How To Easily Make Coq Au Vin In Only Fifteen Steps

Coq au vin (for eight servings) :

Preparation : 30 minutes

Cooking : 150 minutes

Ingredients

    • A 3kg rooster cut into pieces
    • 1 bottle of full-bodied red wine (Bordeaux for instance)
    • 250g bacon
    • 250g button mushrooms
    • 1 onion
    • 2 carrots
    • 2 garlic cloves
    • 1 bouquet garni (a bundle of aromatic herbs including at least thyme, bay leaf and parsley)
    • 1 tablespoon peppercorn
    • 50cl veal stock
    • 5cl cognac
    • 3 tablespoons oil
    • 1 tablespoon flour
    • Salt
    • Pepper

Coq au Vin2

 

Steps

    • The day before, leave the rooster to marinate : put it in a large salad bowl.
    • Chop the onions and slice the carrots then add both into the salad bowl.
    • Pour the wine, add the bouquet garni and the peppercorn.
    • Cover and leave the whole to marinate overnight in the fridge.
    • The next day, drain both rooster pieces and vegetables and mop up some of the fat with absorbent paper.
    • Strain the marinade and keep it on one side.
    • Heat the oil in a casserole dish and cook the rooster pieces. Let them brown on all sides.
    • Once done, switch them for the vegetables and cook them over a low-heat for 5 minutes.
    • Sprinkle with flour and stir continuously to coat the vegetables.
    • Put the rooster pieces back in the casserole dish and add the crushed garlic cloves.
    • Heat the cognac, pour it and flambé.
    • Baste the whole dish with the marinade wine, add the veal stock, salt and pepper.
    • Bring to a boil, then cover and cook over a low heat for 2h30.
    • Chop the button mushrooms finely and brown them in a frying pan with the bacon for about 5 to 10 minutes.
    • Add the whole to the casserole dish 15 minutes before serving. Taste and adjust the seasoning, done !

 

Personal tips

A Bordeaux is highly recommended for this recipe. If you are a big eater, you can serve your coq au vin with roasted potatoes as a side dish. A dry red wine will be perfect with your coq au vin.

Save
Cookies user preferences
We use cookies to ensure you to get the best experience on our website. If you decline the use of cookies, this website may not function as expected.
Accept all
Decline all
Read more
Analytics
Tools used to analyze the data to measure the effectiveness of a website and to understand how it works.
Google Analytics
Accept
Decline
Analytics
Tools used to analyze the data to measure the effectiveness of a website and to understand how it works.
Google Analytics
Accept
Decline
Marketing
Set of techniques which have for object the commercial strategy and in particular the market study.
Google
Accept
Decline