Coq Au Vin is definitely some serious comfort food. A French dish traditionally cooked with a whole rooster and Burgundy wine. In this recipe, I use chicken thighs and white wine (Coq Au Vin Blanc).
Personally, I prefer this white wine version instead of the red wine. If you are looking for something new to do to chicken thighs then this recipe will reward you with a meal that you will cook over and over.
White Wine Coq Au Vin Chicken Thighs Recipe
December 24, 2017
: 5
: 45 min
: 1 hr 15 min
: 2 hr
: Moderate
Coq Au Vin is definitely some serious comfort food. I prefer this white wine version instead of the red wine.
Ingredients
- 3 slices bacon
- 4 Carrots
- 8 oz Mushrooms
- 2 Onions Medium, cut into eighths
- 4 cloves garlic Diced
- 4.5 lbs Chicken Thighs About 10 thighs
- 1 cup Chicken Broth
- 1 1/2 cups White Wine Nothing too sweet. I used Pinot Grigio 1/2 cup divided
- 1 tbsp Unsalted Butter
- olive oil
Directions
- Step 1 Fry your bacon and save the bacon fat. Chop bacon and set aside.
- Step 2 Chop carrots about an inch in length.
- Step 3 Chop onions into eighths.
- Step 4 Cut mushrooms in half.
- Step 5 Dice garlic and set aside in a separate dish.
- Step 6 Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Season chicken liberally with salt and pepper.
- Step 7 Cooking in batches using olive oil and bacon fat, place chicken in skillet over medium heat skin side down. Do not overcrowd the pan.
- Step 8 Don’t cook too fast. You’re trying crisp the skin and render as much fat out as you can. Cook the other side about 2 minutes. Set chicken aside on a dish.
- Step 9 When you are done with the chicken pour about 1/2 cup of wine into the skillet scrape all the bits off the bottom of the skillet. Set aside in a dish.
- Step 10 Put a tablespoon olive oil and the butter in a skillet and add mushrooms, carrots and onions. Season with salt and pepper.
- Step 11 Sauté until the mushrooms release their liquid and start shrinking.
- Step 12 Put four sprigs of fresh thyme in the bottom of a 9×13 baking dish.
- Step 13 Add the vegetables from the skillet, the wine you cleaned the skillet with, broth and cup of white wine.
- Step 14 Add the chicken.
- Step 15 Top with garlic, bacon and more fresh thyme. Cover tightly with foil.
- Step 16 Cook for 45 minutes at 375 degrees. Remove foil and lower temperature to 350 degrees and cook another 30 minutes.
- Step 17 Serve with garlic bread and some egg noodles or mashed potatoes.
