Crock Pot Coq Au Vin (Chase away that winter chill with warm French food)

Crockpot Coq Au Vin Recipe Ingredients

• 8 Chicken thigh pieces
• 3 Bacon slices (Pancetta does nicely)
• 1 teaspoon Salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dried Thyme
• 8 Small white onions (pickling onions)
• 1/4 cup tomato paste
• 2 cups good red wine
• 2 teaspoons Chicken stock powder
• 1 Clove crushed garlic
• 1/2 lb (250g) button mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons Butter
• 1 1/2 tablespoons Cornstarch (cornflour)
• 2 tablespoons cold water

How To Cook Crock Pot Coq Au Vin
Cook the bacon and chopped onion in large frying pan until the bacon is crispy. Transfer to crockpot. Season the chicken with the salt and the thyme. Place the chicken thighs in the frying pan and brown on all sides. Transfer to crockpot.
Peel the whole onions and chop the mushrooms. Brown these in thefrying pan then add to the slowcooker. Pour the wine into the frying pan,stir to loosen all the tasty brown fried bits. Add the chicken stock powder and tomato pastestir until it has dissolved. Pour this over the chicken and add the crushed garlic to the crockpot.
Cover and set the heat to low for about 4 - 6 hours. Just before you are ready to serve, mix the cornflour and water to a paste and add to the Coq au Vinto thicken it up. I like to serve Crockpot Coq Au Vin with mashed or boiled potatoes because you can soak up the red wine gravy.