Coq au Vin with Dilled Rice

Have been thinking about this dish for a while and when Mariano's had a sale on ready to cook skinned chicken breast, I thought that it was the perfect omen.

 Ingredients:

Carrots
Peas (optional - not many needed)
1 to 3 chicken breasts
White Onion
shallots (optional)
minced garlic
Olive oil
flour
minced parsley
marjoram
bay leaf
thyme
salt
pepper
Amontillado sherry
Pears (Dried or fresh)
mushrooms (many varieties will work)
Rice
Minced Dill

Coq au Vin

1. Take a large saucepan with a cover.
2. Place on burner and add enough olive oil to coat the bottom of the pan.
3. Turn heat on medium.
4. Add 2 cups of water
5. Chop up the onion and add- about 1/4 cup per chicken breast
6. Add 1/4 cup of carrots per breast (I used chopped frozen carrots)
7. Add 1/4 cup of peas per breast (I used frozen peas - you can also use a peas and carrots mixture)
8. Add the minced garlic.
9. Add the shallots.
10. If using dried parsley, marjoram, bay leaf or thyme, add this now.
11. If using dried pears, add these now.
12. If using portabella mushrooms add these now.
13. Add the chicken breasts - frozen is OK.
14. Cover.  Cook for 5 minutes.  Flip chicken breasts, repeat for 15 minutes.
15. If using fresh herbs, add these now. (parsley, marjoram, bay leaf or thyme). 
16. Add 1/8 teaspoon of salt and pepper per breast.
17. Add 2 teaspoons of flour per breast to the mix.
18. Add 1/2 cup of sherry per breast.
19. If using mushrooms other than portabella, add these now.
20. If using dried mushrooms, add 1/2 cup of water.
21. If using fresh pears, add 3 slices per breast now.
22. Add enough water to cover the breast half way.
23. Cover, cook (simmer), flip the breasts and fresh pears every 5-10 minutes.
24. Add water periodically so you maintain a nice gravy consistency.
25. When they are white all the way through the center you are done.
26. If using canned mushrooms add these now.
27. About 1 hour for up to 2, a bit more for 3.
28. Once the breast are white all the way through, uncover and simmer a bit more until the density of the gravy is where you want it.
29. Serve.

Dilled Rice

1. Make rice as you normally would.
2. Add a touch of butter or olive oil and minced dill.
3. Stir thoroughly.
4. Cover and let sit for 5 minutes.  Serve.