French in a Flash (Classic): Coq au Riesling

Name: French in a Flash (Classic): Coq au Riesling
Prep time: 45 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Mediterranean, French, European
Ingredients: 1 chicken, in 10 pieces (2 breasts, cut in half, 2 thighs, 2 drumsticks, 2 wings); 59 milliliters crème fraîche; 227 grams cremini mushrooms, quartered; 355 milliliters dry Riesling; 2 Tbsps chopped fresh flat leaf parsley; 1 medium 1/2 onion, diced; 4 servings Freshly cracked black pepper; 4 servings Sea salt; 3 strips thick-cut strips of bacon, cut into lardons; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter

The recipe French in a Flash (Classic): Coq au Riesling could satisfy your Mediterranean craving in roughly 45 minutes. One portion of this dish contains approximately 5g of protein, 17g of fat, and a total of 257 calories. This gluten free and primal recipe serves 4. A mixture of chicken, riesling, butter, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy.

Instructions

Melt butter in 12-inch, straight-sided sauté pan over medium high heat.

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Butter

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Add bacon and cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp, about 8 minutes.

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Bacon

Remove pan from heat. Using slotted spoon, transfer cooked bacon to paper-towel lined plate. Reserve fat in pan.

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Cooked Bacon

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Slotted Spoon

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Pat chicken pieces dry with paper towel. Season with salt. Return sauté pan to medium high heat until lightly smoking.

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Chicken Pieces

Salt

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Paper Towels

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Add chicken pieces skin side down. Cook until golden brown on both sides, turning once, about 8 minutes total.

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Chicken Pieces

Remove pan from heat and transfer chicken to large plate.

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Whole Chicken

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Frying Pan

Remove all but 2 tablespoons of fat from pan.

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Add onions and mushrooms and cook on low heat until most of the exuded liquid has evaporated and onions have started to soften, about 3 minutes. Season lightly with salt.

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Mushrooms

Onion

Salt

Add Riesling, increase heat to high, and bring to a boil, scraping up any browned bits on the bottom of the pan with a wooden spoon. Return chicken to pan and cover. Lower the heat to low, and simmer for 40 minutes.

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Riesling

Whole Chicken

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Wooden Spoon

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Add bacon back to the pan, and season with black pepper. Simmer uncovered an additional 15 minutes until chicken is done.

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Black Pepper

Whole Chicken

Bacon

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Using tongs, transfer chicken to large serving platter. Raise heat to medium-high, and reduce to thicken, about 2 minutes. Stir in the crème fraîche and parsley, and pour over the chicken.

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Creme Fraiche