🍲 A meat stew 🍲 To stew meat

to fricassee

1 8.9

To cook small pieces of meat or vegetables lightly and serve them in a sauce

verb
/ˈfrɪkəˌsi/

: fricasear

Now, they find her up in here, we will fricassee they honky asses.

Examples

Although all thy flattery will not save thee when it comes time for me to fricassee you.

Hocus Pocus 2 (2022)
You ain't gonna be happy till you fricassee somebody's brain.

No Country for Old Men (2007)
No body fricassees like I fricassee.

The Pest (1997)
You ain't gonna be happy till you fricassee somebody's brain out, man.

Men in Black (1997)
You can bake it, boil it, fry it, fricassee it, hang it out to dry, it's still just as funky as a fat man's drawers.

Hoodlum (1997)
On channel thirteen, Madeleine Duprey might fricassee a game hen or make a sumptuous ratatouille, rolling her r's with such panache that they began to doubt she was really French.

Fiction book (1999)
To prepare a delightful dinner, she decided to fricassee the chicken with fresh herbs and a creamy sauce.
He learned how to fricassee vegetables lightly before adding them to the pasta for extra flavor.
For the family gathering, they chose to fricassee some tender beef and serve it with rice.

Synonyms

to braise

vsto fricassee

Specialized

18 5.4

Cook meat or vegetables slowly in a little liquid in a covered pan

fry or stew lightly first and then serve in a sauce

Surface Forms

fricassee infinitive

fricasseed past

fricasseed past participle

fricasseeing present participle

fricassees third person singular

Etymology

Fricassee comes from French words frire 'to fry' and casser 'to break'. That story explains the verb: to fricassee is to lightly fry cut pieces and then cook them in a sauce.