Pan Roasted Chicken

Originally cooked over an open flame, but adapted for the more modern cook.

Two chickens
Slivers of garlic
1 tablespoon salt
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 lb (1 kg) potato
1 lb (½ kg) onion
1 ½ cups water
1 teaspoon each of ground allspice, cardamom, cinnamon, pepper and nutmeg.

Heat the oven to 400°F.

Wash the chicken and rub with salt, oil and spices.   Brown the chicken in the oil (about 15 minutes).

Chop the onion into thin rings, and chop the potatoes into thin crosswise slices.  Combine in skillet and sauté them in the oil until the onions are clear.

Place the chicken in a greased pan, and add the onion and potato. Cover pan with aluminum foil

Place in preheated  oven and cook for 45 minutes.

Serve in roasting pan or on serving platter.