French-style chicken in wine | Reader's Digest Australia

French-style chicken in wine | Reader's Digest Australia

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Think of a French country–style meal and chances are your mind will conjure up the image of chicken simmering in robust red wine. This updated version contains French shallots, mushrooms and...

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Cooking tools:

  • Flameproof casserole dish
  • Mixing bowl
  • Slotted spoon
  • Kettle
  • Stove
  • Oven
  • Saucepan
  • Whisk
  • Cutting board
  • Chef's knife
  • Butcher's twine
  • Measuring cup
  • Measuring spoon
  • Serving platter
  • Colander
  • Fine-mesh sieve
  • Wooden spoon
  • Tongs
  • Ladle
  • Spoon
  • Fork
  • Kitchen towel

Ingredients

  • 12 French shallots or baby onions
  • 1½ tablespoons garlic–flavoured olive oil
  • 50 g bacon, rind removed, cut into thin strips
  • 12 chestnut or button mushrooms
  • 4 chicken joints such as breasts, about 175 g each
  • several sprigs of fresh parsley, stalks bruised
  • several sprigs of fresh thyme
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 150 ml chicken stock, preferably homemade
  • 1½ cups (375 ml) full–bodied red wine
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 300 g carrots, cut into chunks
  • pinch of caster sugar
  • 1 tablespoon corn flour
  • chopped fresh parsley to serve

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