Chicken Fricassee

Ingredients

• 5 to 6 lbs chicken legs and thigh quarters
• 1 cup flour seasoned with:
• 2 tbsp. kosher salt
• A few turns of black pepper
• A healthy pinch of cayenne pepper
• 1 cup lard (home-rendered), bacon drippings, duck fat or vegetable oil
• 3/4 cup flour
• 2 cups onion, chopped
• 1 cup celery, chopped
• 1/2 cup green bell pepper, chopped
• 1/2 cup mushrooms, sliced
• 2 tbsp. garlic, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup dry white wine
• 1 quart chicken stock, preferably homemade
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 bundle of fresh thyme, tied together with butcher’s twine
• Kosher salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper to taste
• 2 tbsp. fresh thyme, taken off of the stem and chopped
• 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tbsp. hot sauce
• 1/2 cup green onions, thinly sliced
• 1 recipe Creole boiled rice