So, today I thought I’d start with an absolute French classic, made so much easier in the slow cooker because it means you don’t have to have the oven on for hours on end and you need a little less wine to make it: Coq au Vin. I’ve also noticed how often you’re all typing ‘slow cooker’ into the search box at the top of the page, searching for recipes. Considering how much I use it at home, I feel like I’ve let you all down somewhat that so far I’ve only posted my recipes for Slow Cooker Shredded Mexican Beef Wraps, Slow Cooker Ramen and S low Cooker Thai Red Chicken Curry.

This year I’ve resolved to post more recipes for the slow cooker.

(I guess) We’re soo NOT French.Friday, 24 January 2020 Recipe: Slow Cooker Coq au Vin We’re having Family Poker Night tonight (again). I can’t be bothered with all that tonight and dinner is still pretty awesome. If you want to get even fancier, strain the juices, put them in a saucepan, add more Red Wine if you think your sauce needs it and bring to a boil, then simmer with the cornstarch mixture. Leave the heat on, dissolve a teasoon of constarch in 1/4 cup water and whisk it into the sauce. If you want to thicken the sauce at the end, remove the chicken and vegetables with a slotted spoon. Maybe also take a quick taste to see if it needs more salt, pepper or wine. Lift the lid as little as possible, but if the dish is looking done, go on in there with your thermometer and take the meat’s temperature. I hope you’ll experiment with your slow cooker on weekends with a good meat thermometer. Use the wrong setting on a Flat Iron or Curling Iron and a lot more than dinner gets ruined!!! If I had left my Coq Au Vin on Low for six or eight, or even ten hours it may have become a disintegrated mess. That’s what irks me about Slow Cookers (Also Flat Irons and Curling Irons but that’s another blog post, isn’t it?) They are all calibrated differently. Slow Cooker Coq Au Vin: Done in 4 4/2 Hours! I set it at Low for six hours but after four and a half hours the chicken pieces were at 175 degrees so I turned that Bad Boy OFF! Done and Done! I used a Hamilton Beach Stay or Go Slow Cookerfor this recipe. Did you know Coq Au Vin was one of her specialities? (Though NEVER in the Slow Cooker!) The original French recipe called for a Rooster (ick) Here is a link to Julia Child’s Classic Coq Au Vin Recipe. It’s not the classic French recipe, but we’re not trying to be Julia Child here, just get dinner on the table. Why let the slow cooker cook the life out of those poor Baby Bellas? You could also add some red or new potatoes to your Slow cooker Coq au Vin. I also left some of the mushrooms whole and only halved the larger ones. To me it kind of defeats the purpose of the slow cooker if there is a lot of pre-cooking involved! Okay, a LOT more garlic! Some flavors just tend to disappear in the slow cooker! I browned the chicken pieces on the stove but I didn’t bother to brown any of the vegetables. I also used shallots instead of onions and a little more garlic. I adapted this dish from a Whole Foods Market recipe and made a LOT of changes! I eliminated several steps to speed up the prep time.

Coq au vin recipe slow cooker