Easy Coq Au Vin Blanc Food

QUICK COQ AU VIN BLANC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Brown bacon in a large, straight-sided ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat until fat is rendered, about 5 minutes. With a slotted spoon, transfer to a plate. Season chicken with salt and pepper; sprinkle with flour. Working in 2 batches, add to skillet, skin-side down; cook until golden, about 4 minutes a side. Transfer to plate. Remove all but 2 tablespoons fat from skillet.
• Reduce heat to medium. Add onions and mushrooms; season with salt. Cook until golden in spots, about 10 minutes. Stir in tomato paste; cook 30 seconds. Add wine; boil until evaporated, about 8 minutes. Add broth and bring to a boil. Return chicken and juices to skillet; top with bacon. Cook in oven until a thermometer inserted into thickest part of chicken (without touching bone) registers 165 degrees, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with parsley; serve over noodles.

EASY COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Joint the chicken (for pictures of jointing, click on step by step link above or read the instructions below. Alternatively, ask the butcher to do it for you).
• JOINTING THE CHICKEN: Pull out the wing joints and cut off the wing tip. Using a small knife, cut around the skin and flesh on the lower wing joint through to the bone, then scrape back the flesh. Using a heavier large knife, smash through the bone halfway along and detach. Repeat on the other side.
• Detach the scaly leg bone at the drumstick with a hefty thump of the large knife. Slash through skin where the thigh joins the body and pull leg firmly from socket to dislocate the thigh bone. Press down and pull to expose the 'oyster' muscle underneath the bird. Slice the thigh away from the back of the body.
• Lay the whole leg joint out on the board, find the mid-point socket joint and simply cut straight through it for neat thigh and leg joints. Repeat on the other side.
• Cut through the skin and flesh halfway along to the drumstick and scrape back the flesh, then smash through the bone.
• Using poultry scissors or heavy kitchen scissors, cut away the back half of the breast carcass, to leave a 'crown' of chicken breast and wing joint. Cut through the top of the crown to divide in half for two chicken breasts.
• Lay each breast joint on the board, then cut in half again at right angles so you have one portion with a wing joint and one without. You should now have eight neat, joints of chicken.
• Put the flour into a bowl with some salt and pepper, then toss in the chicken, shaking off the excess. Place the chicken on a plate and season again.
• Heat 4 tbsp of oil in a large shallow pan and brown the chicken joints. (Do this in batches if your pan is not large enough, adding extra oil if necessary.) Tip the bacon into the pan along with the chicken, stirring until lightly browned and crisp. Using tongs, remove the chicken to a plate.
• Add all the vegetables and herbs to the bacon with a splash more oil, if necessary, then cook for about 5 mins, stirring once or twice. Pour in the Cognac and bubble up, scraping the pan to deglaze, for 2-3 mins. Then pour in all the wine and bring to the boil.
• Tip in the chicken joints; press into the pan so they are immersed in liquid and cook, uncovered, for 10 mins, until the wine has reduced by half. Pour in the stock, return to a simmer, season and cook, uncovered, for 1 hr until the liquid has reduced by half and the chicken is tender. Set aside for 10 mins before serving.
• Heat another 4 tbsp oil in a large frying pan and, when hot, fry the mushrooms for about 8 mins, seasoning well and stirring frequently until nicely browned. Remove and drain on kitchen paper. Serve the chicken in bowls with vegetables and sauce spooned over, and top with the mushrooms.

COQ AU VIN BLANC

Steps:

• Heat the oil on medium-high in a 4-quart stovetop casserole or sauté pan. Add the chicken, skin side down, as many pieces as fit comfortably. Cook until lightly browned, season with salt and pepper and turn to brown other side. Remove to a platter when done and repeat with the remaining chicken.
• Add the pearl onions to casserole and toss in fat until lightly browned. Remove to a dish. Reduce heat to low. Add the chopped onion, celery and garlic, cook until softened, and stir in the mushrooms. When they wilt, add the wine, bring to a simmer and season with salt, pepper and lemon juice. Return chicken to casserole with any accumulated juices, baste, cover and cook 30 minutes, basting a few more times. Remove the chicken to a platter.
• Increase heat to medium-high and cook the sauce and mushrooms about 5 minutes, until sauce thickens slightly. Lower heat, add the pearl onions and butter. When butter melts, check seasonings, return chicken to casserole, baste and simmer a few minutes. Serve from casserole or transfer to a deep platter. Scatter the tarragon on top before serving.

SIMPLE AND EASY COQ AU VIN

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Mix flour, 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper together in a shallow bowl. Pour milk into a separate bowl. Dip chicken in the milk, allowing excess milk to drip back into bowl. Dredge chicken through flour mixture until evenly coated.
• Cook 1/2 of the chicken in the hot oil until browned, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove chicken from pot and brown remaining chicken. Return all the chicken to the pot.
• Mix mushrooms, carrots, and onion into chicken, stirring gently to distribute vegetables among the chicken. Pour wine over chicken and vegetables, stirring with a wooden spoon to scrape up any browned bits from bottom of pot. Add enough chicken broth to nearly cover the chicken and vegetables.
• Stir Italian seasoning, rosemary, salt, and pepper into broth mixture; bring to a boil. Cover pot, reduce heat to low, and simmer, stirring occasionally, until chicken is cooked through, about 1 hour. Remove lid and turn heat up to medium-high; boil, stirring occasionally, until sauce is reduced and thickened, about 15 minutes.

COQ AU VIN BLANC

Steps:

• In a Dutch oven, combine the bacon and ¼ cup water over moderate heat.
• Cook for 4 minutes or until the bacon has rendered its fat and is lightly crisped. Cut the chicken into 8 pieces, (use the wings and back pieces for stock or discard).
• Skin the chicken and dredge in the flour, shaking off the excess. Sauté the chicken in the bacon drippings for 3 minutes per side or until golden brown.
• Transfer the chicken to a plate.
• Add the pearl onions and carrots to the pan and cook for 10 minutes or until the onions are golden.
• Add the mushrooms and cook for 4 minutes or until they begin to release their juices.
• Add the wine to the pan, increase the heat to high, and cook for 3 minutes, scraping up and browned bits that cling to the bottom of the pan.
• Add the broth, salt, rosemary, sage and pepper and bring to a boil.
• Return the chicken pieces to the pan; reduce to a simmer, cover and cook for 15 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through.
• Transfer the chicken to a serving platter. Bring the sauce to a boil, stir in the cornstarch mixture, and cook, stirring until lightly thickened.
• Stir in the parsley and spoon over the chicken.

CREAMY COQ AU VIN BLANC

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a nonstick pot over medium heat. Add chicken thighs, Italian seasoning, and garlic; cook until chicken is browned on both sides, about 5 minutes per side. Mix mushrooms and tomato into chicken mixture; reduce heat, cover pot, and cook until mushrooms are softened, about 30 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
• Drain accumulated juices from chicken-mushroom-tomato mixture into a separate saucepan and transfer chicken-mushroom-tomato mixture to the prepared baking dish.
• Pour wine into saucepan with juices and bring to a boil. Add cream and Gruyere cheese; cook and stir until cheese is melted and sauce is smooth, 3 to 4 minutes.
• Stir cornstarch and water together in a small bowl until cornstarch is dissolved; mix into cream sauce until smooth and thickened. Pour sauce over chicken-vegetable mixture; top with onion.
• Bake in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink in the center, about 30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).

COQ AU VIN BLANC

Steps:

• Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large nonstick pan over med-high heat.
• Season the chicken with salt and pepper; dredge in flour and add to pan in a single layer (do not crowd the meat).
• Cook chicken about 4-5 minutes on each side until browned.
• While the chicken is working, heat a large Dutch oven or deep skillet over med-high heat with the remaining 1 tablespoons oil.
• When the oil is hot, add in the bacon; cook about 5 minutes until crisp.
• Remove bacon with a slotted spoon and drain on paper towels.
• Pour off a little of the bacon fat, leaving a thin layer in the Dutch oven.
• Add in the onions, mushrooms, bay leaf, and thyme (the leaves will fall off the sprigs and into the sauce during cooking).
• Cook 7-8 minutes until the onions have a little color and the mushrooms are tender.
• Add in 2 tablespoons flour to the Dutch oven and cook for 2 minutes.
• Deglaze with the chicken broth, scraping up all the brown bits from the bottom of the pan, and cook, for 5 minutes.
• Preheat the broiler.
• Over high heat, add in the wine to the cooked chicken in the skillet and scrape up all the brown bits; reduce the liquid for about 5 minutes, then add the chicken and wine to the broth and vegetables in the Dutch oven; stir to combine.
• Stir in the cream; lower heat to a simmer and reduce sauce for about 5 minutes.
• Arrange the bread on a baking sheet and toast on both sides under the broiler.
• Rub garlic across the hot toast and butter lightly.
• Cut the slices of toast in half from corner to corner.
• Remove the bay leaf and thyme stems from the chicken and sauce.
• To serve: fan 4 toast triangles across each dinner plate, lining up the points, and then top with the chicken and sauce; finish each plate with the bacon and parsley.

COQ AU VIN BLANC

Steps:

• In a large skillet over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add chicken pieces skin side down and brown well. Using tongs, turn chicken pieces to brown on all sides. Transfer chicken pieces to a large baking dish. Set aside.
• Preheat oven to 350°F
• To drippings that remain in skillet, add onions,.carrots and garlic. Saute over medium-high heat until onions and carrots are lightly browned.
• Add brandy to skillet. Holding skillet with a pot holder, carefully but quickly ignite the brandy. Shake skillet gently until the flames subside. Add wine, parsley, bay leaf, salt, pepper, thyme and ground cloves.
• Increase heat to high and bring the carrot mixture to boiling, stirring frequently. Remove skillet from heat. Using a large spoon, transfer the carrot mixture to the chicken in the baking dish. Cover baking dish with lid or aluminum foil. Place on center rack of oven and bake 30 minutes. Uncover dish and distribute sugar snap peas evenly over the chicken and carrot mixture.
• Cover baking dish and bake 30 minutes longer or until juices run clear when chicken is pierced with a fork and vegetables are tender. Remove bay leaf. Transfer to a decorative serving platter.
• RED WINE VARIATION: To make a more classic version of this chicken dish,.
• substitute a hearty red wine, such as Burgundy, Beaujolais or Chianti,.
• for the white wine. Add 1/21b tiny white mushrooms to the skillet when.
• the carrots are added and stir 1/2 tablespoon tomato paste into the.
• carrot mixture just before the chicken goes into the oven.