Coq au Vin Stuffed Pasta |
Cooking time: 40 minutes for menu Cooking schedule: see below for "menu" instructions |
Leftover Coq au Vin is, traditionally, used to stuff manicotti. I didn't want to have a slow-baking pasta dish so I used fresh lasagne noodles and rolled the filling up. I had leftover lasagne noodles with no purpose so there was a bit of a waste. I'll give my original recipe followed by notes for a faster one using regular, bite-size pasta with a Coq au Vin sauce.
Coq au Vin Stuffed Pasta Time: 40 minutes
This is an easy use of leftovers: just cut, combine and heat! The fresh lasagne noodles seemed a bit stiff but, after I put the hot chicken on, they rolled just fine.
fresh lasagne noodles
leftover coq au vin, chicken, mushrooms and shallots
3 shallots, medium, 1.5 - 2oz each (45gr)
1 carrot
1 tsp olive oil
2 cups leftover sauce I had sauce leftover from the eggs, as well
If you don't have quite enough, add a bit of water or chicken stock.
Slice shallots. Finely chop carrot. Heat oil in nonstick skillet. Add shallots and carrot and sauté until tender, about 10 minutes. Cut the chicken and vegetables into small, bite-size pieces. When shallots and carrot are tender add chicken and vegetables from coq au vin. Add 2/3 cup of sauce to skillet and heat through. Heat remaining sauce in small sauce pan. Add 1/4 - 1/2 cup water or stock to sauce if using lasagne noodles, we want it a bit thin as the noodles will absorb some.
To finish: Spoon enough sauce into large baking dish to just cover the bottom. Lay one lasagne noodle on a plate. Spoon 1/3 - 1/2 cup chicken mixture on one end and roll up. (I trimmed a bit of the noodle at the end so it didn't overlap too much) Lay roll in baking dish. Repeat until all chicken filling is used. Spoon remaining sauce over, cover and bake 20 - 25 minutes, until pasta is done.
Easy Alternative
1 1/4 cup bite-size pasta (penne, rigatoni) in place of lasagne
Cook pasta according to package directions. Do not dilute sauce but add enough to skillet to make sufficient sauce for pasta. You may not need the entire 2 cups. When pasta is done, drain and toss with chicken and sauce. Serve. (See, a lot easier and quicker - but I had to try the other)
The only difference on the shopping list will be the type of pasta - and is duly noted.
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Cooking Schedule: 40 minutes |
Cut leftover chicken, mushrooms, whole shallots |
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