coq au vin

very tasty. chicken, red wine, mushrooms, pearl onions, some bacon. i had made a dish rather similar to this several months back, which was supposed to contain porcini mushrooms, but which i couldn’t find, so this was almost like a repeat. i cubed the chicken, instead of leaving it in whole-breast form, which allowed it to really soak up the flavor. i also made sauteed chard (also from joy of cooking) to go along with the entree, and it was awful. yuck. it tasted like fresh mown grass. ech. i can only assume i botched it in the preparation … either that, or chard is one of those things you can only dread, and to which you never look forward.