#Tarragon and Porcini Mushroom Chicken Fricassée recipe

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Tarragon and Porcini Mushroom Chicken Fricassée

Hearty and deliciously creamy, this Tarragon and Porcini Mushroom Chicken Fricassée is just one of those perfectly indulgent dishes for a cold Autumn day. Happy Tuesday!

Ingredients (serves 2):

1/4 cup dried porcini mushrooms

1 cup boiling water

2 tablespoons olive oil

2 beautiful legs (preferably free-range) chicken

1 small onion

2 very fluffy sprigs Garden Tarragon

1 small garlic clove, minced

2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar

1/2 teaspoon fleur de sel or sea salt flakes

1/2 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper

3/4 cup crème fraîche or sour cream

1 tablespoon demerara sugar

Spoon dried porcini mushrooms in a bowl. Cover with boiling water. Cover with cling film, and set aside, one hour, until plumped up.

Heat olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium-high heat.

Once hot, add chicken legs, and fry until browned on all sides, about 3 minutes on each side.

Remove chicken legs from the skillet and transfer to a plate; set aside.

Drain plumped up porcini mushrooms, keeping their soaking liquid.

Peel and finely chop onion, and stir into the skillet. Fry, a couple of minutes.

Finely chop half of the Garden Tarragon, and stir into the skillet. Cook, 1 minute more.

Add minced garlic, and cook, another minute.

Roughly chop porcini mushrooms, and stir into the skillet. Cook, a couple of minutes.

Deglaze with apple cider vinegar, and cook out, 1 minute.

Return chicken legs to the skillet, along with their resting juices. Season them on both sides, with fleur de sel and black pepper.

Stir in reserved mushroom liquor, and bring to a slow boil. Reduce heat to medium low, cover with a lid, and simmer, about 20 to 25 minutes, until chicken is cooked.

Remove chicken legs once more from the skillet; keep them warm.

Stir in crème fraîche into the skillet. Add demerara sugar and increase heat back to high. Allow to reduce, a couple of minutes.

Finely chop remaining Tarragon, and stir into the skillet. Add a bit of water to loosen the sauce slightly, if necessary.

Finally, return chicken legs to the pot, cover with the lid, and cook, a last couple of minutes.

Serve Tarragon and Porcini Mushroom Chicken Fricassée hot, onto fluffy white rice, wheat berry or.