove the chicken pieces; add mushrooms into the skillet, and cook, stirring occasionally, until they start to develop a brown color, about 10 minutes.
3
Return the chicken pieces to the skillet; pour in enough of the reserved stock to cover the chicken and mushrooms, about 2 cups; cover and let it simmer for 20 minutes. Remove the chicken pieces and mushrooms to a serving dish. Boil the remaining liquid until it reduces by half, stirring constantly, around 10 minutes.
4
In a bowl, whisk together the egg yolk, lemon juice, and cream; remove the skillet from the heat, and gradually whisk the egg yolk mixture into the reduced stock until it thickens. Whisk in tarragon; serve the sauce over the chicken and mushrooms