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fricassee

[ frik-uh-see ]

noun

  1. meat, especially chicken or veal, browned lightly, stewed, and served in a sauce made with its own stock.


verb (used with object)

, fric·as·seed, fric·as·see·ing.
  1. to prepare as a fricassee.

fricassee

/ ˈfrɪkəsɪ; ˈfrɪkəˌseɪ; ˌfrɪkəˈsiː /

noun

  1. stewed meat, esp chicken or veal, and vegetables, served in a thick white sauce
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. tr to prepare (meat) as a fricassee
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fricassee1

1560–70; < Middle French, noun use of feminine past participle of fricasser to cook chopped food in its own juice, probably equivalent to fri ( re ) to fry 1 + casser to break, crack (< Latin quassāre to shake, damage, batter); compare, however, dial. fricâssié, perhaps with a reflex of Vulgar Latin *coāctiāre, verbal derivative of Latin coāctus compressed, condensed, past participle of cōgere; cogent
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Word History and Origins

Origin of fricassee1

C16: from Old French, from fricasser to fricassee; probably related to frire to fry 1
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Example Sentences

I shall use this chicken for fricassee; it has been singed, picked and wiped with a wet towel.

In cooking chicken for fricassee you want to have the pieces about one size, so that they will cook easily.

Part of the chicken I am going to make into a brown fricassee, and part of it I am going to fry.

Cover up the sauce pan after the fricassee is seasoned, and cook it until it is tender.

To keep the fricassee white, cover it (while stewing) with a sheet of buttered paper laid over the fowls.

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