Chicken Fricassee with Meatballs

This is an old family recipe. The only time I’ve seen something like this in print was in Mimi Sheraton’s From My Mother’s Kitchen. It turns out that she and I grew up in the same neighborhood and even attended the same high school, although we didn’t know each other. Given the similarities of the two recipes, I would venture a guess that our families probably came from a similar neighborhood in the old country.

When I was cooking at home for my family. I used to make this with chic