Crock Pot Coq Au Vin Food

CROCK POT COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Peel and slice garlic cloves. Cut chicken into pieces, or use thighs. Put in large bowl with bay leaves, thyme, and garlic. Pour enough wine over chicken to cover. Cover with plastic wrap and marinate in refrigerator overnight.
• Dice bacon. Fry until crisp. Remove to paper towel. Saute mushrooms in bacon drippings, adding oil or butter if needed, until they begin to brown.
• Remove chicken from marinade, reserving marinade. Pat chicken dry with paper towel. Brown chicken pieces in oil or butter, on all sides.
• Peel and slice carrots into 1/2 inch pieces. Put onions and carrots in bottom of crock pot. Add chicken, mushrooms and bacon . Stir tomato paste into 2 cups of wine marinade (with garlic pieces and bay leaves) and pour over all. Discard remaining marinade. Cover and cook on low setting 6 hours.
• Remove chicken to platter and keep warm. Stir cornstarch into 1/4 cup water and add to sauce. Turn to high and cook until thickened. (You may want to use more cornstarch, depending on how thick you want gravy.) Stir in salt and pepper to taste. Return chicken to pot and serve with mashed potatoes or rice.

SLOW COOKER COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Place onions, mushrooms, carrots, and garlic in a 6-quart slow cooker.
• Cook bacon in a large skillet over medium, stirring occasionally, until crispy and fat has rendered, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer to slow cooker using a slotted spoon; reserve drippings in skillet. Increase heat to medium-high.
• Season chicken with ½ teaspoon salt and the pepper. Cook chicken, skin side down, until skin is golden brown and crispy, 7 to 8 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate; reserve drippings in skillet. Add flour and cook, whisking constantly, until slightly darkened, about 2 minutes. Add wine and cook, scraping up browned bits from bottom of skillet, until reduced by half, about 6 minutes. Pour into slow cooker.
• Stir broth, thyme sprigs, and remaining ¾ teaspoon salt into slow cooker. Arrange chicken, skin side up, on top of mixture. Cover and cook on low until chicken is tender, about 5½ hours. Top with thyme leaves and serve with egg noodles.

SIMPLE SLOW COOKER COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Arrange chicken on a large sheet of waxed paper.
• Season both sides with salt and pepper.
• Lightly coat chicken all over with flour and set aside.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium heat.
• Add bacon and cook until golden and just crisp, 3 minutes.
• Drain bacon on paper towels and set aside.
• Discard drippings and wipe out skillet.
• Melt 2 tablespoons butter (or heat oil, if using) in same skillet over medium high heat.
• Add chicken and cook until lightly browned all over, about 3 minutes per side.
• Transfer chicken to a large plate as done and set aside.
• Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter or oil in same skillet.
• Add mushrooms and cook until edges begin to brown, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Add carrots, onions, garlic and salt and cook until vegetables just begin to soften.
• Transfer vegetables and broth to crock pot.
• Arrange chicken on top.
• Sprinkle bacon over chicken.
• Add wine and thyme sprigs. Cover and cook on low for 6 to 7 hours.
• Season with salt and pepper, then serve.

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 (CROCK POT)

Steps:

• In large skillet saute the diced bacon and green onions until the bacon is crisp.
• Remove and drain well.
• Add chicken breasts to the skillet and brown them well on both sides.
• Remove chicken and set it aside.
• Put the onion, mushrooms, new-potatoes and garlic in crock pot.
• Add browned chicken breasts, bacon and green onions, salt, pepper, thyme and chicken broth.
• Cover and cook on LOW 8 hours or HIGH 4 hours.
• Add Burgundy Wine during last hour of cooking.

CROCK POT COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Coat the inside of a 5-to-6-quart slow cooker pot with cooking spray.
• Combine the wine, tomato paste, flour, herbes, salt and pepper. Whisk until smooth.
• Add the chicken, onions, mushrooms, bacon, and garlic. Stir to coat the chicken with the sauce.
• Cover and cook the chicken on LOW heat setting for 5 to 6 hours.
• Note: Can be cooked on the HIGH setting for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

COQ AU VIN IN A CROCK POT!

Steps:

• -Measure 1 cup of the red wine and set aside for later use.
• -Mix the leftover wine with the beef soup base and whisk together until well combined. Pour into 6 quart crockpot.
• -Put all other ingredients into crockpot.
• -Cook on low for 8 hours.
• -Carefully take out chicken (it will be falling apart) and set aside.
• -Strain out all solids from the crock and throw away. Strain the juices into a saucepan.
• -Add the reserved 1 cup of wine into the saucepot and boil for 15 minutes until thickened and syrupy.
• -Put the thickened sauce and the chicken back into warm crockpot until ready to serve.

REESE WITHERSPOONS CROCK POT COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Cook the bacon in a large skillet over med/high heat until crisp.Using a slotted spoon, transfer it to a 4 to 6 quart crockpot. Add the chicken to the skillet and brown all over on med high heat. Transfer to crockpot.
• Pour the wine into the skillet and scrape up any brown bits; add to the cooker, along with the mushrooms, onions,garlic, rosemary and salt.
• Cover and cook on low heat for 6 hours or on high for 3 hours.
• Transfer the chicken, bacon and vegetables to a platter, keep warm.
• Pour the sauce into a small saucepan.
• combine the water and cornstarch, stir into the sauce and heat to boiling, stirring constantly, until the sauce thickens ,about 5 minutes.
• Pour over chicken and serve.

QUICK COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• In a shallow dish, combine flour, thyme and 1/2 teaspoon salt. Dip chicken in flour mixture to coat both sides; shake off excess., In a Dutch oven or high-sided skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Cook chicken until golden brown, 3-4 minutes per side. Remove from pan; keep warm. , In same pan, cook mushrooms, carrots, bacon, tomato paste and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt for 2 minutes. Add broth and wine; bring to a boil. Return chicken to pan; reduce heat. Cook until chicken reaches 170° and carrots are just tender, 8-10 minutes. If desired, top with chopped fresh thyme.