Chicken Casserole Or Coq Au Vin Food

COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 250 degrees F.
• Heat the olive oil in a large Dutch oven. Add the bacon and cook over medium heat for 8 to 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove the bacon to a plate with a slotted spoon.
• Meanwhile, lay the chicken out on paper towels and pat dry. Liberally sprinkle the chicken on both sides with salt and pepper. When the bacon is removed, brown the chicken pieces in batches in a single layer for about 5 minutes, turning to brown evenly. Remove the chicken to the plate with the bacon and continue to brown until all the chicken is done. Set aside.
• Add the carrots, onions, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 teaspoon pepper to the pan and cook over medium heat for 10 to 12 minutes, stirring occasionally, until the onions are lightly browned. Add the garlic and cook for 1 more minute. Add the Cognac and put the bacon, chicken, and any juices that collected on the plate into the pot. Add the wine, chicken stock, and thyme and bring to a simmer. Cover the pot with a tight fitting lid and place in the oven for 30 to 40 minutes, until the chicken is just not pink. Remove from the oven and place on top of the stove.
• Mash 1 tablespoon of butter and the flour together and stir into the stew. Add the frozen onions. In a medium saute pan, add the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter and cook the mushrooms over medium-low heat for 5 to 10 minutes, until browned. Add to the stew. Bring the stew to a simmer and cook for another 10 minutes. Season to taste. Serve hot.

COQ AU VIN CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Heat a large skillet. Swirl in the olive oil, add the bacon, and cook until the bacon is golden, 2-3 minutes. Remove the bacon from the skillet.
• Salt and pepper the chicken and add to the skillet to brown on both sides, about 4 minutes, and remove. Add the onions and mushrooms to the skillet, sauteing until golden brown, 5-8 minutes.
• Stir in the tomato paste. Deglaze the pan with white wine, scraping to pick up the brown bits, and reduce. Stir in the flour. Add the chicken stock and stir to combine. Return the chicken and bacon to the skillet. Stir in the noodles and cheese.
• Transfer the mixture to a 9- x 13-inch baking dish. Top with panko, sprinkle on the paprika, and drizzle with olive oil. Bake for 25 minutes.

COQ AU VIN (CHICKEN BRAISED IN RED WINE)

Steps:

• Mix flour, salt and pepper and put in paper or plastic bag.
• Drop chicken pieces into bag and shake to coat.
• In large skillet fry bacon until crisp; drain and reserve bacon bits.
• Brown chicken in bacon drippings.
• Remove to a plate.
• Add onions and mushrooms to skillet and cook until onions are tender.
• Drain off fat.
• Return chicken pieces to skillet (or you can place this in a large oven-proof baking dish).
• Add remaining ingredients, including bacon bits.
• Cover and simmer about 1 hours.
• or until chicken is tender.
• (Or cover and bake at 350F for 1-1 1/2 hrs).
• Remove Bouquet Garni before serving.
• Skim off excess fat.
• If desired, sprinkle with snipped parsley.

CHEF JOHN'S COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Season chicken thighs all over with salt and black pepper.
• Place bacon in a large, oven-proof skillet and cook over medium-high heat, turning occasionally, until evenly browned, about 10 minutes. Transfer bacon with a slotted spoon to a paper-towel lined plate, leaving drippings in the skillet.
• Increase heat to high and place chicken, skin-side down, into skillet. Cook in hot skillet until browned, 2 to 4 minutes per side. Transfer chicken to a plate; drain and discard all but 1 tablespoon drippings from the skillet.
• Lower heat to medium-high; saute mushrooms, onion, and shallots with a pinch of salt in the hot skillet until golden and caramelized, 7 to 12 minutes.
• Stir flour and butter into vegetable mixture until completely incorporated, about 1 minute.
• Pour red wine into the skillet and bring to a boil while scraping browned bits of food off of the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Stir bacon and thyme into red wine mixture; simmer until wine is about 1/3 reduced, 3 to 5 minutes. Pour chicken broth into wine mixture and set chicken thighs into skillet; bring wine and stock to a simmer.
• Cook chicken in the preheated oven for 30 minutes. Spoon pan juices over the chicken and continue cooking until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 30 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Transfer chicken to a platter.
• Place skillet over high heat and reduce pan juices, skimming fat off the top as necessary, until sauce thickens slightly, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and pepper; remove and discard thyme. Pour sauce over chicken.

COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Heat 1 tbsp olive oil in a large, heavy-based saucepan or flameproof dish. Tip in 3 trimmed and chopped smoked back bacon rashers and fry until crisp. Remove and drain on kitchen paper.
• Add 12 peeled shallots to the pan and fry, stirring or shaking the pan often, for 5-8 mins until well browned all over. Remove and set aside with the bacon.
• Take 2 chicken legs, 4 chicken thighs and 2 boneless chicken breasts, all with skin removed and pat dry with kitchen paper.
• Pour ½ tbsp olive oil into the pan, then fry half the chicken pieces, turning regularly, for 5-8 mins until well browned. Remove, then repeat with the remaining chicken. Remove and set aside.
• Scatter in 3 finely chopped garlic cloves and fry briefly, then, with the heat medium-high, pour in 3 tbsp brandy or Cognac, stirring the bottom of the pan to deglaze. The alcohol should sizzle and start to evaporate so there is not much left.
• Return the chicken legs and thighs to the pan along with any juices, then pour in a little of 600ml red wine, stirring the bottom of the pan again.
• Stir in the rest of the wine, 150ml good-quality chicken stock and 2 tsp tomato purée. Drop in 3 thyme sprigs, 2 rosemary sprigs and 2 bay leaves to make a bouquet garni, season with pepper and a pinch of salt, then return the bacon and shallots to the pan.
• Cover, lower the heat to a gentle simmer, add the chicken breasts and cook for 50 mins - 1hr.
• Just before ready to serve, heat 1 ½ tbsp olive oil in a large non-stick frying pan. Add 250g chestnut mushrooms, halved if large, and fry over a high heat for a few mins until golden. Remove and keep warm.
• Lift the chicken, shallots and bacon from the pan and transfer to a warmed serving dish. Remove the bouquet garni.
• To make the thickener, mix 2 tbsp plain flour, 1 ½ tsp olive oil and 1 tsp softened butter in a small bowl using the back of a teaspoon.
• Bring the wine mixture to a gentle boil, then gradually drop in small pieces of the thickener, whisking each piece in using a wire whisk. Simmer for 1-2 mins.
• Scatter the mushrooms over the chicken, then pour over the wine sauce. Garnish with a handful of chopped flat-leaf parsley.

ONE-PAN COQ AU VIN RECIPE BY TASTY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400°F (200°C).
• On a rimmed baking sheet, combine the carrots, shallot, garlic, olive oil, ½ teaspoon salt, and the pepper. Toss until well coated, then spread in an even layer.
• Arrange the bacon and chicken thighs on top of the carrots and season the chicken with the remaining ½ teaspoon salt. Drizzle with ¼ cup (60 ml) of chicken stock. Top with the rosemary and thyme.
• Roast the chicken and vegetables for 20 minutes.
• Reduce the oven temperature to 350°F (180°C). Remove the pan from the oven and add the mushrooms and cannellini beans. Drizzle with the remaining ¼ cup (60 ml) chicken stock and the Pinot Noir.
• Return to the oven and bake for 20 minutes. Turn the broiler to high and broil for 4-5 minutes, until the bacon and chicken skin are crispy and golden brown.
• Spoon the coq au vin over the mashed potatoes and serve warm.
• Enjoy!

QUICK COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Cut wings from the chicken, cutting at the joints into 3 pieces. Cut the remaining chicken into 4 pieces, 2 breasts and 2 legs. Remove skin and bones from the breasts. Set breasts aside with the 4 meatier wing pieces.
• Pull of skin from the chicken legs and remove tips from the drumsticks. Cut down each side of the thigh bone and slide your knife under the bone to separate meat from it. Holding the thigh bone, cut all around the joint at the knee and pull out the bones. Add the legs to the breasts and wings.
• Combine pearl onions, water, 1 tablespoon olive oil, and sugar in a large saucepan; bring to a boil and cook until water is evaporated and onions begin to fry, 2 to 4 minutes. Continue cooking and stirring, shaking the pan occasionally, until onions are lightly browned and glazed on all sides, 5 to 7 minutes. Add mushrooms; cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from heat and cover.
• Heat remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat; add chicken wings and cook, stirring frequently, until lightly browned on all sides, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the legs; cook and stir until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Add breasts; cook and stir until browned, 2 minutes per side. Transfer chicken pieces to a plate.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Place onion in the same skillet used for the chicken; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add garlic; cook until fragrant, about 10 seconds. Add 1 1/2 cups red wine, bay leaves, thyme, salt, and pepper; bring to a boil. Return legs and wings to the skillet; cover and simmer gently for 5 minutes. Add chicken breasts and simmer gently until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 6 minutes.
• Stir 2 tablespoons red wine and potato starch together in a bowl until dissolved; stir into chicken mixture until sauce is thickened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add pearl onions and mushrooms with their juices; keep warm.
• Cut each slice of bread diagonally in half to form 2 triangles. Trim each triangle into a heart shape. Spread canola oil onto a baking sheet and press bread hearts into the oil so they are moistened on both sides.
• Bake in the preheated oven until croutons are browned, 8 to 10 minutes.
• Dip the tip of each crouton into the sauce; press into parsley until coated.
• Cut chicken breasts and legs in half. Serve 1 breast piece, 1 drumstick or thigh, and 1 wing per person with 2 croutons and spoonfuls of sauce and vegetables. Sprinkle remaining parsley over chicken.

CHICKEN CASSEROLE OR COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Wash and peel all vegetables.
• Cut carrots and potatoes into large chunks.
• Cut large mushrooms into quarters.
• Wash chicken and cut into serving size pieces, cutting legs into thigh and drumstick pieces and breast in 4 pieces (or leave part of breast on each wing piece and leave rest of breast in 2 halves).
• Cut up bacon into small strips or cubes.
• Have casserole dish ready at the side of stove.
• Start by carefully frying bacon pieces in butter.
• Do not let pan get too hot so as not to burn the butter!
• With slotted spoon take out bacon pieces and place in casserole dish.
• Carefully, glaze the shallots and garlic cloves in same pan as bacon and remove them also into casserole dish.
• Brown mushroom pieces in same pan continually watching that it does not get too hot. Remove browned mushrooms to casserole dish.
• Brown chicken pieces a few at a time starting with skin side down. Then turn and brown otherside. Add more butter to pan as necessary to be able to brown all chicken. Do not salt yet as the bacon and butter are salty.
• When all meat is browned, arrange it in casserole with browned vegetables and raw carrots and potatoes.
• Stir in flour to butter and bacon grease.
• Add chicken broth and cooking wine and let simmer a minute.
• Add enough broth so that the mixture is a medium gravy consistancy.
• Now you can taste and add salt and pepper as desired. A bay leaf can be added as well if desired.
• Pour broth over meat and vegetables in casserole.
• Cover and cook in oven one hour or until meat is cooked through and vegetables are tender.

CHICKEN IN RED WINE WITH ONIONS, MUSHROOMS AND BACON: COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Remove the rind and cut the bacon into lardons (rectangles 1/4-inch across and 1-inch long). Simmer for 10 minutes in 2 quarts of water. Rinse in cold water. Dry.
• In a heavy large heavy bottomed casserole or Dutch oven, saute the bacon slowly in hot butter until it is very lightly browned (temperature of 260 degrees F for an electric skillet). Remove to a side dish.
• Dry the chicken thoroughly. Brown it in the hot fat in the casserole. (360 degrees F for the electric skillet.)
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Return the bacon to the casserole with the chicken. Cover and cook slowly (300 degrees F) for 10 minutes, turning the chicken once.
• Uncover, and pour in the cognac. Averting your face, ignite the cognac with a lighted match. Shake the casserole back and forth for several seconds until the flames subside.
• Pour the wine into the casserole. Add just enough stock or bouillon to cover the chicken. Stir in the tomato paste, garlic and herbs. Bring to a simmer. Cover and simmer slowly for 20 to 25 minutes, or until the chicken is tender and its juices run a clear yellow when the meat is pricked with a fork. Remove the chicken to a side dish.
• While the chicken is cooking, prepare the onions and mushrooms.
• Simmer the chicken cooking liquid in the casserole for 1 to 2 minutes, skimming off fat. Then raise the heat and boil rapidly, reducing the liquid to about 2 1/4 cups. Correct seasoning. Remove from heat, and discard bay leaf.
• Blend the butter and flour together into a smooth paste (beurre manie). Beat the paste into the hot liquid with a wire whip. Bring to the simmer, stirring and simmer for 1 to 2 minutes. The sauce should be thick enough to coat a spoon lightly.
• Arrange the chicken in a casserole, place the mushrooms and onions around it and baste with the sauce. If the dish is not to be served immediately, film the top of the sauce with stock or dot with small pieces of butter. Set aside uncovered for no longer than 1 hour or cool, cover and refrigerate until needed.
• Shortly before serving, bring the casserole to a simmer, basting the chicken with the sauce. Cover and simmer slowly for 4 to 5 minutes, until the chicken is heated through.
• Serve from the casserole, or arrange on a hot platter. Decorate with sprigs of parsley.
• When the butter and oil are bubbling in the skillet, add the onions and saute over moderate heat for 10 minutes, rolling the onions about so they will brown as evenly as possible. Be careful not to break their skins. You cannot expect to brown them uniformly.
• Braise them as follows: Pour in the stock, season to taste, and add the herb bouquet. Cover and simmer slowly for 15 to 20 minutes until the onions are perfectly tender but retain their shape, and the liquid has evaporated. Remove herb bouquet. Serve them as they are.
• Bake them as follows: Transfer the onions and their sauteing fat to a shallow baking dish or casserole just large enough to hold them in 1 layer. Set uncovered in upper third of a preheated 350 degree F oven for 40 to 50 minutes, turning them over once or twice. They should be very tender, retain their shape and be a nice golden brown. Remove herb bouquet. Serve them as they are.
• Place the skillet over high heat with the butter and oil. As soon as you see that the butter foam has begun to subside, indicating it is hot enough, add the mushrooms. Toss and shake the pan for 4 to 5 minutes. During their saute the mushrooms will at first absorb the fat. In 2 to 3 minutes the fat will reappear on their surface, and the mushrooms will begin to brown. As soon as they have browned lightly, remove from heat.
• Toss the shallots or green onions, if using, with the mushrooms. Saute over moderate heat for 2 minutes. Sauteed mushrooms may be cooked in advance, set aside, then reheated when needed. Season to taste just before serving.

COQ AU VIN (ROOSTER OR CHICKEN IN WINE)

Steps:

• A day in advance, place the rooster/chicken 8 pieces in large sealable dish. Pour half a bottle of red Burgundy wine over it.
• Add the small white onions, the quartered peeled carrots and the herbs. Cover and put in the fridge.
• The next day, remove and drain the chicken and vegetables. Put the wine aside for later use.
• Brown the chicken pieces with oil in a skillet. Remove the chicken. Using the same skillet, add garlic to the vegetables and heat for a couple of minutes.
• Put the chicken and the vegetables in a large sauce pan. Pour the wine in and add salt and pepper. Bring to a boil at moderate heat. Cover and cook at low heat for 1 or 2 hours.
• Heat bacon, onion and mushrooms in a skillet until brown (about 10 minutes).
• When the chicken is ready, add bacon, onion and mushrooms in the pan, cook and stir for 2 or 3 minutes. Taste and correct the seasoning,.
• Add parsley to the chicken when finished. Serve with rice or potatoes and the other half of the bottle of wine.
• Other wine suggestions: red Burgundy wine, or Cotes du Rhone red, Morgon.

COQ AU VIN (CHICKEN RED WINE)

Steps:

• Put chicken, carrots, celery, onion, leek, rosemary, thyme, bay leaves, and peppercorns in a large pot and cover completely with 5 cups of wine.
• Marinate in the refridgerator for 48 hours, turning the chicken occasionally.
• Strain the vegetables and chicken from the wine, and separate them into two bowls.
• Reserve the marinade.
• Pat the chicken dry and season wih salt and pepper.
• Allow the vegetables to drain and dry off.
• Heat 1 tablespoon vegetable oil in a large saute pan over high heat until lightly smoking.
• Add the chicken, skin down, in batches to avoid overcrowding, and brown on all sides.
• Transfer the chicken to a large saucepan or casserole.
• Heat the remaining oil in the saute pan, add vegetables, and saute over medium heat until they start to brown, about 15 minutes.
• Add the vegetables to the chicken pieces.
• Meanwhile, put the reserved marinade in a saucepan and reduce by half.
• Add the remaining wine and the demi-glace to the saucepan and bring to a low simmer.
• Pour over the chicken, set the casserole over medium heat, and simmer for 30 minutes.
• Strain the chicken and vegetables from the liquid, discarding the vegetables, and keep the chicken warm.
• Return the sauce to the casserole and cook over medium heat until it is reduced by about two thirds and has thickened (it should coat the back of a wooden spoon).
• Whisk in the softened butter and season to taste with salt and pepper.
• When ready to serve, return the chicken to the sauce and bring to a low simmer.
• Transfer the coq au vin to a large serving platter and garnish with the pearl onions, bacon, mushrooms, and sprigs of thyme or rosemary.
• Serve with mashed potatoes.
• Garnish: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
• In a medium oven proof saute pan, heat 1 tablespoon oil until lightly smoking, add the onions, and saute until lightly brown.
• Add the chicken stock, cover the pan with foil, and cook in the oven for 20 minutes or until the onions are tender when tested with the point of a knife.
• Heat 1 tablespoon oil in another saute pan and cook the bacon until it's just golden brown; do not let it become crisp.
• Transfer to a bowl and keep warm.
• Heat the remaining oil in the same pan until lightly smoking, then add the mushrooms and saute until soft.
• Season with salt and pepper and set aside.

COQ AU VIN (CHICKEN BRAISED IN WINE)

Steps:

• Bring the red wine to the boil with the sprigs of thyme, parsley, bay leaves and peppercorns, then leave to cool for 1 hour; pour the wine over the chicken pieces and marinate for 12 hours.
• Fry the bacon in a frying pan, remove with a slotted spoon; add the oil to the pan and fry the onions until softened; remove to casserole dish.
• Remove the chicken pieces from the marinade and pat dry with kitchen paper.
• Dust the chicken pieces with a little flour, then put them in the frying pan and brown them lightly; pour in the warmed brandy and flambé it (or cook off alcohol); transfer the chicken pieces and liquid to the casserole and add the bacon, strained marinade (with tomato paste stirred in), garlic and mushrooms; cover and cook in a preheated oven at 300F for about 1 hour.
• In the meantime, fry the small onions in butter with the sugar and a little water until glazed; add to the casserole and cook for a further 30 minutes; if the sauce needs thickening, stir in a few small knobs of beurre manié.
• Remove the casserole from the oven and sprinkle the chopped parsley over before serving.