Coq Au Vin (the French dish of chicken cooked in wine) is a fun recipe for the Dutch Oven. My dad swears he can taste the different between food that was cooked in a Dutch Oven versus a regular stock pot. So these types of meals tend to go over well with him.
This is a great one-pot meal that I doubled when my whole family was here a while back. It's pretty quick to prepare and definitely easy to swap ingredients in and out. My father-in-law took my recipe and adapted it for the crockpot, adding something different each time.
This is a great one-pot meal that I doubled when my whole family was here a while back. It's pretty quick to prepare and definitely easy to swap ingredients in and out. My father-in-law took my recipe and adapted it for the crockpot, adding something different each time.
Adapted from Cooking Light |
Coq Au Vin
Serves 4
Ingredients
3 bacon slices, chopped
2-3 lbs of chicken, drumsticks, thighs, breasts (a whole cut-up chicken from the grocery store is good)
salt and pepper to taste
1 1/2 cups sliced cremini mushrooms
1 1/2 cups dry red wine
1 cup chopped carrots
1 1/2 cup fat-free, less-sodium chicken broth
pinch of thyme, rosemary, or Italian seasoning
4 teaspoons tomato paste
2 large shallots, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 bag of egg noodles
parmesan cheese for sprinkling, optional
handful chopped fresh parsley
4 garlic cloves, minced
1 bag of egg noodles
parmesan cheese for sprinkling, optional
handful chopped fresh parsley
Directions
- 1. Cook bacon in a large Dutch Oven over medium-high heat for 2 minutes. Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. Add chicken to pan; cook 2 minutes or so on each side, browning the skin. Dump in the shallots, mushrooms, carrots, tomato paste, seasoning, wine and broth; bring to a boil. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 25 minutes or until chicken is cooked.
- 2. Remove chicken with a slotted spoon; keep warm.
3. Cook the egg noodles according to package instructions.
- 4. Bring cooking liquid of coq au vin to a boil; cook until reduced to 3 cups (about 6 minutes). Return chicken to pan; cook a couple minutes until chicken is hot again.
- 5. Sprinkle with fresh parsley and parmesan cheese and serve over egg noodles. Enjoy!
I was WAITING for the coq au vin to make a blog appearance! Best dinner I had in a while. More chicky please!!
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