Coq au Vin
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A French classic: chicken braised in a glossy red wine sauce with bacon, mushrooms, and pearl onions. Rich, luxurious, and deeply flavorful, it's elegant enough for special occasions.
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Nutrition & ingredients
Ingredients
serves 4- 4 chicken thighs (, bone-in, skin on (~220g / 7 oz each) (Note 1))
- 4 chicken drumsticks ((Note 1))
- 16 pearl onions or picking onions ((Note 2))
- 1 bay leaf (, fresh (dry also ok))
- 3 thyme sprigs ((sub 1 tsp dried thyme))
- 750 ml / 3 cups pinot noir red wine (, or other dry red wine (Note 3))
- 3 - 4 tbsp vegetable oil ((or canola oil))
- 3/4 tsp salt ((cooking/kosher salt, or 1/2 tsp table salt))
- 1/2 tsp pepper
- 400g / 14oz white mushrooms (, halved (quartered if large) (Note 4))
- 150g / 5oz bacon piece (, (speck) cut into 1 x 2.5cm / 0.4 x 1" batons (Note 5))
- 60g / 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- 3 garlic cloves (, finely minced (with knife))
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 7 tbsp flour (, plain / all purpose)
- 750 ml / 3 cups beef stock
- 1/4 tsp salt ((cooking/kosher salt, or 1/8 tsp table salt) (Note 7))
- 1/4 tsp black pepper
- 2 tbsp parsley (, chopped)
- Mashed potato ((or tagliatelle))
At a glance
PER SERVING · TIME 105M
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- Prep
- 15m
- Cook
- 1h 30m
- Sodium
- 1677mg
- Total sugar
- 9g
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Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving.
Vitamins & minerals
- Potassium
- 1886mg
- Calcium
- 88mg
- Iron
- 4mg
Estimated from ingredients; USDA coverage varies by food.
- PREP
- 15M
- SODIUM
- 1677MG
- ESTIMATE
- COMPLETE
Nutrition estimated from ingredients, per serving. 100% of estimated mass resolved.