From Anthony Bourdain's "Les Halles" cookbook. Coq au vin is a recipe that looks like a lot of work but is easily within your reach if you spread it across 2 days.
The first day is all about preparation. We will make the marinade and prepare the chicken to cook the following evening.
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First we are going to make the marinade. Dice the celery, onion, and carrot. You'll also need one bouquet garni (next step), black peppercorns and of course red wine.
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A bouquet garni is a mix of fresh thyme, parsley, bay leaf tied together so that it's easy to extract later.
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Open your bottle of red wine.
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Pour out the whole bottle into a large pot.
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Add the onion, carrot, celery, black peppercorn and bouquet garni to the pot.
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Take out your chicken. We will want this chicken trimmed meaning wing tips, guts and neckbone removed.
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Submerge the chicken in the marinade.
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It isn't quite covered so I'm bringing in a second bottle of red wine.
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Now it's mostly covered. Cover the top with plastic wrap and put in the fridge overnight.
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Day two is where the real cooking happens. Don't worry, you'll have multiple bottles of wine open throughout the process so you can probably mix in a drink here or there.
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The next day, take out the chicken from the marinade. Pat dry with paper towels.
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Drain our the solids from the marinade using a strainer. Don't get rid of the actual marinade liquid!
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Put the marinade and solids aside, we'll use them soon.
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Start heating a large pot on medium heat.
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Add butter in the pot.
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Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Then we need to sear the chicken. Brown it on all sides.
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Take out the chicken and set aside after it's been browned.
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Add the carrots, onions and celery solids from the marinade into the pot.
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After they've been cooking for a few minutes. Cover the solids with flour.
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Mix the flour around.
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Add the reserved marinade from earlier in the pot.
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Carefully add the chicken back into the pot. Try not to splash the marinade!
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Cover the pot with a lid and reduce the heat slightly. This will stew for about 1 hour and 15 minutes.
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Now in a separate pan we will start to create the sauce for the dish. Begin by sautéing your bacon.
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After it's done, set aside on a paper towel.
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In the same pan, remove the stems from the mushrooms and sauté them.
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Set aside the mushrooms with the bacon.
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Peel your shallots.
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Add the Shallots to the pot and add enough water to cover them.
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Cover with parchment paper if you have it. I was out so I used aluminum foil instead.
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The shallots are done when the water is nearly evaporated.
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Like the bacon and mushrooms, set aside the shallots.
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Add a cup of red wine to the pan (yes more wine!) and cook it until it's reduced by half.
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After your chicken is done stewing for about 1 hour and 15-20 minutes, remove it from the pot and set aside.
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Now we will add the marinade to the sauce pan. Strain out the solids and add the sauce to the pan.
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Add the bacon, mushrooms and shallots to the sauce and simmer for a few minutes.
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Once your chicken has been aside for a few minutes, it's time to quarter it.
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Quarter the chicken. Cut the wings, legs and breasts and place into a deep serving dish.
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