easy chicken dish

Caution, this smells so good, you’ll want to crawl in the pot with it!! Coq au vin is a French dish. It means rooster cooked in wine. This chicken and wine sauce is FABULOUS over rice. Make sure you have plenty of French bread for this sauce.

Coq au vin

Ingredients:

2 tablespoons butter
2 tablespoons bacon grease
1 chicken, cut in pieces
Flour, for dusting chicken
Salt and pepper, to taste

8 ounces fresh mushrooms, quartered
1 large onion, diced
8 cloves garlic, minced
½ bottle red wine (good)
1 ½ – 2 cup chicken stock
Fresh parsley, chopped
Bouquet Garni (recipe follows)

Directions:
In a large black skillet, with lid, melt butter and bacon grease. Season chicken with salt and pepper to taste. Dust chicken with flour. Add chicken to skillet and brown each side. Remove chicken. Add mushrooms and onions to pot and sauté until onions are tender. Next add garlic, season to taste and give it a good stir. Return chicken to pot and add bouquet garni. Increase heat to high. Pour wine and broth over chicken. Reduce heat to medium and cook for 1 hour. (In crock pot 4-6 hours on low) Remove bouquet garni and add fresh parsley.

Bouquet Garni:

Ingredients:

Parsley
Thyme
Bay leaf
Rosemary
Basil

Directions:
Arrange the herbs in a neat stack on top of each other and tie the ingredients into a tight bundle with string.

We love the spiciness from the jalapenos and the sweetness from the mango salsa. They work very well together. If you like it hot a hell, then leave the seeds and veins with the jalapenos. If you are a wimp, and don’t like it so hot, then go on ahead and remove the veins and seeds.

Spicy Chicken Thighs with Mango Salsa

Ingredients:
2½ – 3 pounds chicken thighs, skinned and deboned
3 jalapeño peppers (remove veins and seeds for a milder flavor)
4 cloves garlic, minced
3 spring onions, chopped (green and white)
¼ cup reduced sodium soy sauce
½ cup vegetable oil
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
2 tablespoons cilantro, chopped
Salt and pepper, to taste

Directions:
Pulse peppers, garlic, and spring onions in a food processor. Slowly drizzle soy sauce, oil and lime juice. Add cilantro. Poor marinade over chicken thighs and marinate for 1-3 hours. Remove chicken from marinade and discard marinade. Place chicken on a lined baking sheet and season with salt and pepper to taste. Bake chicken in a preheated 375 degree oven for 30-45 minutes or until chicken is done. Chicken is also great on the grill.

Mango Salsa

Ingredients:

1 ripe mango, peeled, pitted and diced
½ red onion, chopped finely
1 teaspoon of Jalapeño, minced (remove ribs and seeds for a milder taste)
¾ cup cucumber, peeled and diced
2 ½ tablespoon fresh cilantro leaves, chopped
2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
Salt and pepper to taste

Directions:
Combine all of the ingredients in a bowl and season with salt and pepper to taste and serve on top or on the side of chicken thighs.

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