Corre Larkin’s chicken fricassee recipe includes bone-in, skin-on thighs, mushrooms, white wine, and a finishing touch of cream and parsley.
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Corre Larkin’s chicken fricassee is presented as a French home-style meal “somewhere between a sauté and a stew,” designed to be cozy and hearty for dinner.
The recipe is written for four servings and calls for a 12-inch pan (or a Dutch oven, with browning in batches if needed). It uses bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs, carrots, celery, a diced yellow onion, a bouquet garni made with six fresh thyme sprigs and two fresh bay leaves tied together, garlic, dry white wine, bone broth, chopped mushrooms, and a divided portion of heavy cream.
Larkin advises that any small mushroom variety can be used—such as chestnut, button, baby bella or cremini—and that mushrooms can be left out if desired. She also suggests substituting dried bay leaves if fresh aren’t available, noting they should be tied loosely only if they can be retrieved, rather than left to crumble in the dish.
To prepare it, she recommends seasoning the flour with salt and pepper, coating the chicken thighs, and browning them in butter until the skin turns golden, with 5 to 7 minutes skin-side down and about 3 minutes after flipping.
The vegetables are then cooked in the remaining fat with the bouquet garni over medium-low heat for 15 minutes, stirring every five minutes. After adding garlic for about 2 minutes and reducing the wine by half for 3 to 4 minutes, the recipe adds bone broth and mushrooms and returns the chicken to the pot.
The fricassee simmers uncovered until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 175°F (80°C), about 25 minutes. After removing the bouquet garni, the sauce is finished by stirring in red wine vinegar and the remaining cream, then pouring the sauce over the chicken and topping with finely chopped fresh parsley.
Larkin is described as @CocoLarkinCooks on Instagram and TikTok, where she shares recipes, and as the author of “Season to Taste,” from which this recipe is excerpted with permission. She lives in Newport Beach, California, with her husband and their two children.
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