Coq au Vin the Easy Way
Recipe: #18943
May 11, 2015
Categories: Dinner, Main Dish, Poultry, Chicken, Alcohol, Vegetables, French, Budget-Friendly, Sunday Dinner, Stove Top, Gluten-Free, No Eggs, Non-Dairy, Wine more
"This recipe uses sherry instead of the usual red wine. From the Lobel Brothers. More herbs can be added if you like, but it's good this way, or even with no herbs at all. I like to add a little more garlic and thyme than the recipe calls for."
Original recipe yields 5 servings
Ingredients
Nutritional
- Serving Size: 1 (920.7 g)
- Calories 764.5
- Total Fat - 25.8 g
- Saturated Fat - 8.6 g
- Cholesterol - 429.2 mg
- Sodium - 669.7 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 33.8 g
- Dietary Fiber - 7.4 g
- Sugars - 14.3 g
- Protein - 90.9 g
- Calcium - 146.5 mg
- Iron - 5.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 23.3 mg
- Thiamin - 0.6 mg
Step by Step Method
Step 1
Melt butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
Step 2
Add chicken pieces and brown on all sides.
Step 3
Remove chicken and drain on paper towels.
Step 4
Add onions, garlic and carrots to skillet, and let brown slightly.
Step 5
Push vegetables to one side and sprinkle in flour, stirring constantly.
Step 6
Gradually stir in sherry.
Step 7
Add bay leaf, parsley, thyme and mushrooms.
Step 8
Season with salt and pepper.
Step 9
Reduce heat to low and return chicken to pan.
Step 10
Cover and simmer about 45 minutes, or until chicken is tender, adding more sherry if needed.
Step 11
Remove bay leaf before serving.
Tips & Variations
No special items needed.
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