Sublime Roasted Apricot Chicken - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 whole chickens or 1 cut-up chicken piece
1 cup water
1 large onion, sliced
3 bay leaves
1/3 - 1/2 cup apricot jam
garlic powder
onion powder
salt (depending on the chicken) (optional)
pepper (to taste)

Preparation

Layer a large roasting pan with onions. Place the chicken with your favorite stuffing or without on top of the onions.
Sprinkle to cover the chicken with onion and garlic powders. Spoon the jelly over all the chicken. Pour the water over the chicken. Add the bay leaves to the water.
Cover well and bake in a 425 oven for 1 hour. After 1 hour turn the chicken over so that both sides get nice and juicy and continue baking for another 1 1/2 hours.
Remove foil or other tight cover and make sure the skin is topside up and allow to brown for another half hour. Serve with your favorite side dish and enjoy!