Country Chicken Hot-pot

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 4 chicken quarters
• 6 medium potatoes, cut into 1/4 slices
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 2 sprigs rosemary
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 cup diced smoked bacon
• 1 large onion, finely chopped
• 1 cup sliced carrot
• 2/3 cup stout beer or 2/3 cup dark beer
• 2 tablespoons melted butter
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 teaspoon pepper

Recipe

• 1 arrange a layer of potato slices in the base of a wide casserole and season with salt and pepper and add thyme, rosemary and bay leaves.
• 2 top with chicken quarters and sprinkle with bacon, onion and carrots.
• 3 arrange the remaining potato slices on top, overlapping slightly (spiral).
• 4 pour over the stout or beer and brush the potatoes with melted butter; then cover with lid.
• 5 bake in preheated oven at 300 degrees for about 2 hours, uncovering for the last 30 minutes to allow potatoes to brown.
• 6 serve hot.