Coq Au Vin- Chicken Braised in Wine

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 pounds chicken whole
• cut-up
• 1 each garlic clove
• crushed
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon thyme leaves
• dried
• 6 each bacon slices
• diced
• 23 cups onions green
• sliced
• 1 cup vegetable stock or chicken or beef
• 8 each onions small
• white
• peeled
• 1 cup wine burgundy
• 1/2 pound mushrooms whole
• fresh
• 1 x parsley leaves fresh
• chopped
• 8 each potatoes new
• small
• scrubbed

Instructions

1. In large skillet, saute diced bacon and green onions until bacon is crisp.
2. Remove and drain on paper towel.
3. Add chicken pieces to skillet and brown well on all sides.
4. Remove the chicken when it has browned and set aside.
5. Put peeled onions, mushrooms, potatoes, and garlic in crockpot.
6. Add browned chicken pieces, bacon and green onions, salt, pepper, thyme, potatoes and chicken broth.
7. Cover and cook on Low 6 to 8 hours.
8. (High: 3 to 4 hours).
9. During last hour, add burgundy and cook on High.
10. Garnish with chopped parsley.