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    Instant Pot Coq Au Vin

    Published: Dec 1, 2020 · Modified: Nov 30, 2020 by Susie Weinrich · This post may contain affiliate links.

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    Instant Pot Coq Au Vin!!! Get your knife and fork (and probably a spoon too) ready for an unbelievable Coq Au Vin recipe made in your electric pressure cooker. This simple french dish is so incredibly flavorful and comforting. It might even rival Julia Child’s recipe!

    A big bowl of Coq Au Vin topped with rosemary sprig

    Fall apart tender pieces of chicken thighs are enrobed in a red wine stew that is filled with carrots, mushrooms, garlic and herbs. Serve over mashed potatoes, polenta or buttered egg noodles for an AMAZING dinner! This one is worthy of guests or just a Tuesday night with the family.

    Table of Contents hide
    1 What is Coq Au Vin
    2 Ingredients
    3 Serving
    4 More Instant Pot Stew Recipes
    5 Recipe FAQ’s
    6 Related Recipes
    7 Did you make this recipe?!
    8 Instant Pot Coq Au Vin

    What is Coq Au Vin

    Coq Au Vin is a French dish that is translated as “rooster in wine”. Which just means it is chicken braised in a red wine sauce with mushrooms, carrots and garlic. This dish was especially made popular by Julia Child back in the 60’s when she published Mastering the Art of French Cooking.

    Here is how you pronounce Coq Au Vin – “Coke-O-Vaw”.

    Ingredients

    This dish is flavor country ! Here are the ingredients you will need:

    • bacon
    • boneless skinless chicken thighs (see below)
    • whole carrots
    • onion
    • garlic
    • whole cremini mushrooms
    • bay leaf
    • rosemary (or thyme)
    • kosher salt & black pepper
    • tomato paste
    • red wine (see below)
    • chicken stock
    • butter at room temp
    • flour
    • balsamic vinegar
    Ingredients laid out for Coq Au Vin

    Chicken Thighs

    Traditionally Coq Au Vin is made with bone-in, skin-on chicken legs and thighs. However when I make Coq Au Vin in the Instant Pot I choose to make it with boneless skinless chicken thighs for a few reasons:

    1. Chicken skin cooked in liquid gets weird and rubbery!
    2. This is a lot easier to eat boneless.
    3. Ease of buying a package of all boneless skinless chicken thighs.
    4. The skin on chicken can make your stew greasy in the Instant Pot.
    5. The dark meat chicken is fall apart tender after braising!!

    Wine

    Make sure that you use a wine that you would want to drink. You want to use a hearty wine with bold flavor, not sweet wine. Something like a cabernet, merlot, malbec, or zin.

    Serving

    For serving Instant Pot Coq Au Vin you will want to have mashed potatoes, garlic butter egg noodles or polenta. Fill a bowl with your base and then spoon the braised chicken, veggies and sauce over top! Garnish with the crispy bacon and parsley.

    You can also just eat this as stew, which is delicious too!

    Red wine chicken stew over mashed potatoes with rosemary sprig and crusty bread

    More Instant Pot Stew Recipes

    If you love this recipe than I highly recommend that you check out a sort of beef version of this recipe – Red Wine Beef Stew. Or if you just love cooking with wine then this Instant Pot Mushroom Risotto has your name written all over it!

    Recipe FAQ’s

    Can I use wine in my Instant Pot?

    YES! Wine works just the same as water or broth in the Instant Pot, it is able to build stem/pressure so it works perfectly.

    What should I serve with Coq Au Vin?

    Coq Au Vin is a hearty stew and can stand on it’s own for sure. Add some warm crusty bread on the side for a great stew. However, it is also excellent served over mashed potatoes. Rice, farro, risotto or egg noodles could be great too.

    Related Recipes

    • Instant Pot Chicken and Dumplings
    • Instant Pot Creamy Chicken Alfredo
    • Beef Stew with Red Wine

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    Coq Au Vin in a bowl

    Instant Pot Coq Au Vin

    Instant Pot Coq Au Vin is a traditional French dish updated for your electric pressure cooker. Chicken thighs are braised in red wine and mixed with carrots, mushrooms and herbs.
    Serve over mashed potatoes, polenta or buttered egg noodles for an amazing dinner!
    5 from 1 vote
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    Prep Time: 20 minutes
    Cook Time: 6 minutes
    Pressure and Natural Release time: 15 minutes
    Total Time: 41 minutes
    Servings: 6 people
    Calories: 508.2kcal
    Author: Susie Weinrich

    Equipment

    • Instant Pot or Electric Pressure Cooker

    Ingredients

    • 5 strips center cut bacon – cut into ½ inch chunks
    • 2 ½ lbs boneless skinless chicken thighs or breasts seasoned with salt and pepper
    • 1 large yellow onion, chopped
    • 4 garlic cloves, chopped
    • 1 tablespoon rosemary (or thyme)
    • 2 tablespoon tomato paste
    • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
    • ½ teaspoon black pepper
    • 2 cups red wine not sweet! – something like merlot or cabernet
    • 1 bay leaf
    • 2 ½ cups carrots, cut into 1 inch chunks
    • 2 ½ cups cremini mushrooms- quartered
    • 2 cups chicken stock
    • 3 tablespoon butter – room temp
    • 3 tablespoon all purpose flour
    • 2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar

    Serving

    • mashed potatoes, garlic buttered egg noodles or polenta
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    Instructions

    • Warm the instant pot on saute function. When it reads HOT, brown and crisp the bacon. With a slotted spoon remove from the pot and set aside, keeping the grease in the pot.
    • In the remaining bacon grease brown the chicken. This may need to be done in 2-3 batches. Set the browned chicken aside.
    • If you need to add oil to the pot, add 1 tablespoon olive oil at this point. Add the onions, garlic and rosemary (or thyme) and saute for 5 minutes.
    • Stir in the tomato paste, salt, and pepper to mix with the onions and garlic.
    • Keeping the saute function on, pour the wine in to deglaze the pot. Scrape up ALL the browned bits at the bottom of the pot. This will help prevent getting the "burn" notice during cooking.
    • Add the bay leaf, carrots, mushrooms, and browned chicken to the pot. Pour in the chicken stock.
    • Set the Instant Pot to cook on high pressure for 6 minutes. Do a 5 minute natural release and then finish with a quick release.
    • In a small bowl mash together the softened butter and flour.
      Stir into the stew.
    • Now turn the pot back on to "saute" function for 5 minutes. This will thicken the stew.
    • Stir in 2 teaspoon balsamic vinegar.
      Remove the bay leaf and discard.
    • Turn the pot off and let the Coq Au Vin settle and cool for about 15 minutes. It will thicken as it sits.

    Serving

    • Serve over mashed potatoes, polenta, or garlic buttered egg noodles. You can also just serve as a stew.
      Garnish with the crumbled bacon.

    Notes:

    Instant Pot Mashed Potato Recipe
    Yukon Gold Mashed Potatoes
    This recipe nutrition is calculated using mashed potatoes as a serving base.
    Did you try this recipe? Connect with me & let me know how it turned out by commenting below!
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    Serving: 1serving | Calories: 508.2kcal | Carbohydrates: 18.4g | Protein: 43.1g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 8.3g | Cholesterol: 209.1mg | Sodium: 927.2mg | Potassium: 1078.9mg | Fiber: 2.5g | Sugar: 6.5g | Vitamin A: 9221.9IU | Vitamin C: 6.7mg | Calcium: 64.5mg | Iron: 2.9mg

    If nutrition facts are provided they are calculated as an estimate to the best of our knowledge.

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    Susie Weinrich is the recipe developer, food photographer, and content creator behind Mom's Dinner. She has over 20 years experience in the food industry. Currently, Susie shares all her recipes and food knowledge on Mom's Dinner. You will find her recipes are easy to follow and full of tips and tricks to make sure the recipe you are making turns out perfect!

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    1. Tracy Sears

      February 08, 2021 at 7:45 pm

      5 stars
      This is by far one of the best recipes you can make in your Instant Pot! We had this for dinner tonight served over garlic/buttered egg noodles. The flavor is amazing – restaurant quality. Definitely 5 out of 5 stars! Delicious!!!

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