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Chicken Coq au Vin (Crockpot)

French classic — whole chicken pieces braised low and slow with wine, mushrooms, and whole onions until fork-tender.

FrenchChickenIntermediate480 minBy Northstar

Ingredients

Servings
6
  • 2 whole frying chickens, cut up
  • 16 small whole onions
  • 0.5 lb mushrooms, sliced
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp thyme
  • 0.3 tsp pepper
  • 1 cup chicken stock
  • 1 cup dry white or red wine
  • 3 tbsp flour
  • 3 tbsp butter

Instructions

  1. 1

    Place onions in bottom of slow cooker, then add all other ingredients except flour and butter.

  2. 2

    Cook on LOW heat 8–10 hours or HIGH heat 3–4 hours.

  3. 3

    To thicken sauce: remove 1/4 cup liquid from cooker. Melt butter in saucepan, stir in flour and liquid.

  4. 4

    When blended, return thickened mixture to cooker and stir to combine.

Tags

frenchbraisedwinecrockpotclassic