Boil the pearl onions and remove their skins. Then, cook the pearl onions and bacon until the bacon crisps. Reserve.
1
As the bacon and pearl onions cook, dust the chicken thighs with flour and season with salt and pepper.
2
Brown the chicken. Remove the chicken and whisk in flour. Add chicken back to the pot with the red wine, brandy, bacon, onion, bouillon and herbs. Cover and simmer.
3
While the chicken cooks, melt butter and cook the mushrooms until they turn golden. Add them to the chicken mixture near the end of cooking. Serve over buttered egg noodles.
4
Make sure you save your leftover sauce to make coq au vin pizza! You'll find a link in the recipe card.
Tip
Making a classic French dinner is easier than you'd think. You'll love every bite of this wonderful coq au vin. Now unleash your inner Julia Child!