American Chicken Fricassee

Ingredients for 2 servings:

• 500 g chicken breast
• 150 g mushrooms
• 1 bell pepper(s)
• 2 tbsp butter
• 125 ml chicken broth
• 2 tbsp flour
• 100 g cream
• 3 tbsp lemon juice
• e.g. salt and pepper
• some parsley, fresh

Instructions

Working time approx. 10 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 10 minutes; Total time approx. 20 minutes

Rinse the meat under cold running water, pat dry, and cut into strips. Trim the mushrooms. Halve the bell pepper, remove the stem and core, wash, pat dry, and finely dice. Heat the butter in a pan, fry the meat and mushrooms for 5 minutes. Mix the stock with the flour and add to the meat along with the diced bell pepper. Stir in the cream and simmer for 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Season to taste with salt, pepper, and lemon juice. Wash the parsley, shake dry, and pluck the leaves from the stems. Serve the fricassee on plates and garnish with parsley leaves. Buttered rice is a good side dish.