Browned Chicken Fricassee With Mushroom Sauce

Ingredients

• 1 (4 lb)  whole chickens, cut into serving portions
• 1 1/2 quarts water
• 1 slice onion
• 2 carrots, peeled and sliced
• 1 stalk celery, sliced
• salt and pepper
• 1/4 cup flour
• butter

Mushroom Sauce

• 2 tablespoons butter or chicken fat
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 1 (10 1/4 ounce) can cream of mushroom soup
• salt and pepper, to taste

Directions

1. 1

   Place chicken in a large pot; add vegetables, seasonings and water, bring to a boil and simmer until tender (about two hours).

2. 2

   Remove meat and drain very well; reserve stock.

3. 3

   Roll pieces of chicken in flour to which salt and pepper have been added.

4. 4

   Saute in butter until golden.

5. 5

   Arrange chicken on a serving platter and pour hot mushroom sauce over the top.

6. 6

   For the mushroom sauce: heat the fat in the pan in which chicken was browned.

7. 7

   Add flour and blend.

8. 8

   Add chicken stock gradually, stirring constantly and cook until thickened.

9. 9

   Add soup and adjust seasoning.