🇫🇷French4 ServingsMain CourseFrench
Coq au Vin
A classic rustic French chicken stew braised in red wine with mushrooms, crispy bacon, and pearl onions.
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken (cut into 8 pieces) or 4 large chicken legs
- 150g bacon lardons
- 1 bottle red wine
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 250g cremini mushrooms
- 1 cup pearl onions (peeled)
- 2 cloves garlic, fresh thyme, 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp butter, 2 tbsp flour
Instructions
1
Cook the bacon in a heavy pot until crisp. Remove and set aside. Brown the chicken pieces in the bacon fat, then remove.
2
Sauté the pearl onions and mushrooms until browned, then set them aside with the bacon.
3
Add garlic to the pot, then return the chicken. Pour in the wine and broth, and add the herbs.
4
Simmer covered for 45-50 minutes until the chicken is cooked through.
5
Knead the butter and flour together (beurre manié) and whisk it into the sauce to thicken it. Return the bacon, onions, and mushrooms to the pot and simmer for 5 more minutes.
