Receta Recipe of the Week - Coq au Vin
Recipe of the Week – Coq au Vin
May 1, 2012 at 12:16 pm
(From the Chicken Entrée Collection at emealsforyou.com)
Coq au Vin
Everyone has or should have a couple of “go to” recipes that they know will be appreciated by their families. This is one of those for us. When we went back to NJ last month we left some Coq au Vin in the freezer for my mother-in-law to have after we left. She sent me a message last week that she found it in the freezer, had forgotten what it was, heated it up and Voila, one great meal. Actually two meals as she used the leftovers for a lunch for my brothers-in-law the next day. Yesterday my son brought his dog for us to dog watch for a few weeks and I asked him what he wanted for dinner. His response: Coq au Vin.
Don’t let the name fool you, this is as down to earth, down-home cooking as there is. What could be better than chicken stewed in wine, bacon and mushrooms. Make this your family’s favorite.
Coq au Vin
Recipe Summary
Complexity:
Easy
Serves:
4
Category:
Chicken Entrée
Meal:
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2
slices
bacon
2
Tb
oil, olive
1
whole
chicken, whole, cut up
6
- cloves
- garlic, chopped
- 8
- oz
- onions, pearl frozen
- 8
- oz
- mushrooms, white button
- 1
- 10.5 oz can
- beef consommé
- 8
- oz
- wine, dry red
- 8
- oz
- chicken broth
3
Tb
tomato paste
3
medium
bay leaves, whole dried
2
Tb
butter, salted
2
Tb
flour
0.5
tsp
salt and pepper to taste
Cut bacon into small pieces, brown bacon in large pan, add oil. Brown chicken in pan, remove chicken, add garlic and onions, sauté for 3 minutes. Add mushrooms, chicken, consommé, wine, bay leaves, tomato paste and enough of the broth to just cover chicken. Reduce heat to simmer, cook for 25 minutes, until chicken is tender. Remove chicken to platter. Add flour to some of the juice and add to gravy to thicken, add butter. Salt and pepper to taste. Spoon over chicken and serve.
Serve with crusty bread.
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