Coq Au Vin

Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 4 slices bacon, chop and cook til crispy
• 1/2 cup butter
• 2 broiler-fryer chickens, cut into quarters
• 16 small white pearl onions (peeled and left whole)
• 16 large mushrooms, sliced
• 2 garlic cloves (minced)
• 1 bunch scallion (cleaned and cut up)
• 1/4 cup flour
• 3 cups dry red table
• 2 chicken bouillon cubes
• 1 cup boiling water
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme
• 1 bay leaf

Recipe

• 1 preheat cooker/fryer to 300 degrees.
• 2 cook bacon till crisp.
• 3 remove and reserve.
• 4 add butter to bacon fat and brown chicken pieces.
• 5 remove chicken and reserve.
• 6 lightly cook onions and mushrooms.
• 7 remove.
• 8 pour out drippings and reserve 2 tablespoons in cooker.
• 9 cook garlic and scallions till limp.
• 10 stir in flour and cook 2 minutes till flour has browned.
• 11 turn off heat.
• 12 stir in , bouillon and 1 cup of boiling water.
• 13 turn heat up to 300 degrees and stir till mix comes to a boil.
• 14 add salt, pepper, thyme and bayleaf.
• 15 stir.
• 16 add bacon, chicken, onions and mushrooms.
• 17 cover.
• 18 turn heat to simmer and cook for 30 to 45 minutes till chicken in tender.
• 19 remove bayleaf before serving.