Chicken in a pot

Name: Chicken in a pot
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 1 h 40 min
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 2 tbsp. vegetable oil; 1 large onion, cut into wedges; 2 rashers rindless streaky bacon, chopped; 1.4-1.6kg (3-31⁄2lb) whole chicken; 6 medium carrots, peeled; 2 small turnips, cut into wedges; 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed; Bouquet garni; 600 mL (1 pint) hot chicken stock; 100 mL (31⁄2fl oz) dry white wine; 12 button mushrooms; 3 tbsp. freshly chopped flat-leafed parsley

This triple-tested homemade chicken pot is a good dinner recipe for when you fancy a warming winter supper.

By The GH Kitchen TeamPublished: 19 February 2003

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Yields:

Prep Time:

20 mins

Cook Time:

1 hr 40 mins

Total Time:

2 hrs

Ingredients

2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
1 large onion, cut into wedges
2 rashers rindless streaky bacon, chopped
1.4-1.6kg (3-31⁄2lb) whole chicken
6 medium carrots, peeled
2 small turnips, cut into wedges
1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed
Bouquet garni
600 ml (1 pint) hot chicken stock
100 ml (31⁄2fl oz) dry white wine
12 button mushrooms
3 Tbsp. freshly chopped flat-leafed parsley

Directions

1. Step 1
  Preheat oven to 200°C (180°C fan oven) mark 6. Heat oil in a flameproof casserole, then add onion and bacon and fry for 5min until golden. Remove and set aside.
2. Step 2
  Add chicken and brown all over for 10min. Remove and set aside. Add carrots, turnips and garlic and fry for 5min.
3. Step 3
  Return bacon and onion to the pan, then put the chicken back in. Add the bouquet garni, stock and wine; season. Bring to the boil, then cook in the oven for 30min.
4. Step 4
  Remove from oven and add mushrooms. Baste, then re-cover and cook for 50min.
5. Step 5
  Stir in parsley, carve chicken and serve with the vegetables and cooking liquid.
  
  Try some of our favourite super easy one-pot dinners:
  
  Mustard, pork and mushroom one-pot
  
  One-pot Sunday lunch
  
  Mediterranean sausage one-pot
  
  Pasta one-pot
  
  One-pot spicy beef

Per Serving:

Calories: 470
Total carbs: 10 g
Total fat: 34 g

The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time