Dutch Oven Country Hen

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 3 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 (4 lb) fresh hen
• 2 cups chicken stock
• 4 celery ribs, 2 inch diagonally sliced,leaves reserved
• 4 carrots, 1 inch diagonally sliced
• 1 onion, quartered,skin reserved
• 4 new potatoes, unpeeled,halved
• 1 box frozen cut corn
• 3 bay leaves
• 1 tablespoon vegetable oil
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 400 degrees.
• 2 rinse and pat dry the hen.
• 3 season outside, and cavity with salt and pepper.
• 4 stuff onion skins, celery leaves and bay leaves inside.
• 5 place hen into heavy dutch oven, legs up.
• 6 brush hen with oil and paprika.
• 7 pour stock around bird and cover with lid.
• 8 place pot into oven, lower temp to 325.
• 9 cook for 2 hours.
• 10 carefully remove dutch oven and spread veggies around the hen, lightly season w/s&p.
• 11 re-fit the lid and return to oven for 1 more hour.