Shelly's Recipe

COQ AU VAN - Crock Pot

Category: Stews

5 slices bacon, diced
2/3 cup green onions, sliced
3 1/2 lb broiler, cut up (or 6 chicken breast halves)
4 - 6 small boiling onions, peeled
1/4 lb whole mushrooms
6 - 8 small new potatoes
1 clove garlic, minced
Salt and pepper to taste
1/2 tsp dried thyme
1/2 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup Burgundy wine
Chopped parsley

In large skillet, saute diced bacon and green onions until bacon is crisp. Remove and drain well. Add chicken pieces to skillet and brown well on all sides. Remove chicken and set aside. Put peeled onion, mushrooms, potatoes, and garlic in stoneware. Add browned chicken pieces, bacon and green onions, salt pepper, thyme and chicken broth.

Cover and cook on Low 8 to 10 hours or on High 4 to 5 hours. Add Burgundy wine during last hour of cooking