French Pot Roast Chicken

I learnt this French cuisine dish when I travelled in Furano in Hokkaido. The hostel owner had prepared a pot roast chicken for our dinner. The chicken was so tender and soft. Besides chicken, there were a lot of vegetables grown from Hokkaido in the cast-iron pot. The juice remaining at the bottom of the pot was fantastic and it pairs well with a bowl of Japanese rice. It is really an unforgettable dish in my life.

Video! How to make French Pot Roast Chicken

Ingredients

1 whole chicken
2 tbp salt
8 sprigs fresh thyme
2 carrots
4 mushrooms
2 onions
3 garlic cloves
3 potatos

Instructions

1. Remove the stems from the thymes and chop them finely. Mix the thymes with salt.

2. Rub seasoning mixture over the outside and inside of chicken. Truss the chicken with cotton string. Rest it for 2 hours.

3. Cut the carrots, potatoes into small pieces. Peel the onions and cut into halves. Peel the garlic cloves.

4. Heat the pan with olive oil. Sear the chicken with on all sides until golden.

5. Pour some olive oil in the cast iron pot. Place vegetables at the bottom and chicken on the top. Cook with low heat with lid on for 1hr and 15mins.

Tips

- You need not to add water in the pot. Juice will be coming out from the vegetables and chicken. The cast iron pot can also hold the water inside.
- Sear the chicken until golden can help releasing the fat from the chicken, thus making the dish less fatty.