Coq au vin
This classic recipe from French cuisine is delicious on cold and chilly days. The chicken is slowly cooked in wine sauce which gives it a very nice flavor. Garnished with carrots, shallots, and boiled potatoes it makes a delicious meal. The bones can be used afterward to make a delicious chicken broth. So, you can reuse everything (a great meal isn't it).
Ingredients
- 1200 grams whole chicken or 4 chicken thighs
- 125 gram smoked bacon sliced in strips
- 2 carrots
- 6 shallots
- 1 red onion
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 2 tablespoons butter unsalted
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 400 mL red wine
- 400 ml chicken stock
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 sprig dried thyme
- ½ teaspoon sugar
- 4 sprigs parsley
- salt and pepper to taste
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Instructions
- When you have a whole chicken cut you into 8 pieces (2 legs, 2 wings, and the carcass into quarters).
- Scrape the carrots and cut them into thin slices.
- Peel the shallots. Cut two of the shallots very fine.
- Chop the red onion.
- Peel the garlic.
- Heat the oil in a pan and fry the bacon for 2 minutes. Remove them with a slotted spoon and put them aside.
- Put the butter in the pan with the oil and fry the chicken until they are nicely browned. Remove from the pan and let them lie down.
- Put the whole shallots into the pan and fry them nicely brown on all sides (about 3 minutes). Also, remove that from the pan.
- Then add the chopped shallots and onions to the pan, stir fry for 2 minutes, then add the garlic and add carrots. Bake for just 2 minutes while stirring.
- Sprinkle the flour over the vegetables and cook it for a minute.
- Pour the wine little by a little while stirring.
- Thin the sauce with the chicken broth.
- Put the bay leaf, thyme, and parsley into the liquid and stir in the sugar too.
- Bring to a boil and add the bacon, shallots, and whole chicken to the pan.
- Put the lid on the pan and bring it to a boil.
- Allow 50 minutes to cook.
- Remove the thyme and bay leaf from the pan.
NOTES
- Make this recipe in the slow cooker by following the recipe until step 11 pour in the wine. Then place everything in the bowl of the slow cooker and turn it on high heat for 5-6 hours.
Nutrition
Calories: 661kcal | Carbohydrates: 22g | Protein: 38g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 142mg | Sodium: 608mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 5577IU | Vitamin C: 12mg | Iron: 3mg
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