Quick and Easy Coq au Vin Recipe

Plate of coq au vin with mashed potatoes and broccoli

This quick and easy coq au vin recipe can be ready in about 40 minutes. It's great for when you want a quick, easy but tasty chicken recipe and is ideal winter comfort food!

Course Main Course

Cuisine French

Prep Time 20

Cook Time 20

Total Time 40

Servings

Calories 460kcal

Author Corina Blum

Ingredients

4 strips bacon or lardons
4 chicken breasts leave whole or diced
1 onion finely diced
1 stick celery finely diced
2 cloves garlic crushed
1 carrot thinly sliced
10 mushrooms sliced
1 bay leaf
1 teaspoon dried thyme
250 ml red wine
100 ml chicken stock
1 tablespoon cornflour

Metric - US Customary

Instructions

Chop the bacon into pieces about 1cm wide. Fry the bacon in a large saucepan. Remove. Brown the chicken on all sides. Remove from the pan.
Fry the onion and celery until soft. Add the garlic. Return the bacon and chicken and add the mushrooms, carrots, bay leaf and thyme.
Add the wine and top up the pan with stock so all the vegetables and meat are covered. Heat up then simmer for 20 minutes.
To thicken the sauce at the end mix the cornflour with a little cold stock or water to dissolve then add to the pan a little at a time and stir through. The sauce should thicken quite quickly and you may not need all of it.
Serve with roasted, mashed or baked potatoes. I often serve broccoli on the side too for extra vegetables.

Notes

Nutritional information is approximate and a guideline only.

Nutrition

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