Chicken With Wine: Coq Au Vin | Emerils.com

Ingredients

• 1 1/2 cups pearl onions
• 1/2 pound salt pork or bacon, diced
• 1 whole chicken, cut into 8 pieces
• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• 1 tablespoon Emeril's Original Essence
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 pound button mushrooms, quartered
• 1/4 pound cremini mushrooms, quartered
• 1/4 pound oyster mushrooms, sliced
• 1 tablespoon minced garlic
• 1/2 cup cognac
• 1 bottle dry red wine (Cote du Rhone or Pinot Noir)
• 2 cups dark chicken stock
• Bouquet garni (a few sprigs of parsley, 1 bay leaf, 3 sprigs thyme, and some black peppercorns)
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1 tablespoon flour
• 2 teaspoons fresh thyme
• 15 toast points
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley