Quick Coq Au Vin

• 4 bacon strips
• 2 lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs
• 1/4 coconut or almond flour
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 1 T oil or cooking fat or choice (if not using bacon drippings)
• 2 cups quarterd button or cremini mushrooms
• 1 cup pearl onions (or 1 cup chopped yellow onion)
• 4 cloves garlic, peeled and minced
• 2 cups chicken broth
• 1 cup dry red wine
• 1 T tomato paste
• 2 fresh thyme sprigs

1. Heat a large dutch oven over medium heat. when hot, add bacon and cook until crispy. Remove bacon from pot.
2. Toss chicken with flour, salt and pepper. cook chicken in bacon grease over medium heat until chicken is browned on all sides. When finished remove chicken from pot.
3. Add mushrooms, onion and garlic to dutch oven and cook over medium heat until mushrooms are slightly softened.
4. Add chicken broth, wine, tomato paste and thyme and mix well. Add chicken. Cover, reduce heat to medium low and cook for 10-15 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
5. Break the bacon into bite size pieces and mix into the coq au vin. Serve hot.

bacon strips, chicken thighs, coconut, salt, pepper, t, quarterd button, pearl onions, garlic, chicken broth, red wine, tomato paste, thyme

Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/quick-coq-au-vin-52597101 (may not work)