Chicken alla Micha

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 1 chicken
• 600 g potatoes
• 3 onions
• 200 ml cream
• Salt and pepper, white
• Paprika powder
• curry powder
• Paprika powder
• Marjoram, shredded

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours

Preheat oven to 200°C fan/convection oven, 220°C top/bottom heat. Rinse chicken under cold water, season inside and out with salt, pepper, paprika, curry, and marjoram. Place chicken on a chicken roasting tin or a one-third full beer can and place on the grill rack on the lower oven level. There must be room underneath for a baking tray and casserole dish. Baking time: approx. 90 minutes for a 1.5 kg dish. Peel and wash the potatoes, cut them into bite-sized pieces, and place them in a casserole dish (preferably stainless steel). Place the casserole dish under the chicken on the lowest oven level so that the cooking juices from the chicken drip into the casserole dish. Peel and quarter the onion and add it to the casserole dish. Season with a little salt and marjoram. After about 50 minutes of baking, add 200ml of cream to the casserole dish and stir once after another 25 minutes. After the baking time is up, remove the chicken and carve it. Arrange the potatoes in the liquid from the dish (thicken if necessary) and serve with the chicken. Serve with a bean salad or a green salad. Note from the Chefkoch.de recipe adaptation regarding the use of beer cans: The German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) strongly advises against this method of preparation – the high temperatures, fat, and alcohol vapors can cause printing inks and can varnish to dissolve and decompose, leaching into the food: “It can be assumed that the heat from grilling and frying releases harmful substances from the printed exterior and the coated interior of the beer can, which then transfer to the chicken meat.” The conclusion: If you’d rather avoid the questionable “flavor” of inks and varnish, you should prepare “beer can chicken” or other variations of “drunken chicken” using a special chicken roaster with a liquid container.