Chicken Fricassée with Cider, Bacon and Asparagus
Lalkila Kitchen · Chicken · Pork · Meat · Main dishes · Contemporary cooking · Western influenced
Chicken breasts, new potatoes and asparagus come together in a cider sauce thickened with a little cornflour. Smoked bacon is part of this version, so both chicken and pork are labelled clearly. It also contains alcoholic cider; the cooking method is not a promise that the finished sauce is alcohol-free.
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon groundnut oil
- 4 rashers smoked back bacon, chopped
- 6 skinless chicken breasts
- 700g new potatoes, thickly sliced
- 250g asparagus, trimmed and sliced
- 225ml dry alcoholic cider
- 1 tablespoon cornflour mixed with a little cold water
- 250ml unsweetened soya cooking cream
- 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
- Salt and pepper
Method
- Fry bacon in the oil until golden; lift out. Brown chicken on both sides in the same pan, in batches if necessary.
- Boil potatoes until tender, about 10 minutes. Steam asparagus separately until tender; drain both.
- Add cider to the chicken pan and bring to a boil. Return bacon, lower heat and simmer until chicken reaches 74°C/165°F throughout.
- Stir in cornflour slurry and simmer until thickened. Add soya cream and seasoning; heat through.
- Fold in potatoes and asparagus. Scatter parsley and serve.
Cooking notes
Use a cooking cream intended for savoury sauces, not sweetened soya milk. Check its allergen label. Searing colours the chicken but does not finish cooking it. Keep raw-chicken utensils separate from the cooked vegetables and do not wash raw chicken.
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Source and adaptation
Adapted from the Good Food team, Good Food, Chicken fricassée with new potatoes & asparagus. Original recipe.
Replaces a dated branded soya cream with an unsweetened soya cooking cream of the same volume. Retains cider and pork bacon, explicitly labelled, and adds poultry thermometer guidance. No alcohol-free claim.
This is an editorial adaptation, not kitchen-tested by Lalkila. FoodSafety.gov cooking temperatures and safe food handling provide the safety references. The featured image is a generated illustration of this recipe.