Onion Clay Pot Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 (1200 g) chicken
1 medium leek
2 medium onions
4 whole spring onions
10 garlic cloves, peeled
50 ml butter
2 -3 teaspoons salt
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
1/2 teaspoon paprika

Preparation

Rinse the claypot and lid in cold water. (If it s the first time you re using it, let both lid and bottom soak for 15 minutes in cold water.).
Peel, rinse and cut the onions into quarters, the leek and spring onions into 4 pieces, and leave the peeled garlic cloves whole.
Rub the chicken inside and out with salt, pepper, garlic powder and paprika powder.
Put the chicken in the claypot breast side up, and surround with, leeks, onions and garlic cloves.
Put the butter in small clicks over the chicken and veggies.
Cover with the lid and put the pot on a rack far down in a cold oven.
Turn on oven and bake at 225 degrees celsius for about 1 and 1/2 hours removing the lid for the last 15 minutes to brown. (Check to make sure the chicken is cooked through since ovens vary).
Place the pot on a wooden cutting board or something like that, not on any cold surface or it could crack, replace the lid and let rest for about 10 more minutes before serving.