Chicken in a Pot

Annie posted this Main dish 6 months ago.

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Before you begin

Prep time: 20 minutes
Cook time: 1 hours, 15 minutes @ 450ยบ F
Yields: 4

Additional information:
Adapted from a magazine

Ingredients

  • 1.5 cups chicken broth
  • 1/3 cup dry white wine
  • 1 whole chicken (3-4 lbs)
  • 1 tbsp. butter, room temp.
  • coarse salt and ground pepper
  • 2 onions, cut into 1/8s
  • 5-10 carrots, halved lengthwise and crosswise
  • 3 potatoes, washed and cut into 1/8s
  • 8 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 2 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 450* F.

  2. Combine broth and wine in Dutch oven or large pot.

  3. In a large bowl, toss onions, carrots, potatoes, and garlic with olive oil. Season with salt and pepper.

  4. Add half of veggies to pot.

  5. Remove giblets from chicken cavity. Rinse chicken and pat dry.

  6. Rub chicken all over with butter. Season generously with salt and pepper.

  7. Tie legs together with kitchen twine (or thread if you don't have any...).

  8. Place chicken in pot.

  9. Add the rest of the veggies around the chicken.

  10. Bake, uncovered, until chicken's juices run clear when pierced between breast and leg or a thermometer inserted in thickest part of thigh (avoiding bone) registers 165*, about 65-75 minutes.