Ingredients

  • 1/4 pound bacon -- diced
  • 1 cup onions -- chopped
  • 1/4 cup mushrooms -- sliced
  • 2 each chickens -- cut up
  • 3 tablespoons butter or margarine
  • 1 each bay leaf
  • 1/2 teaspoon tarragon
  • 4 peppercorns and parsley
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups dry red wine
  • 1 tablespoon flour
  • 1 tablespoon butter or margarine
  • 2 tablespoons chopped parsley

Method

  • Cook bacon in skillet until brown and crispy; remove and reserve bacon. In hot bacon fat, cook onions and mushrooms until soft; remove and reserve.
  • Wash and dry chicken. Add 3 tbsp butter or margarine to remaining bacon fat in skillet; add chicken; brown.
  • Return bacon, onions and mushrooms to skillet. Tie bay leaf, tarragon, peppercorns, and parsley in small piece of muslin (bouquet garni); add to skillet. Add salt to wine; pour over chicken in skillet. Simmer, covered, 25 minutes or until chicken is tender.
  • Remove bouquet garni. Blend flour and 1 tbsp butter together; add to hot liquid bit by bit, until sauce is bubbly and thickened as you like.
  • Sprinkle with parsley.