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  • Serves: 6 Servings

Coq Au Vin

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Category: Main Dish, Poultry

 Ingredients List

  • 1/4 lb Bacon
  • 3 lb Frying chicken; cut up
  • 1/2 ts Salt
  • 1/8 ts Pepper
  • 1/4 c Cognac
  • 3 c Burgundy wine
  • 1 1/2 c Chicken stock
  • 1/2 tb Tomato paste
  • 2 Cloves garlic; mashed
  • 1/4 ts Thyme
  • 1 Bay leaf
  • 1 tb Flour
  • 2 tb Butter; softened

 Directions

Fry bacon in a casserole. Drain on paper towels. Dry Chicken thoroughly.
Brown in bacon fat. Season with salt and pepper. Return bacon to casserole.
Cover and cook slowly for 10 minutes. Turn once. Uncover and add cognac and
ignite. When flames have dissapated, pour wine over chicken and just enough
broth to cover chicken. Stir in tomato paste, garlic and herbs. Cover and
simmer for 25 to 30 minutes until tender. Remove chicken and skim off fat.
Raise heat and boil rapidly, reducing the liquid to about 2 1/4 cups.
Correct seasonings. Remove from heat and discard the bay leaf. Blend flour
and butter together. Beat into hot liquid. Simmer for 1 to 2 minutes.
Arrange the chicken on a platter with sautŽd mushrooms around it and baste
with the sauce. Serves 4 to 6.

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