Coq Au Vin - "Rooster in Wine" - Recipe

Ingredients

• 750 milliliters bottle French Burgundy wine (or any other dry red)
• 1 large onion (sliced)
• 2 stalks celery (sliced)
• 1 large carrot (peeled and sliced)
• 1 clove garlic (peeled and crushed)
• 1 teaspoon whole black peppercorns
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 6 pounds chicken (*)
• 6 ounces thick cut nitrate-free bacon (preferably from pastured pork)
• 2 large shallots (chopped)
• 2 cloves garlic (chopped)
• 4 large sprigs fresh thyme
• 4 large sprigs fresh parsley
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 3 tablespoons grass-fed ghee (or other fat of your choosing)
• 1 pound baby bella mushrooms (or whatever is available)
• 20 pearl onions (peeled)