{"id":4638,"slug":"chicken-a-l-estragon","title":"Chicken à l'Estragon","description":"From The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book (1919) by Victor Hirtzler.","ingredients_raw":["a whole chicken","a quart of water","salt","a bouquet garni","three ounces of butter","two and one-half spoonfuls of flour","one and one-half pints of the chicken broth","a little chopped tarragon","the yolks of two eggs","a half cup of cream","Cayenne pepper","a few leaves of tarragon"],"ingredients_norm":["whole chicken","water","salt","bouquet garni","butter","and half spoonfuls of flour","and half pints of the chicken broth","little chopped tarragon","egg yolk","cream","cayenne pepper","few leaves of tarragon"],"steps":["Boil a whole chicken in a quart of water with salt and a bouquet garni.","When done pull the skin off but leave the chicken whole.","Make the sauce in the following manner: Put three ounces of butter in a casserole, when hot add two and one-half spoonfuls of flour and one and one-half pints of the chicken broth.","Boil for ten minutes.","Add a little chopped tarragon and boil for another ten minutes.","Bind with the yolks of two eggs and a half cup of cream.","Strain, and season with salt and Cayenne pepper.","Pour the sauce over the chicken.","Lay a few leaves of tarragon on top."],"categories":[],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":null,"source_name":"gutenberg","source_url":"https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/39550","source_ref":"pg:39550:w24:11","authors_url":null,"license":"Public domain (US)","license_url":null,"extraction_confidence":0.95,"content_hash":"9be6fa9de0c8247f63fe971de662174706752df5d180bea8f8a987323b407d6a","created_at":"2026-08-02T16:37:49Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T17:11:32Z","notice":"Historical recipe (1919), reproduced as published: it may reflect its era's ingredients, language, and food-safety practices. Apply modern judgment on cooking temperatures and preservation.","url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/chicken-a-l-estragon"}