{"id":275,"date":"2020-11-06T17:12:08","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T17:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/?p=275"},"modified":"2021-06-03T19:11:00","modified_gmt":"2021-06-03T19:11:00","slug":"sandhill-crane-coq-au-vin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/?p=275","title":{"rendered":"Sandhill Crane (Coq Au Vin)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Last year I traveled to Oklahoma to hunt the magnificent sandhill crane.\u00a0 These audibly majestic creatures are known as \u201cribeye in the sky\u201d.\u00a0 After hearing the reports of how wonderful the table fare is, nothing was going to stop me from harvesting this bird and trying the delicacy for myself.\u00a0 The hunt was very familiar to me\u2026set up in a flyway, put out a large decoy spread, and call accordingly.\u00a0 It was just like any of the dozens of past goose hunts that I have participated in.\u00a0 Same blinds, same shotgun, and same shells.\u00a0 The only real difference between the hunts are the protective goggles that the dogs wear so that their eyes aren\u2019t impaled by the 5 inch dagger known as a crane beak.\u00a0 After harvesting several (you are allowed 3 per day in Oklahoma), I went home with a cooler of fine eats and plenty of great memories. Coq au Vin is a rustic French dish that translates into \u201ccock with wine.\u201d\u00a0 It was served to Julius Caesar and is rumored to be one of his favorite meals.\u00a0 For this recipe, I used sandhill crane legs and thighs (I wouldn\u2019t dare use the breast in a braising recipe) but it would be good for any large birds to include geese and turkey.\u00a0 When choosing a wine to cook with, a restaurant friend once told me \u201cif you don\u2019t want to drink it, don\u2019t cook with it.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 I have headed his advice throughout the years and have yet to be disappointed.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Serves: 2<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prep time: 20 minutes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cook time:  3 hours<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Special Equipment:  Dutch oven<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ingredients:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 legs and 4 thighs (sandhill crane or turkey)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 onion chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 bell pepper chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

4 slices of bacon chopped<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bd cup sliced button mushrooms<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 tbsp thyme<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 cup chicken stock<\/p>\n\n\n\n

3 cups quality red wine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00bd cup brandy<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1 tbsp flour mixed into warm water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Seasoning of your choice<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onion tops or parsley for garnish<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Serve with:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mashed potatoes<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preparation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Preheat oven to 300 degrees.<\/li>
  2. In a dutch oven, cook bacon over medium heat until browned.\u00a0 Remove bacon pieces and set aside.\u00a0 Retain the bacon drippings in the dutch oven.<\/li>
  3. Season legs and thighs liberally with a seasoning of your choice.\u00a0 Brown legs and thighs on both sides.\u00a0\u00a0 Cook these pieces in batches to avoid crowding the dutch oven.\u00a0 Remove and set aside.<\/li>
  4. Add chopped onions and bell pepper and cook until tender.<\/li>
  5. Add back the legs and thighs and whatever juices that have accumulated on the platter back to the dutch oven.<\/li>
  6. Cover with wine, brandy, and chicken stock.\u00a0 Add thyme, cooked bacon from earlier,\u00a0 and mushrooms.\u00a0 Cover and bring to a gentle boil.<\/li>
  7. Place the pot into the oven and cook for 2 hours.<\/li>
  8. Remove from oven and add flour slurry, stir constantly to thicken.<\/li>
  9. Serve over mashed potatoes and garnish with onion tops.\u00a0<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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    Last year I traveled to Oklahoma to hunt the magnificent sandhill crane.\u00a0 These audibly majestic creatures are known as \u201cribeye in the sky\u201d.\u00a0 After hearing the reports of how wonderful the table fare is, nothing was going to stop me from harvesting this bird…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6,10,104],"tags":[27,7,28],"class_list":["post-275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cajun-recipe","category-recipe","category-small-game-recipes","tag-fowl","tag-recipe","tag-wild-game"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":279,"href":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275\/revisions\/279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edibleoutdoorscook.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}