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President Lincoln Fricasseed Chicken

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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 30m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 1 pound chicken legs
  • 1 pound chicken thighs
  • 8 ounces heavy cream cream
  • 4 tablespoons butter, for frying chicken
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon nutmeg
  • ¼ teaspoon mace
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 2 tablespoons flour
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat oven to 350 degrees

  • Step 2: Cut chicken (if your using whole chicken)into pieces of desired size

  • Step 3: Wipe pieces dry and season with pepper and salt

  • Step 4: Dredge the pieces lightly with seasoned flour(I put it in brown paper bag and shake the heck out of it )

  • Step 5: Fry them in lard(they probably used lard)or butter until they are brown on all sides

  • Step 6: When they are done, take them out of the frying pan and keep them hot in a covered pan in oven

  • Step 7: Move the brown bits in the frying pan and put the cream into it

  • Step 8: Season with nutmeg, mace, salt and pepper to taste

  • Step 9: Thicken with a small bit of butter rolled in flour

  • Step 10: Whisk carefully to be sure that the mixture is smooth

  • Step 11: Give it a boil and then add the pieces of chicken back in and simmer a tiny bit until chicken is cooked through. Check by piercing with a knife .no blood chicken is cooked


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