Coq Au Vin - Chicken with Red Wine
Coq Au Vin, a chicken with red wine sauce, is famous French comfort food that is simple to make and delicious.
Calories per serving: 376kcal
Ingredients
- 1 Chicken, cut up
- 4 slices Bacon, cut into 1 inch lardons
- 4 Carrot, cut into 1 inch slices
- 3 cloves Garlic , minced
- 1 Onion, large chopped
- 1 teaspoon Thyme, dried
- 12 ounces Water
- 1 tablespoon *Chicken base
- 1 cup Red wine
- 6 Mushroom, quartered
- 4 teaspoon *Flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Mise en Place
- In a dutch oven or another pan that can be placed in the oven, fry the bacon until it has rendered its fat. Remove from the pan with a slotted spoon and set aside on a plate.
- Add the chicken pieces to the pan, skin side down, and brown on both sides. Do not overcrowded. Remove to the plate with the bacon.
- Put the garlic, onion, and carrots into the pan and saute until the garlic has become translucent. Sprinkle on the thyme, and stir the vegetables around.
- Then, add the bacon, chicken, and whatever juices have accumulated to the pan.
- Mix the water the chicken base together. Pour the chicken stock mixture into the pan, Add the wine to the pan. Add the mushrooms.
- Cover and place in the oven. Cook for about 30 minutes or until the chicken reads 160 degrees on an instant thermometer.
- Remove the chicken from the oven and uncover.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour with some of the juice from the chicken into a slurry. Add the slurry to the chicken and stir.
- Heat on low, stirring occasionally until the sauce has thickened.
- Serve with noodles.
Notes
In this recipe I used a Cornish hen because that was what I had on hand. You could use a whole regular chicken, or just the pieces you like. Please use a good red wine that you can serve with your dinner.
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