Budget Meals: C'oq Au Vin, Or French Chicken And Wine

12/11/2019

Budget meals: C'oq au Vin, or French Chicken and Wine

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This rich and warm chicken dish can be made in a crockpot or on the stove top

The Recipe

Olive oil
1 large onion
2 cups mushrooms, sliced
4 large chicken thighs
Salt & Pepper
1 tsp oregano
1 tsp thyme
1 tsp basil
1 large clove garlic, chopped
1 large carrot chopped
1 cup of celery, chopped
1 large fresh tomato, chopped
1 cup red wine
1 cup crushed canned tomatoes
Rice for serving

Crockpot Method

⋅ Place all vegetables in the crockpot.
⋅ Add the wine,  crushed tomato, and herbs
⋅ Stir the mixture and place the chicken on top.
⋅ Cover and set the crockpot on High for 5 hours, or on Low for 8-10 hours.
⋅ Serve with rice

Stove top Method

⋅ Add olive oil to pan and place chicken, skin side down, to brown.
⋅ Turn chicken to brown other side and then set aside
⋅ Saute onions and mushrooms in the chicken pan
⋅ Add garlic, salt, pepper, herbs, carrots and celery to the onion and mushroom mixture
⋅ Continue to saute until vegetables are just softening
⋅ Stir in wine and crushed tomatoes
⋅ Return chicken to the pan, cover and simmer for 2 hours
⋅ Serve with rice

The Finances

This meal came to:

$0.49 Onion
$3.99 Mushrooms
$3.08 Chicken thighs
$0.25 Oregano
$0.25 Thyme
$0.25 Basil
$0.45 Carrots
$0.68 Celery
$0.61 Fresh tomato
$3.00 Red wine
$1.00 Crushed canned tomatoes

From the pantry

Salt
Pepper
Olive Oil
Rice
Garlic

Grand Total $14.05

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