Blue Plate Bachelor

Coq au Vin — Chicken with wine.

Preparing the chicken

Get your ducks in a row, and your Mis en Place

Potatoes, parsley, butter, onions, butter, mushrooms, and butter

Dinner for deux
Ingredients

1 chicken (frier — about 4 to 5 lbs) cut into pieces
3 cups cheap red wine (almost a whole 750ml bottle, leaving enough behind to sample)
1/4 cup Cognac
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