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Cooking & Baking

no_hypocrisy

(46,462 posts) Fri Jul 4, 2014, 09:50 PM Jul 2014

I baked a chicken in a clay pot for the first time. [View all]

Soaked the top and bottom in water for 10+ minutes, put in chicken, potatoes, and small onions.

450 degrees but not preheated oven for 1-1/2 hours.

Chicken was thoroughly cooked and tender. OK, there's a trade-off: no crispy skin, but you can't beat the tenderness of the chicken meat.

I think I chose the clay pot over a tagine for the versatility of the the former. I can make almost anything that belongs in a tangine in the clay pot.

And I lucked out: two sizes (small and medium) at a discount store ($4.99 and $9.99)

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I baked a chicken in a clay pot for the first time. [View all] no_hypocrisy Jul 2014 OP

Oooooh Romertopf The empressof all Jul 2014 #1

I Love Romertopf Chicken LancetChick Jul 2014 #2

I think you may need to be careful The empressof all Jul 2014 #7

I've always wanted to try that. pinto Jul 2014 #3

The house I am staying in has two clay pots of different sizes. cbayer Jul 2014 #4

I made a bed of little onions (size of golf balls or smaller) and small potatoes no_hypocrisy Jul 2014 #5

I'm going to try bread as well, but the bread around here is fabulous cbayer Jul 2014 #6