Dinner and Lunch · French
Coq au vin
Chicken thighs braised in red wine with mushrooms and bacon.
- Serves
- 4
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 55 min
- Total
- 1 h 10 min
- High-protein here means at least 20 g of protein a serving, and at least 20% of its calories.
- Dairy-free here means no milk, cheese, butter, yogurt or cream.
- Low-carb here means at most 30 g of carbohydrate a serving, and at most 26% of its calories.
Ingredients
For 4 servings- 700 g chicken thighs, bone-in skin-on
- 100 g bacon, diced
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 200 g mushrooms, sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, crushed
- 350 ml red wine
- 250 ml chicken broth
- 1 bay leaf
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, chopped
- 1/2 tsp salt
Method
Cook the bacon in a large pot until crisp, then remove, leaving the fat.
Brown the chicken thighs in the bacon fat, then remove.
Add the onion and mushrooms and cook until softened, then stir in the garlic.
Return the chicken and bacon to the pot with the wine, broth and bay leaf.
Cover and simmer for 40 minutes, until the chicken is tender.
Season with salt and scatter with parsley before serving.