fricassee

[ frik-uh-see ]

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noun

meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.

verb (used with object),fric·as·seed, fric·as·see·ing.

to prepare as a fricassee.

Origin of fricassee

1560–70; <Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of fricasser to cook chopped food in its own juice, probably equivalent to fri(re) to fry¹ + casser to break, crack (<Latin quassāre to shake, damage, batter); compare, however, dial. fricâssié, perhaps with a reflex of Vulgar Latin *coāctiāre, verbal derivative of Latin coāctus compressed, condensed, past participle of cōgere;see cogent

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How to use fricassee in a sentence

I shall use this chicken for fricassee; it has been singed, picked and wiped with a wet towel.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery | Juliet Corson
In cooking chicken for fricassee you want to have the pieces about one size, so that they will cook easily.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery | Juliet Corson
Part of the chicken I am going to make into a brown fricassee, and part of it I am going to fry.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery | Juliet Corson
Cover up the sauce pan after the fricassee is seasoned, and cook it until it is tender.
A Course of Lectures on the Principles of Domestic Economy and Cookery | Juliet Corson
To keep the fricassee white, cover it (while stewing) with a sheet of buttered paper laid over the fowls.
Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. | Sulpice Baru

British Dictionary definitions for fricassee

fricassee

/ (ˌfrɪkəˈsiː, ˈfrɪkəsɪ, ˈfrɪkəˌseɪ) /

noun

stewed meat, esp chicken or veal, and vegetables, served in a thick white sauce

verb-sees, -seeing or -seed

(tr) to prepare (meat) as a fricassee

Origin of fricassee

C16: from Old French, from fricasser to fricassee; probably related to frire to fry 1

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