Course: Soup
Tags: Dan Original, 2023-09
Fricôt
There are as many fricôt recipes as there are Acadian moms.
Whether it should be served with dumplings or not is a rather hotly contested topic. This one, for now, doesn't include them.
The herbes salées and summer savory are the stars of the show when it comes to flavoring this traditional dish. If you don't have herbes salées, use 1 tsp salt and ¼ c chopped chives or green onions.
Ingredients
| 1 whole or parts | chicken |
| 1 head | celery |
| 2 lbs | carrots |
| 4-5 | onions |
| 6 medium size | potatoes |
| 1 tsp | herbes salées |
| ¼ tsp | pepper |
| 2 tsp | summer savory |
Bust Out
| 5-quart stock | pot |
| bowl |
Steps
- Put chicken in the pot cover with water, burner on high.
- Dice celery, add; peel & slice carrots, add; slice onions, add.
- Bringing it to a boil and reduce heat to medium for a gentle simmer. Simmer for about 30 minutes
- Check if the meat is thoroughly cooked, ready to fall off the bones. When it is:
- Remove the chicken from the pot and set it aside in a bowl until it cools down enough to handle.
- While the chicken cools, peel and cube the potatoes and add to the pot.
- Season the soup with herbes salées, pepper, and summer savory.
- Once the chicken has cooled, separate the meat and add it back to the pot.
- The potatoes will cook in about 10 minutes.