Le Coq au Vin Chicken in Red Wine

Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

• 2 (1 1/2 to 2 pound) chickens
• 1 carrot, diced
• 1 medium onion, diced
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 2 1/2 cups Burgundy red wine
• 2 tomatoes, quartered
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 teaspoon thyme
• 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
• 3 cups chicken stock
• 6 ounces mushrooms, quartered
• 2 ounces smoked bacon, diced
• 12 pearl onions, cooked
• Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

1. Quarter chickens, remove backbone. Cut wings off at second joint; debone breast.
2. Season with salt and pepper.
3. Dredge in flour.
4. Brown chicken in oil in batches. Remove chicken. Set on paper towels. Discard oil.
5. In same skillet toss carrots, onions, garlic for 2 minutes.
6. Deglaze with wine, add tomatoes, bay leaf, thyme. Bring to a boil. Reduce by half.
7. Put legs in a saucepan. Add stock and reduced wine stock. Simmer for 20 minutes.
8. Add breasts. Simmer for 15 minutes.
9. Remove chicken.
10. Reduce cooking stock by a third. Strain, pressing to extract as much liquid as possible. Pour over hicken.
11. In skillet, brown bacon. Discard drippings.
12. Toss mushrooms, onions and bacon on medium heat for 2 minutes.
13. Discard fat.
14. Add mushrooms, onions and bacon to chicken in wine sauce. Stir gently.

Nutrition

Per serving: Calories 749; Fat 35 ; Carbohydrate 10g; Cholesterol 216mg; Sodium 442mg; Protein 71g

Attribution

Posted by GayleL at Recipe Goldmine 7/8/01 9:34:39 pm

Source: orlandosentinel.com - Thought You'd Never Ask - March 15, 2001