We tried Julia’s Coq Au Vin, made from her original recipe!

We decided to try one of the iconic recipes from this cookbook: Julia Childs Coq Au Vin.

Its a wine-braised chicken casserole served with mushrooms and onions.

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Julias cookbook was the first to make these recipes and techniques accessible for the home cook.

Its still complex cooking, but shes a good teacher.

Here are the most valuable cooking lessons you’re free to learn from Julia Child.

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She also lists needed equipment with each step, which I found very handy.

Making the onions and mushrooms

I began with the braised onions and sauteed mushrooms.

Prepping the chicken

Next, I prepared the chicken.

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My grocery store had only whole chickens or packages of breast, thighs, etc.

I used regular strips of bacon (4 ounces came out to 5 strips).

I cut these into small pieces and cooked them in anenameled cast iron Dutch oven.

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Psst…See what else you should be getting from your butcher.

Before adding the chicken to the hot bacon fat, I dried the pieces thoroughly.

This is a tip that Julia gives in her cookbook and on her cooking show,The French Chef.

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This original recipe calls for adding cognac after browningand then igniting it!

If I had been able to get cognac in time, I would have loved to try this.

(Maybe next time.)

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The chicken iswhatcolor?

Sure enough: Purple chicken!

I was dying to taste this dish!

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Overall, I was very happy with how the Coq Au Vin turned out.

It was a delicious and satisfying dish.

I got to try some new cooking techniques and to make abeurre maniewhich I will definitely use again!

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