Simple and Easy Coq au Vin

Description

I always make this meal for dinner parties – it looks and tastes like it takes all day to prepare, but it’s actually quite simple. The best part is that all the work is done before your guests arrive! Serve over rice or mashed potatoes.

Ingredients

  • 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1 cup milk
  • 2 pounds skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
  • 1 (8 ounce) package button mushrooms, sliced
  • 2 cups halved baby carrots
  • 1 onion, chopped
  • 2 cups red wine
  • 2 cups low-sodium chicken broth, or as needed
  • 2 teaspoons Italian seasoning
  • ½ teaspoon dried rosemary
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Instructions

  1. Heat olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Mix flour
  2. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  3. 1/2 teaspoon pepper together in a shallow bowl. Pour milk into a separate bowl. Dip chicken in the milk
  4. allowing excess milk to drip back into bowl. Dredge chicken through flour mixture until evenly coated.
  5. Cook 1/2 of the chicken in the hot oil until browned
  6. 2 to 3 minutes per side. Remove chicken from pot and brown remaining chicken. Return all the chicken to the pot.
  7. Mix mushrooms
  8. carrots
  9. and onion into chicken
  10. stirring gently to distribute vegetables among the chicken. Pour wine over chicken and vegetables
  11. 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.
  12. Stir Italian seasoning
  13. rosemary
  14. salt
  15. and pepper into broth mixture; bring to a boil. Cover pot
  16. reduce heat to low
  17. and simmer
  18. stirring occasionally
  19. until chicken is cooked through
  20. about 1 hour. Remove lid and turn heat up to medium-high; boil
  21. stirring occasionally
  22. until sauce is reduced and thickened
  23. about 15 minutes.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 20 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 40 mins

Servings: 6

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