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fricassee

fricassee

2 8.5
A stew of small pieces of meat and vegetables in a white sauce
  • noun
  • /ˈfrɪkəˌsi/
translation icon : fricassé
  • The chef prepared a rich fricassee that was served over a bed of fluffy noodles.
  • chicken fricassee
  • mushroom fricassee
  • rabbit fricassee

Examples

  • It's gonna be chicken fricassee tonight.

  • The chicken fricassee that had been prepared that evening by the American Red Cross was still very much in his mouth.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Rabbit fricassee, master.

  • How's the fricassee?

  • Fricassee squid and one jellyfish slider.

  • For dinner, we enjoyed a delicious fricassee made with tender chicken and fresh vegetables.

  • At the restaurant, I ordered a savory fricassee with shrimp and asparagus.

Synonyms

chicken stew
vsfricassee
1 1.0

A dish of chicken pieces cooked slowly with vegetables in liquid

uses a pale creamy sauce rather than a general seasoned liquid and pairs with dumplings

Surface Forms

fricassee singular
fricassees plural

Etymology

Fricassee comes from French words frire 'to fry' and casser 'to break'. So a fricassee is meat cut into pieces, lightly fried and then cooked in a light sauce.