Coq Au Riesling - cooking recipe

Ingredients
    8 ounces bacon, cut into 1/4-inch disc (1 cup)
    2 tablespoons garlic-infused olive oil
    1 leek, thinly sliced
    12 medium skinless chicken thighs (3 3/4 lbs with bones)
    1 (750 ml) bottle riesling wine
    10 ounces oyster mushrooms, torn into strips (4 cups)
    3 bay leaves
    1/2 teaspoon salt
    1/4 teaspoon pepper
    heavy cream (optional)
    1 -2 tablespoon fresh dill (chopped)
Preparation
    In a dutch oven, cook bacon in garlic-infused oil on medium for 8 minutes or until browned.
    Add leek and cook about 3 minutes or until softened.
    To leek mixture in Dutch oven, add chicken thighs, wine, mushrooms, bay leaves, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper; heat to boiling on high.
    Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook 35 to 40 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
    Remove Dutch oven from heat; skim off fat and discard.
    Discard bay leaves and, if you like, stir 2 tablespoons to 1/4 cup heavy cream into chicken mixture; heat through.
    Sprinkle with chopped dill to serve with huge piles of buttered noodles.

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