Coq Au Vin

Ingredients

    Marinating chicken

    * 1 750-ml bottle French Burgundy or California Pinot Noir
    * 1 large onion, sliced
    * 2 celery stalks, sliced
    * 1 large carrot, peeled, sliced
    * 1 large garlic clove, peeled, flattened
    * 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
    * 2 tablespoons olive oil
    * 1 6-pound roasting chicken, backbone removed, cut into 8 pieces (2 drumsticks, 2 thighs, 2 wings with top quarter of adjoining breast, 2 breasts)


    Cooking chicken

    * 1 tablespoon olive oil
    * 6 ounces thick-cut bacon slices, cut crosswise into strips
    * 3 tablespoons all purpose flour
    * 2 large shallots, chopped
    * 2 large garlic cloves, chopped
    * 4 large fresh thyme sprigs
    * 4 large fresh parsley sprigs
    * 2 small bay leaves
    * 2 cups low-salt chicken broth


    * 4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter
    * 1 pound assorted fresh wild mushrooms (such as crimini and stemmed shiitake)
    * 20 1-inch-diameter pearl onions, or boiling onions, peeled


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