Chef Merlin: Coq Au Vin

This episode is the first of three episodes that I have produced that focus on French Cuisine.

In this episode, I show how to make Coq Au Vin. Actually, what I made is a little closer to Coq Au Vin Jaune as I used Dry Cooking Sherry in the place of Red Wine. Sherry is a fortified wine, which has similar aroma and taste to a yellow wine. If you plan on making Coq Au Vin, I suggest you use Red Wine to make real Coq Au Vin... unless Sherry is all you have (it is good... just not real Coq Au Vin). Here are the ingredients that you will need:

Half an onion (Diced)
1 Clove of Garlic (diced)
2 Chicken Breasts
1 Sliced Carrot
1 Cup of Sliced Mushrooms
1 Tbs. Flour
Parsley
Bay Leaf (diced)
Thyme
Salt and Pepper
2 Cups of Red Wine

*Serves two*

Check out my other videos in this series: Sauceless French Bread Pizza and Ratatouille.

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[victor224]

that sounds easy and looks so nice!! how long did u simmer it?

[ChefMerlin]

I simmered the Coq Au Vin for about an hour ( i said this in the video). Sorry I took so long to get back to you... I have not checked my messages on here in forever!

[feathercolored]

Thanks for this recipe. I made it today and it came out yummy :D

[ChefMerlin]

Cool. Did you use Red Wine like the real thing or did you follow the ghetto version that I made with Sherry?

[CookingwithSean]

Nice work Chef!

[ChefMerlin]

Thanks

[bankary]

Coq au Vin ???? more like CRAP AU VIN

[Franz49125]

It's just boring, he speacks to much could be shorter

[Marcelo Miranda]

its not vin, its pronouced vhan.

[DLRS1]

Oh THANK YOU SO MUCH. It's drives me nuts that everyone but everyone in the US and UK pronounce it like Coca- Cola Urghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, even folks with high school french.

PS Chef, liking the recipe, I'll try it with sherry because some red wines give me migraines, and I adore the flavour of sherry.

[ChefMerlin]

Yeah I realized after all was said and done that I had been saying it wrong, but oh well, I was already done with the entire video and it was too late to fix it... without some cheesy voice over that I never can do a good job with anyway... my editing skills are not top notch. I plan on eventually redoing this video some day when I actually have red wine on hand and I will try to make sure I say it right then. I don't really know why I pronounced it wrong as I have taken French.

[chefcommons]

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