Has anyone notice Jack always brings up Coco Van Chicken :):cool:

He must have said this 20 times in 20 different episodes, well last night, I was talking to my brother and though Hey lets check out what this recipes really was..

Here you go, I cant wait to try it!!!
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Coco Van


Ingredients
· 4-6 lbs. boneless chicken breasts
· 1 lb. chopped bacon
· 1/2 cup dry white wine
· 1/2 cup water
· 1 1/2 cups pearl onions
· 1 lb. small white mushrooms
· 8 chopped garlic cloves
· 1 tablespoon dried rosemary
· 2 tablespoons cornstarch



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Cook the bacon until crisp in a large frying pan or dutch oven over

medium heat. Remove the bacon with a slotted spoon and set aside. Brown

the chicken in the same pan using the bacon grease. Once browned, set

the chicken aside.

Add the wine to the pan and scrape the brown bits up so that they

dissolve. Once the sauce forms move it to a crockpot. Add the water,

onions, mushrooms, garlic, and rosemary to the sauce, and stir well to

combine. Next, add the chicken and turn the crockpot on low for about 6

hours, or high for about 3 hours. Low heat is definitely the better

option if you have the time.

Occassionally, move the chicken around in the crockpot to make sure all

the pieces are cooking evenly. You may have to take them out and

rearrange them depending on the size of your slow cooker.

Once the chicken is cooked through, remove it from the crockpot. Mix

the 2 tablespoons of cornstarch with a spoonful of water to make a

slurry, and then whisk it into the sauce to help thicken it. Add the

reserved crispy bacon pieces to the sauce. Turn the heat up to high and

cook for about 10 minutes. Pour the sauce over the chicken.

Great with mashed potatoes or egg noodles with butter.


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Here is another:

CHICKEN COCOVAN

6-8 boneless chicken breasts
Salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste
1/4 c. bacon drippings
1 garlic clove, chopped
1 lg. onion, chopped
1 lg. can mushrooms, drained
8 oz. red wine
4 oz. chicken broth
1 bay leaf
1/4 tsp. thyme

Brown onions, mushrooms and garlic in bacon drippings. Add wine and chicken broth. Add seasonings. Bring to a boil. Lower heat and simmer for approximately 1 hour. Sprinkle chicken with salt, pepper and garlic powder. Flour and brown. Place in baking dish. Pour sauce over chicken. Cover and bake at 350 degrees until tender. Approximately 1 1/2 to 2 hours.


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Can Everyone.. name other Recipes Jack brought up & then lets look up recipes & try them

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Jack did bring up Chicken Cacciatore in a couple episodes ;)

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Chicken Cacciatore Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis
Show: Everyday Italian
Episode: Rustic Italian Cooking

4 chicken thighs
2 chicken breasts with skin and backbone, halved crosswise
2 teaspoons salt, plus more to taste
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, plus more to taste
1/2 cup all purpose flour, for dredging
3 tablespoons olive oil
1 large red bell pepper, chopped
1 onion, chopped
3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
3/4 cup dry white wine
1 ( 28-ounce) can diced tomatoes with juice
3/4 cup reduced-sodium chicken broth
3 tablespoons drained capers
1 1/2 teaspoons dried oregano leaves
1/4 cup coarsely chopped fresh basil leaves

Sprinkle the chicken pieces with 1 teaspoon of each salt and pepper.

Dredge the chicken pieces in the flour to coat lightly.
In a large heavy saute pan, heat the oil over a medium-high flame. Add

the chicken pieces to the pan and saute just until brown, about 5

minutes per side. If all the chicken does not fit in the pan, saute it

in 2 batches. Transfer the chicken to a plate and set aside. Add the

bell pepper, onion and garlic to the same pan and saute over medium

heat until the onion is tender, about 5 minutes. Season with salt and

pepper. Add the wine and simmer until reduced by half, about 3 minutes.

Add the tomatoes with their juice, broth, capers and oregano. Return

the chicken pieces to the pan and turn them to coat in the sauce. Bring

the sauce to a simmer. Continue simmering over medium-low heat until

the chicken is just cooked through, about 30 minutes for the breast

pieces, and 20 minutes for the thighs.

Using tongs, transfer the chicken to a platter. If necessary, boil the

sauce until it thickens slightly, about 3 minutes. Spoon off any excess

fat from atop the sauce. Spoon the sauce over the chicken, then

sprinkle with the basil and serve.
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Here is another:

Chicken Cacciatore (Hunter Style Chicken) Recipe

Chicken cacciatore is an Italian dish of chicken braised in a tomato-based sauce and often includes wild mushrooms. It is frequently referred to as "hunter style" as the word cacciatore means "hunter" in Italian. I don't know the source of the name, but someone mentioned that if a hunter came home empty-handed, his wife would kill a chicken for the meal instead.

For this recipe, we used fresh tomatoes and omitted the mushrooms. But you could easily add mushrooms and vegetables such as zucchini or bell peppers.

One 3 1/2 pound chicken, cut into pieces
2 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 cup thinly sliced onions
2 garlic cloves, thinly sliced
Salt and freshly ground pepper
1/3 cup white wine
2 cups peeled and chopped, firm ripe tomatoes (or canned plum tomatoes in their juice)

1 Rinse chicken and pat dry. Heat olive oil in a large skillet on medium heat, add the onions and cook until translucent, stirring occasionally. Push the onions to the side. Add the garlic and chicken pieces, skin-side down. Cook until the chicken skin is golden brown, then turn pieces over and brown on the other side.

2 Season chicken with salt and pepper, on both sides. Add wine and simmer until reduced by half. Add the tomatoes, lower the heat and cover the skillet with the lid slightly ajar.

3 Cook the chicken in the simmering liquid, turning and basting from time to time. Cook until the thighs are very tender and the meat is almost falling off the bones, about 40 minutes. If the stew ever starts to dry out, add a couple tablespoons of water.

Serves 4-6.

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creme brulee for dessert

Don't forget about chateau brien (however you spell it), bbq chicken, chocolate cream pie (yum-o. Wow that was very rachel ray). Also crepes suzettes.

Has anyone notice Jack always brings up Coco Van Chicken :):cool:


I'm sure you mean Coq au vin since wine is used with chicken and that's French for chicken in wine.

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I heard this last night on TV Land.. :)

Jack said this chicken dish.. funny, Jack brings up allot of Chicken dishes:eek: :cool: :cool: :p


CLASSIC CHICKEN DIVAN

Broccoli spears, frozen or fresh, cooked
1/4 c. butter
6 tbsp. flour
2 c. chicken broth
1/2 c. whipping cream
3 tbsp. dry white wine
3 chicken breasts, halved & cooked
1/4 c. grated Parmesan cheese

Melt butter; blend in flour, dash salt and pepper. Add chicken broth. Cook and stir until mixture thickens and bubbles. Stir in cream and wine. Place broccoli crosswise in baking dish. Pour half sauce over. Top with chicken. To remaining sauce, add cheese; pour over chicken; sprinkle with additional cheese. Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes or until heated through. Broil for 5 minutes until sauce is golden. Makes 6 servings

What was the egg dish Jack made for the girls in the Pilot episode?

I seem to remember him saying it was Huevos Rancheros but they looked more like scrambled eggs to me.