Poulet de Grains en Cocotte à la Bonne-Femme (Spring Chicken in a Cocotte with Bacon and Potatoes)

Ingredients

• 1 spring chicken
• butter
• 125 grammes breast bacon
• 400 grammes potatoes
• a few spoonfuls jus de veau (veal gravy)

Instructions

1. Fry the blanched breast bacon rectangles in butter, then remove them.
2. Colour the chicken in the same butter.
3. Turn the potatoes into cork shapes, slice them and sauté them with the chicken's butter.
4. Put the chicken in an oval cocotte with the bacon and the potatoes.
5. Cook in the oven, covered.
6. Moisten the chicken with a few spoonfuls of jus de veau on serving.