Oven Roasted Chicken With New Potatoes [1]

1 whole chicken - cut in half

6 carrots - chopped

1 can whole tomatoes

15 new potatoes (small) - peeled

1 cup mushrooms - halved

1 yellow pepper - chopped

6 sprigs fresh thyme

6 tbsp olive oil

1 1/4 cup chicken stock

1 1/4 cup couble cream

6 garlic cloves - sliced

4 bay leaves

Salt and black pepper to taste

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First, preheat oven to 180 degrees C or 356 degrees F.
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Then add the olive oil into a large oven pan.
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After 1 -2 minutes place the chicken (skin on top) in the pan.
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Season with some salt and black pepper.
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Then place the pan in the oven and allow the chicken to roast for 30 - 40 minutes or till it turns golden brown.
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Remove the pan from the oven and add the rest of the ingredients in the dish - (do not add the cream here).
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Cover the dish with aluminium foil properly.
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Thereafter, once again place back in the hot oven.
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Roast for another 45 minutes.
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Now you can remove the aluminium foil and add the cream.
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Then put back in the oven - allowing the chicken to roast for another 30 minutes.
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Once done, take the pan out and allow the chicken to rest for a 10 minutes.
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Best eaten when served warm.

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