Coq au Vin Recipe | myfoodbook | Easy French chicken braised in red wine sauce

Ingredients

• 1 bottle (750ml) red wine, preferably pinot noir
• 60g Western Star Salted butter, plus 25g extra
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1.5kg chicken, cut into pieces
• 1 brown onion, diced
• 150g bacon, chopped
• 4 cloves garlic, sliced
• 12 small shallots, peeled
• 300ml chicken stock
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 200g small Swiss brown mushrooms
• 3 tbsp parsley leaves, chopped
• Buttery mash, to serve