Easy Coq Au Vin with White Wine or Red Wine

Easy Coq Au Vin (In white or red wine)
New Potatoes with Walnuts and Parsley

Coq Au Vin simply means chicken in wine. You may use red wine or white wine for this dish.

Ingredients:
¼ pound of bacon
1 chicken, cut up (Learn how to cut up a chicken at home in this video.)
½ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon pepper
3 cups of wine
2 cups beef broth
1 tablespoon tomato paste
2 cloves of garlic, crushed
¼ teaspoon of thyme
2 onions, quartered
8 ounces of sliced mushroom
3 tablespoons of flour
8 new potatoes
2 tablespoons of butter
¼ cup of chopped walnuts
¼ cup of parsley

Preparation:
Cook the bacon until it is crisp. Remove from the pan and put on a paper towel on a plate.
Sauté the mushrooms in the bacon grease, not allowing them to touch, until they are browned. Remove from the pan and put on a plate with the bacon.
Brown the chicken pieces in the bacon grease, browning on all sides.
Drain any remaining bacon grease from the pan.
Pour the wine over the chicken and add all the remaining ingredients.
Cover and simmer over medium low heat for 25 to 30 minutes.
Boil the new potatoes until they are fork tender.
Drain the water from the potatoes.
Keeping the potatoes in the pan, add the butter parsley and walnuts. Cover and keep warm.
Stir 3 tablespoons of flour into 3 tablespoons of water. Add to the Coq Au Vin, and simmer for about 2-3 minutes or until the sauce thickens.
Garnish with fresh parsley and serve it straight from the pot.
If you saved some cornmeal waffle quarters from the Waffle Dinner, these are delicious with the Coq Au Vin.

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