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DictionaryfricasseeStew in a light sauce
noun / verb

fricassee

FRIK-uh-see/ˈfrɪkəsiː/

A meat or poultry stew in a light sauce, or cooking it this way.

The chicken fricassee contains tender pieces of meat in a creamy white sauce.

A shallow serving bowl of chicken fricassee, with recognizable pieces of meat partly submerged in creamy white sauce; one cut piece reveals its cooked interior.
Etymology
fricasseeFrenchmince and cook in sauce

French fricasser, “mince and cook in sauce,” describes the preparation behind this dish name. The verb’s deeper origin is uncertain, but its cooking sense directly connects to meat prepared in sauce.

In context

Morris Time Cooking4:16
show you how we do the fricassee and the brown stew
How To Cook The Best Fricassee Chicken | Lesson #49 | Morris Time Cooking

More examples

  • We fricassee the chicken with mushrooms and onions.
  • He spooned the veal fricassee over rice.
  • She fricasseed the rabbit in a light cream sauce.

Forms

fricassee · fricassees · fricasseed · fricasseeing

Similar words

stew
A broader term that does not specify a light sauce.
braise
Emphasizes slow cooking in little liquid, not a particular sauce.