Chicken Bordeaux

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 50 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 teaspoons butter, divided
• 1 cup sliced mushrooms
• 1 garlic clove, finely chopped
• 2 frying chickens, about 3 pounds each, quartered
• 3/4 cup flour, divided
• 1 teaspoon salt
• black pepper
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 1 cup canned tomato, undrained
• water
• 1 1/2 cups bordeaux wine

Recipe

• 1 melt 1 teaspoon butter and lightly sautee mushrooms. remove and set aside.
• 2 melt remaining butter.
• 3 add garlic and cook about 1 minute. remove and set aside.
• 4 coat chicken with 1/2 cup flour.
• 5 season with salt and pepper.
• 6 heat oil in a heavy skillet.
• 7 add chicken and brown on all sides.
• 8 cover and cook over low heat for 25 minutes.
• 9 drain oil from skillet.
• 10 add tomatoes and bring to a boil.
• 11 add enough water to the remaining flour to make a paste.
• 12 stir into tomatoes and cook, stirring, until thickened.
• 13 add wine, mushrooms and garlic.
• 14 cover and simmer until chicken is tender, about 20 minutes longer.