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Classical Syrah Coq Au Vin

Table of Contents

  • 1. Gather the ingredients together
  • 2. Prepare the vegetables
    • a) The vegetables
    • b) The bouquet garni
  • 3. Prepare the chicken
    • a) Remove the chicken legs
    • b) Detach the chicken thigh and lower leg
    • c) Remove the chicken wings
    • d) Remove the chicken breasts
  • 4. Marinade the ingredients
  • 5. Prepare the coq au vin
  • 6. Finish cooking the classical syrah coq au vin
  • 7. Nutritional values
  • 8. Printable recipe

Classical syrah coq au vin. You can’t get more French than this. But why “classic”. Because we use red wine. Traditionally classic coq au vin tends to use a red burgundy wine made from Pino Noir grapes. A wine used in a lot of game cooking. However, when researching the top French chefs there is a clear current preference for a more full-bodied wine, and a North Rhone Syrah, or Shiraz is perfect for this recipe. And, believe me, it was fantastic. Look at this hearty rustic chicken in red wine casserole.

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Class coq au vin

Just a quick note on the wine. You don’t have to use red wine. Although red wine is the traditional ingredient other regions of France use different wines. For example, in Alsace, they may use Riesling. In the Champagne region, they may use, yes, you’ve guessed it, champagne. It’s really up to you. Whichever you choose, however, the cooking method is the same…



1. Gather the ingredients together

Apart from a large free range chicken and the red wine, all you need to make classical syrah coq au vin is 2 large carrots, 20 shallots, or small onions, 2 sticks of celery, a bouquet garni, some olive oil, flour and seasoning. Easy…

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Gather the ingredients together



2. Prepare the vegetables

a) The vegetables

Again, a really simple preparation. Just peel the carrots and slice into 1 cm thick diagonal slices. The same for the celery. With shallots, just peel and top and tail. Then leave whole.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Prepare the vegetables

b) The bouquet garni

You can obviously use a bought bouquet garni but it’s easy to make your own. Homemade also adds so much more flavour. I’ve prepared a separate tutorial on how to make your own bouquet garni so just click here or on the photograph below to view this.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Make the bouquet garni



3. Prepare the chicken

You’ll need a large free-range chicken for this classic coq au vin. I suggest a minimum of 1.5 kg. Buy it whole and either ask your butcher to portion it for you or have a go yourself. It’s not too difficult. You just need a very sharp kitchen knife.

If you’ve got your butcher to do this just move on to section 4.

a) Remove the chicken legs

First, get you free-range chicken and place it on a large chopping board.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Place the chicken on a large chopping board

Now, pull one of the legs away from the body and you will see a thin piece of skin. Cut through this and then press the leg upwards until you break the ball joint and expose the ball.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Expose the ball joint

Now, cut directly through the ball joint until you have a whole leg.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Remove the leg



b) Detach the chicken thigh and lower leg

To remove the thigh from the drumstick just look for the seem of fat where the thigh joint is. I’ve illustrated this where the knife point is in this photograph.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Expose the seam

Just cut straight through this joint to part the thigh from the drumstick.

Do the same with the lower leg. Just cut straight through the joint. This will leave you with 4 portions. 2 drumsticks and 3 thighs.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Cut through the joint



c) Remove the chicken wings

To remove the wings, simply pull them away and press upwards like the legs to expose the joint. Cut through the joint to release the wings.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Cut through the joint

d) Remove the chicken breasts

The final part of the chicken preparation is to remove and halve the breasts. To do this, turn the breast upside down and cut down next to the ribcage. Then break the chicken so all you have is the breast and skeleton attached by flesh and skin.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Cut down the ribcage

Now cut through to separate the breast from the ribcage.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Separate the breasts from the skeleton



Now, turn the breast upside down and just cut through the bone in the middle to separate the breasts into two.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Separate the two breasts

Because the breasts are large I then cut them in half and end up with 10 separate chicken portions. Plenty for a family of 4.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

10 chicken portions

And that’s it. The chicken is ready to marinade. If you are still a little unsure on how to prepare the whole chicken below is a good video I found running through the steps above.



4. Marinade the ingredients

To make this classical syrah coq au vin you will need to marinade all of the ingredients for 24 hours. The marinade is nothing more than reduced red wine. Simply take you 1 litre of syrah red wine and bring to a simmer on your stove. Reduce this by 1/3 then leave to cool.

Now place your prepared vegetables and portioned chicken into a large bowl and, once the wine has cooled, pour this all over the ingredients. Now clingfilm the top and leave in the fridge for 24 hours.

After 24 hours, place all ingredients in a large colander and drain the wine marinade into a bowl. Drain for at least an hour and then separate the chicken and vegetables and place on kitchen paper and pat dry.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Remove the chicken on to kitchen paper

 

Remove the vegetables onto kitchen paper



5. Prepare the coq au vin

To prepare the coq au vin first heat your oven to 200C / 180C Fan and place 1 heaped tbsp of flour onto a baking tray. With the oven hot, place the flour in the oven. Remove after around 15 minutes when the flour has started to brown. Turn the oven down to 180C / 160C Fan.

While the flour is cooking, take a large casserole dish and add 2 tbsp of olive oil. Heat over medium heat, then season and brown the chicken portions off for around 7 minutes or so.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Brown off the chicken

Once the chicken is browned off remove them from the pot and set aside on a plate.

Now, add 1 tbsp of olive oil in the casserole pot and add the vegetables and cook through for 3-4 minutes.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Cost the vegetables


By now the flour should have browned so remove from the oven and add to the pot. Remember to turn the heat down in the oven.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Add the flour



Stir the flour in so it coats all of the vegetables and then start to slowly add the wine marinade. Add this in batches and stir well to create a rich sauce.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Stir the wine in to make the sauce

While doing this, and in a separate frying pan, start to pan-dry the lardons.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Pan-dry the lardons until crisp

Once the lardons start to colour add the mushrooms.

Add the mushrooms



Keep an eye on the lardons and mushrooms to ensure they don’t burn and also add the chicken back to the post. Make sure any juices from the chicken are added back too.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Return the chicken

Finally, with the lardons and mushrooms cooked add these to the pot and stir everything together.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Add the mushrooms and bacon

Now, put the lid on the casserole dish and place in the oven for 1 hour.



6. Finish cooking the classical syrah coq au vin

After an hour remove the coq au vin from the oven and set on your stove, heat off. Taste the sauce for seasoning and adjust as required. The sauce should be slightly thick but if still watery you can reduce on the stove. Just be careful not to burn the chicken or vegetables.

And that’s it my French food followers. Classical Syrah Coq Au Vin served from your very own kitchen. I highly recommend you try this recipe. It is so tasty and wholesome. Great on a cold winter’s evening.

Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com



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7. Nutritional values

 



8. Printable recipe

 

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Classic coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com
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Classical Syrah Coq Au Vin
Prep Time
30 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Total Time
1 hr 30 mins
 

Classical Syrah coq au vin. A wonderfully rustic French casserole of chicken in red wine. Simple to make and very tasty. A great recipe for all of the family. Yum! | theyumyumclub.com

Course: Dinner
Cuisine: French
Keyword: casserole, chicken, coq au vin, red wine
Servings: 4 servings
Ingredients
  • 1 large raw chicken (c.1.5kg)
  • 1 tbsp flour
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 34 fl oz red wine (shiraz) 1 litre metric
  • 3 carrots
  • 2 celery sticks
  • 20 shallots
  • 1 bouquet garni
  • 1 tsp crushed black pepper corns
  • 1 cup lardons smoked 240 grams metric
  • 2 cups button mushrooms 480 grams metric
  • 1 bouquet garni
Instructions
  1. First, as always, gather the ingredients together.

  2. Now prepare the vegetables by skinning the onions and slicing the carrots and celery.

  3. Next portion the chicken into 10 portions. Drumsticks, thighs, wings, and each breast cut into two halves. If unsure how to do this ask your butcher to do this for you.

  4. Add the wine to a pan and simmer until reduced by one third. Allow to cool.

  5. Place the chicken and vegetables in a large bowl and pour the cooled reduced wine over. Marinade this for 24 hours in the fridge.

  6. After the 2r hours drain the chicken and vegetables for at least 1 hour so all of the red wine drains into a bowl. Place the chicken and vegetables on kitchen paper and pat dry.

  7. Prepare a bouquet garni.

  8. Place the flour on a baking tray and heat your oven to 200C / 180 Fan. Place the flour in the oven for 10-25 minutes until starting to brown.

  9. Now add oil to a large casserole pot and brown the chicken off for around 7 minutes and set aside on a separate plate.

  10. Now, add the vegetables, including the bouquet garni to the pot and fry off for around 3 minutes. Add more oil if needed.

  11. Remove the flour from the oven and add to the vegetables. Coat the vegetables with the flour.

  12. Turn the oven down to 180C / 160C Fan.

  13. Now, add the reduced wine slowly to the pot an mix in with the vegetables and flour until a smooth sauce has formed.

  14. As you are adding the wine start pan-frying the lardons in a separate pan.

  15. Now, add the chicken back to the pot and cover with the sauce.

  16. As the bacon starts to brown add the mushrooms and mix together. Cook the mushrooms through.

  17. Add the mushroom and lardons to the post and stir in.

  18. Now place a lid on the pot and place the pot in the oven and let slow roast for 1 hour.

  19. After 1 hour remove the pot from the oven and place on the stove check the sauce for seasoning and thickness and amend as required. Now enjoy classical Syrah coq au vin in your own home! Yum!!




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About Steve Deacon

Hi, I'm Steve, a former member of the dreaded corporate world who's decided to give it all up and do something I wanted to do for a change! My wife, Jen (and yes, I am well and truly punching above my weight) and I live in a sleepy little town in the middle of the UK and our favourite things are...food and wine!!

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  1. Rose Martine

    January 28, 2020 at 4:18 am

    YUMMY!!!!! Thanks for sharing your recipe! I’ve heard about your blog a couple of times and will now spend my afternoon reading 🙂

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    • Steve Deacon

      February 1, 2020 at 7:00 pm

      Many thanks Rose. That is very kind of you to say. I do hope you enjoy the blog 🙂

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