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French Main Courses

By Food & Wine
Updated February 12, 2019
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Classic French main courses, from Bouillabaisse to Duck à l'Orange. Don't forget the tools you need to cook a classic French meal.
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Lyon-Style Chicken with Vinegar Sauce

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When chef April Bloomfield tried a classic version of vinegar chicken in Lyon, she wished it was tangier. So, back home, she adds a hefty amount of Banyuls wine vinegar to the sauce. "I love the way the vinegar froths up when you add it to the pan," says Bloomfield, who finishes the chicken in the sauce to infuse it with extra flavor.

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Marseille-Style Shrimp Stew

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Large shrimp make this a knife-and-fork stew. Melissa Clark spreads a garlicky French rouille on toasts for dipping in the stew.

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Duck à l'Orange

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Because a single duck rarely has enough meat to feed more than two or three people, Jacques Pépin prepares two ducks side by side when serving this classic dish to guests. And because he's roasting whole ducks, he cooks them until they're well done, which results in the crispiest skin and best flavor.

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Chicken Dijon

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Melissa Clark's favorite part of the chicken is the drumstick, because it's juicy and easy to brown. She likes using only drumsticks in this mustardy stew—thickened with tangy crème fraîche—so that all the meat cooks at the same rate.

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Braised Pork with Pearl Onions and Grapes

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Marcia Kiesel added pearl onions and grapes to her tender pork dish because "they're both sweet and juicy."

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Crispy Monkfish with Capers

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This is Daniel Boulud's take on Wiener schnitzel, a breaded and fried veal cutlet. He lightens the dish by making it with thinly pounded monkfish fillets, breaded on only one side. He serves it with a mix of asparagus, zucchini and butternut squash.

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Crunchy Almond-Crusted Duck Breasts with Chanterelle Salad

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Duck is often paired with something sweet, as in canard à l'orange. Jean-Georges Vongerichten tops it here with chopped sugar-coated almonds. The sugar burns slightly as the meat is broiled to form a bittersweet crust that pairs beautifully with the juicy richness of the duck.

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Toulouse-Style Cassoulet

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Although there are innumerable versions of cassoulet, most are based on a stew of white beans and various forms of pork. The dish gets its name from the pot it's traditionally baked in, the cassole, which is often shaped like a wide inverted cone to insure the greatest amount of luscious crust. This version includes duck confit and the French garlic sausages that are a specialty of Toulouse.

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Chicken in Red Wine Vinegar

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For Paula Wolfert, this rustic Lyonnais dish is comfort food. Slow cooking transforms red wine vinegar, tomato, shallots, garlic and a touch of honey into a perfectly balanced sauce for chicken.

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Roasted Chicken with Herb Jus

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For dinner parties, Jing Tio makes a supremely juicy roasted chicken adapted from a recipe by chef Mohammad Islam of Hollywood's famed Chateau Marmont.

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Bouillabaisse

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When Cathal Armstrong was growing up in Ireland, his father (a travel agent and avid cook) made all kinds of Spanish and French dishes, including a great bouillabaisse. Now Armstrong serves his own phenomenal bouillabaisse, packed with shrimp, mussels, clams and monkfish.

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Stuffed Pork Tenderloins with Bacon and Apple-Riesling Sauce

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Chef Debra Whiting loves the fresh goat cheese from the local Lively Run Dairy so much that she always works it into her dinner menu. Here, she mixes the cheese with apple, sausage and greens, then stuffs it inside a bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin. To balance the richness of the cheese, look for a wine with good acidity, like a dry or semi-dry New York Riesling.

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Red Snapper with Citrus and Fennel Salad

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Daniel Boulud broils snapper right on dinner plates, topping the fish with citrus, diced jalapeño and bell peppers. A simple radish-fennel salad goes alongside. An easier way is to broil the snapper on a baking sheet, then serve it with a salad that combines all the bright, crisp flavors of the original dish: fennel, radishes, bell pepper, citrus and jalapeño.

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1 of 13 Lyon-Style Chicken with Vinegar Sauce
2 of 13 Marseille-Style Shrimp Stew
3 of 13 Duck à l'Orange
4 of 13 Chicken Dijon
5 of 13 Braised Pork with Pearl Onions and Grapes
6 of 13 Crispy Monkfish with Capers
7 of 13 Crunchy Almond-Crusted Duck Breasts with Chanterelle Salad
8 of 13 Toulouse-Style Cassoulet
9 of 13 Chicken in Red Wine Vinegar
10 of 13 Roasted Chicken with Herb Jus
11 of 13 Bouillabaisse
12 of 13 Stuffed Pork Tenderloins with Bacon and Apple-Riesling Sauce
13 of 13 Red Snapper with Citrus and Fennel Salad

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