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Coq au Vin

Chicken pieces browned and then simmered in red wine with smoky bacon, mushrooms and small onions until the sauce turns glossy and deep. It is a cozy dish for a cold evening, best with mashed potato.

  • YieldServes 4
  • Hands-on35 min
  • Total1 h 30 min
  • Difficulty

Ingredients

  • 60 mlolive oil
  • 100 gbacon, chopped
  • 150 gsmall cremini mushrooms, wiped and halved if large
  • 12pearl onions or small shallots, peeled
  • 30 gall-purpose flour, half for dusting, half for the sauce
  • 8 piecesskin-on, bone-in chicken thighs or drumsticks
  • 60 mlbrandyoptional
  • 300 mlred wine
  • 300 mlchicken stock
  • 1 tbspred currant jelly
  • 1bouquet garni, thyme, parsley and bay leaf tied together
  • to tastesalt
  • to tasteblack pepper

Contains

  • Gluten
  • Celery
  • Sulfites
  • Wheat
  • Pome fruits (any)
  • Apple
  • Olive
  • Berries (any)
  • Currant
  • Grapes
  • Citrus fruits (any)
  • Onion family (any)
  • Onion
  • Leek
  • Carrot
  • Thyme
  • Parsley
  • Bay leaf
  • Black and white pepper
  • Mushrooms (any)
  • Button, cremini and portobello
  • All mammal meat (alpha-gal)
  • Pork
  • Poultry and birds (any)
  • Chicken
  • Gelatin
  • Histamine (aged and fermented foods)
  • Alcohol

Taste

  • Sweet
  • Sour / bright
  • Salty
  • Umami / savory
  • Richness / fat
  • Herbal / fresh

Texture

  • Tender-braised

Equipment

  • Stovetop

Season

  • Fall
  • Winter

Occasion

  • Weekend project
  • Entertaining

Effort

  • 20–45 min active
  • 1–3 hours total
  • Difficulty 3
  • Make-ahead friendly
  • Leftovers-friendly
  • One pot

Nutrition

  • Calories: moderate
  • Protein: moderate
  • Carbs: high
  • Fat: high
  • Fiber: high
  • Sodium: moderate

Budget

  • Budget: moderate

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