Roast Chicken with Onion and Garlic

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

1. 1
   Heat the oil and butter in a wide pot and brown the chicken on all sides. Remove to a plate.

   ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveWide, shallow pot

   💡Brown the meat in batches, without crowding: in a crowded pot it stews in its own juices instead of searing.

   💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
2. 2
   Add the shallots to the oil left in the wide pot and fry for 8–10 minutes, stirring, until the shallots turn golden.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStoveWide, shallow pot

   💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
3. 3
   Add the garlic and fry 1 minute, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.

   ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
4. 4
   Add the wine and honey and bring to a boil.

   Stove
5. 5
   Return the chicken to the pot and season with salt and black pepper, and add the rosemary.
6. 6
   Turn down to low, cover and simmer 30 minutes, until the chicken tender and the sauce is thick.

   ⚙ SimmeringStoveLid

   💡A gentle simmer, not a boil: a hard boil dries the food out and clouds it, a slow simmer cooks it evenly.