Recipes » Chicken »Poulet en Cocotte

Ingredients

Preparation

Oven – 250.
Pat chicken dry, season with salt and pepper.

Heat oil in Dutch oven until smoking.

Add chicken breast down, scatter onion, celery, garlic, bay leaf, and rosemary. 5 minutes.

Turn over, 6 to 8 minutes till browned.

Cover with foil, put lid on, bake on bottom rack from 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 hour 50 minutes, till temp in breast is 160F and thigh is 175F. CHECK TEMP AFTER 1 HOUR!

Let cool under foil tent for 20 minutes.
Strain juice, discard solids, remove fat, let settle 5 minutes.

Heat jus in saucepan over low heat, stir in lemon juice.