Recipe for Coq Au Zin 
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Yield:
6
Ingredients:
Amount Ingredient
1 cup all-purpose flour plus
2 tbl all-purpose flour
6 slc bacon chopped
1 tbl olive oil
12 x chicken thighs with skin and bones excess fat trimmed
Salt to taste
Freshly-ground black pepper to taste
3/4 cup chopped shallots - (abt 4)
3 x garlic cloves minced
1 lb boiling onions peeled
12 oz crimini mushrooms quartered (5 cups)
2 tbl chopped fresh marjoram
1 bot red Zinfandel - (750 ml)
2 cup chicken stock
(or canned low-salt chicken broth)
2 tbl butter - (1/4 stick) room temperature
Instructions:
Instructions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Place 1 cup flour in shallow dish.

Cook chopped bacon in heavy large pot over medium-high heat until crisp, about 4 minutes. Using slotted spoon, transfer bacon to paper-towel-lined plate to drain. Add 1 tablespoon olive oil to bacon drippings in pot. Sprinkle chicken thighs with salt and pepper. Working in batches, coat chicken thighs with flour and add to pot; sear until brown, about 4 minutes per side. Arrange chicken thighs in 15- by 10- by 2-inch glass baking dish.

Pour off all but 3 tablespoons fat from pot. Add shallots and garlic to pot and saute 1 minute. Add onions, crimini mushrooms, and marjoram and saute until onions begin to brown, about 10 minutes. Add red Zinfandel and bring to boil, scraping up browned bits. Add chicken stock and bacon; boil 5 minutes. Pour wine mixture over chicken in baking dish. Cover tightly with foil; bake until chicken is cooked through, about 1 hour.

Using tongs, transfer chicken thighs to platter. Strain wine mixture from baking dish into heavy medium saucepan. Transfer onion and mushroom mixture to platter with chicken; tent with foil to keep warm.

Mix 2 tablespoons flour and butter in small bowl to blend. Bring wine mixture to boil. Whisk in flour mixture and boil until sauce thickens and is reduced to 2 3/4 cups, about 8 minutes. Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. Ladle sauce over chicken and vegetables; sprinkle with chives.

This recipe yields 6 servings.

Comments: "While traveling in the Northern California wine country with friends," writes Stephen Carkeet of Merced, California, "we ate dinner at Zin Restaurant & Wine Bar in Healdsburg and had one of the best meals I can remember. Chef Jeff Mall prepared a wonderful chicken dish he called coq au Zin. It was a winner."

A taste - and word - play on the classic French dish coq au vin, this time made with red Zinfandel. At the restaurant, this is served with creamy mashed potatoes.

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