fricassee
2
8.5
A stew of small pieces of meat and vegetables in a white sauce
- noun
- /ˈfrɪkəˌsi/
:
fricassé
- The chef prepared a rich fricassee that was served over a bed of fluffy noodles.
- chicken fricassee
- mushroom fricassee
- rabbit fricassee
Examples
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It's gonna be chicken fricassee tonight.
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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.
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How's the fricassee?
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Fricassee squid and one jellyfish slider.
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For dinner, we enjoyed a delicious fricassee made with tender chicken and fresh vegetables.
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At the restaurant, I ordered a savory fricassee with shrimp and asparagus.
Synonyms
chicken stew
vsfricassee
2
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.