Name: Farmhouse Chicken
Yield: Serves 8
Ingredients: 1¼ lbs (560 g) streaky bacon in one piece; salt and freshly ground pepper; 2 tablesp. (⅛ cup) sunflower or arachide oil; 5 lbs (2.3 kg) large ‘old’ potatoes approx.; 14 ozs (400 g approx.) finely sliced or chopped onions; 2 pints (1.1 L) chicken stock, made from the giblets and carcass (Simply Delicious); 12 ozs (340 g approx.) thinly sliced carrots; 1 × 3½ lbs (1.575 kg) free-range chicken; seasoned flour; 1 tablesp. freshly chopped parsley