Lynette's Coq Au Vin Recipe at MyDish

Lynette's Coq Au Vin

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Method

  • 1. Cut chicken into serving sized pieces.
  • 2. Heat 60g butter in large pan, add peeled whole onions and diced bacon, cook until onions are light golden brown then remove from pan.
  • 3. Add chicken pieces to pan a few at a time, allow to brown on all sides, remove and repeat with remaining chicken.
  • 4. Add chopped mushrooms and crushed garlic to pan and saute gently until mushrooms are just wilted (if mushrooms can wilt - I thought it was just lettuce, but who knows!) Remove from pan.
  • 5. Add remaining butter to pan with mushroomy-bacony juices. When butter has melted, add flour, stir until golden brown.
  • 6. Remove pan from heat, add water, wine, crumbled stock cubes, salt, pepper and herbs, stir until combined.
  • 7. Swat away errant daughter who is sneakily trying to eat chicken, bacon & mushroom mixture.
  • 8. Return pan to heat, stir until sauce boils & thickens.
  • 9. Put everything into a large ovenproof dish,. Cover & bake in a moderate oven for 45 minutes
  • Tips

    • You could use 2 whole 1kg chickens instead of the pieces, however this involves more chopping, and I am somewhat lazy, as well as not being a very good butcher...

    Ingredients

    • 2kg chicken breast & thighs. roughly chopped
    • 125g butter
    • 125g bacon. diced
    • 12 tiny onions
    • 250g mushrooms
    • 1 clove garlic
    • ½ cup plain flour
    • 2 chicken stock cubes
    • 3 cups water
    • 2 cups red wine (dry is good)
    • ¼ tspn thyme
    • ¼ tspn mixed herbs
    • 1 bayleaf

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