Coq Au Vin

This recipe is from The Barefoot Contessa and is without a doubt the best meal to serve anyone!


4 ounces Bacon
4 chicken pieces; salt and peppered
1/2lb carrots
1 yellow onion, sliced
4 cloves garlic; minced
1/4 cup brandy
1/2 bottle red wine (burgundy)
1 cup chicken stock
fresh thyme
2 Tbsp butter
1 1/2 Tbsp flour
1/2 lb frozen whole pearl onions
1/2 lb cremini mushrooms


Preheat oven to 350

Heat oil in large oven proof pot over med heat, add bacon; cook 8-10 minutes.
Remove bacon and add chicken; brown for 5 minutes
Add carrots, yellow onions, salt and pepper; cook 10-12 minutes, add garlic last 1 minute.
Add brandy, bacon, chicken, stock, thyme and red wine. Simmer
Cover and cook 30-40 minutes in oven.

Mash butter and flour; stir into stew and add pearl onions last 5 minutes.
Saute mushrooms in butter in a separate pan and add last with pearl onions and butter/flour mixture to chicken dish.

Serve over garlic mashed potatoes