Coq au vin

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Prepare 1,000 g boneless chicken thigh meat with skin, 120 g bacon, 300 g mushrooms, 200 g onion, 200 g carrot and 10 g garlic. Cut onion, carrot and garlic; halve the mushrooms.

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12 min

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Ingredients

  • 1,000 gChicken, broilers or fryers, thigh, meat and skin, raw
  • 120 gPork, cured, bacon, unprepared
  • 300 gMushrooms, white, raw
  • 200 gOnions, raw
  • 200 gCarrots, raw
  • 500 gAlcoholic beverage, wine, table, red
  • 300 gSoup, beef broth, less/reduced sodium, ready to serve
  • 10 gGarlic, raw
  • 25 gWheat flour, white, all-purpose, unenriched
  • 3 gThyme, fresh

Method

  1. Prepare 1,000 g boneless chicken thigh meat with skin, 120 g bacon, 300 g mushrooms, 200 g onion, 200 g carrot and 10 g garlic. Cut onion, carrot and garlic; halve the mushrooms.
  2. Brown bacon in a deep pot, add chicken skin-side down and brown it on both sides. Transfer it to a plate.
  3. Put onion, carrot, garlic and 25 g flour into the pot. After two minutes return chicken, add 500 g red wine and 300 g stock, then 3 g thyme. Cover and braise for 75 minutes.
  4. Add mushrooms and braise uncovered for 23 minutes, until the chicken reaches at least 74 °C in its thickest part.