Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 3 coarsely chopped tomatoes
  • 1 coarsely chopped onion
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 5 stalks coarsely chopped celery
  • 5 coarsely chopped carrots
  • 1 tsp. each: salt, pepper and oregano
  • 2 c. water
  • 3 Tbsp. butter
  • 3 Tbsp. white flour
  • 1 1/2 c. beer

Method

  • In baking pan, place chopped onion with peel, garlic with peel, tomatoes, celery, carrots and water.
  • Salt and pepper chicken; place on top of ingredients in baking pan and bake 45 to 60 minutes in 375° oven.
  • After 20 minutes, baste with beer. Baste every 1/2 hour.
  • Melt butter in saucepan; add sifted flour until it makes a paste.
  • Remove chicken from pan.
  • Strain stock into a bowl.
  • Discard used vegetables; reheat stock and add to flour paste slowly until thick and creamy.
  • Serve as a gravy over chicken.