Recipe - Chicken In Wine - Coq Au Vin

1 One half tablespoon Butter
1 tablespoon Oil
125 g Salt pork, ham or bacon,
chopped
12 Button onions
1 To 2 cloves garlic, crushed
3 cup Button mushrooms
1 Chicken, jointed or 6
chicken pieces
One half cup Seasoned flour
Three fourths Level teaspoon salt
Freshly ground black pepper
One half teaspoon Thyme
2 Bay leaves
2 Sprigs parsley
One fourth cup Brandy
1 small Bottle red wine(claret or
burgundy)
1 Level teaspoon sugar
2 Level teaspoons flour
One fourth cup Finely chopped parsley

1. heat butter and oil in pan, fry pork, onions, garlic

2. add mushrooms, fry gently, remove ingredients from pan

3. dredge chicken pieces in seasoned flour and saute in the pan for 5 10
minutes until well brown.

4. return mushrooms, onions and pork to pan, add salt, pepper, thyme, bay
leaves and parsley.

5. cover and cook over low heat for 20 30 minutes.

6. warm brandy, ignite and add to the pan, allow to burn for 1 minute,
then extinguish by pouring in the red wine. add sugar.

7. blend flour with some of the liquid, add to dish, stir till thickened.
serve hot, garnish with finely chopped parsley and mashed potatoes.

serves 6

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