Coq au Vin

By SaraB

Ingredients

• 3 slices bacon
• 1/4 cup flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/8 tsp pepper
• 1-1/2 lb chicken pieces (or 2 boneless breasts)
• 1/4 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced
• 2 small onions, cut into halves
• 2 carrots, cut diagonally into 2 inch pieces
• 1 tsp instant chicken bouillon or 1 chicken bouillon cube
• 1/2 tsp Italian seasoning
• 3/4 cup water
• 1/2 cup red wine
• snipped parsley

Details

Servings 2

Preparation

Step 1

In Dutch oven or 3 qt saucepan, fry bacon until crisp; remove and drain. Mix flour, salt and pepper in bag. Shake chicken in bag until coated. Brown chicken in bacon fat; remove to warm platter.

Cook and stir mushrooms and onion in Dutch oven until onion is tender. Drain off fat. Place chicken in Dutch oven; crumble bacon on chicken and add remaining ingredients except parsley. Heat to boiling. Reduce heat; cover and simmer until thickest chicken pieces are tender, about 30 minutes. Sprinkle parsley on top.