Coq Au Vin (chicken Braised In Red Wine)

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 3 -3 1/2 lbs broiler-fryer chickens, cut up (i remove the skin)
• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 6 slices bacon
• 6 small onions
• 1/2 lb mushroom, sliced
• 4 carrots, halved or julienned
• 1 cup chicken broth (or 1 chicken bouillon cube dissolved in 1 cup water)
• 1 cup red burgundy wine
• 1 garlic clove, crushed
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves
• 1 bay leaf
• 2 sprigs parsley (tied in cheesecloth bag, or place in teaball)

Recipe

• 1 mix flour, salt and pepper and put in paper or plastic bag.
• 2 drop chicken pieces into bag and shake to coat.
• 3 in large skillet fry bacon until crisp; drain and reserve bacon bits.
• 4 brown chicken in bacon drippings.
• 5 remove to a plate.
• 6 add onions and mushrooms to skillet and cook until onions are tender.
• 7 drain off fat.
• 8 return chicken pieces to skillet (or you can place this in a large oven-proof baking dish).
• 9 add remaining ingredients, including bacon bits.
• 10 cover and simmer about 1 hours.
• 11 or until chicken is tender.
• 12 (or cover and bake at 350f for 1-1 1/2 hrs).
• 13 remove bouquet garni before serving.
• 14 skim off excess fat.
• 15 if desired, sprinkle with snipped parsley.