Chicken Fricassee à la Marenga

Ingredients

• 1 whole chicken 
• 8 ounces of salad oil 
• 4 ounces of truffles cut
• Bunch of parsley
• 6 chives
• 1 bruised clove of garlic
• Pinch of salt and pepper
• 8 ounces of mushrooms
• 1/2 cup of brown gravy
• 1 lemon
• Bread
• Crawfish

Directions

1. Cut the chicken for a fricassee (strips from the breast and roll into flour).
2. Place the chicken into the salad oil to cook briskly for 20 minutes.
3. Mix truffles, parsley, chives, garlic, salt and pepper with the chicken and let stew for 20 minutes.
4. Then pour out the oil and remove parsley.
5. Throw in the mushrooms, brown gravy, and the juice of the lemon.
6. Garnish with bread and crawfish.

Source — La Cuisine Creole
Prepared by Madelyn Williams
Louisiana Anthology
July 20, 2021