Simple Coq au Vin Recipe - Titli's Busy Kitchen
Coq au vin is a very simple dish of chicken cooked in red wine. It's easy to make and rich in flavour.
Ingredients
1 jointed chicken or a bunch of chicken pieces with the skin on
1 bottle of red wine
250 g (8 oz) small onions or shallots
250 g (8 oz) mushrooms
250 ml (8 fl oz) chicken stock
2 tbsp olive oil
2 tbsp plain flour
1 tbsp butter
Bouquet garni
Salt
Pepper
Instructions
Season the chicken pieces well then place skin side down into a medium hot pan. Cook for 10-12 minutes until golden, turning once. Remove from the pan and put to one side.
Heat the oil in a pan oven a medium heat. Add the onions and cook until evenly browned.
Meanwhile heat the butter in a pan oven a medium heat. Add the mushrooms and sauté until browned.
When the onions have browned add the flour, stir and cook for 2 minutes.
Add the wine and bring to the boil. Simmer for 1 minute.
Add the chicken pieces, mushrooms, bouquet garni and chicken stock. Cover and simmer for 45- 50 minutes.
Remove the chicken and vegetable from the pan and boil the remaining liquid to reduce by one third.
Return the chicken and vegetables to the pan and simmer for 5 minutes to heat through before serving.
Titli's Tips
You can serve this dish with anything you like but we prefer to eat it with a big chunk of French bread to mop up the delicious gravy!