Coq au vin

Coq au vin is a French stew made with chicken, wine, bacon, and vegetables.

History
The name means "rooster in wine" in French. The first book to mention coq au vin was Cookery for English Households, a cookbook from 1864. It existed for a long time before this, but most stories about the invention of coq au vin are myths.

Ingredients
Coq au vin is made by cooking onions and garlic in butter in a pot. Pieces of chicken, bacon and mushrooms are then added to the pot. Once the meat has cooked, wine is poured in to make a broth. The stew is simmered in the pot until it is ready to eat. Most recipes use red wine, but in some parts of France they use other types of wine.

References

Category:Chicken as food
Category:French food