This chicken recipe is very simple, but the presentation in clay pots gives it a “wow” factor. Open the clay pot and reveal the hot steaming chicken and potatoes with a crust of baked melted cheese! Chicken in a clay pot recipe is surely a very impressive and unique one dish meal!
Clay pots can be purchased in Asian supermarkets. In this recipe, the pots are individual size – one pot serves one person.
Chicken In A Clay Pot Recipe With Potatoes
Preparation time: 15 minute(s)
Cooking time: 2 hour(s)
Number of servings: 6
Ingredients For 6 Clay Pots:
1 cut-up chicken (about 4.5 lbs)
3 bell peppers, cored and chopped
3 onions, sliced
3 carrots, chopped
12 potatoes, peeled and sliced
3 cups chicken broth
3 cups of shredded cheese
1 bunch fresh parsley
6 tbsp mayo
3 tsp salt
1 tsp pepper
12 bay leaves
Directions How To Make Chicken In A Clay Pot Recipe:
Preheat the oven to 350F.
Divide the chicken pieces between 6 clay pots, and put the chicken on the bottom of the pots.
Distribute the chopped peppers between the clay pots, and put on top of the chicken.
Next, distribute the onion slices between the clay pots, and put on top of the peppers.
Distribute the chopped carrots between the clay pots, and put on top of the onion slices.
Next, put potatoes on top of the carrots (it will be 2 potatoes for each clay pot).
Sprinkle the potatoes with salt and pepper (1/2 tsp of salt and 1/8 tsp of pepper for each pot). Mix the contents of the clay pot with your hands to distribute the salt.
Pour 1/2 cup of chicken broth into each clay pot. Spread 1 tbsp of mayo on top of the potatoes in each pot.
Sprinkle the potatoes with parsley. Put 2 bay leaves on the sides in each clay pot. Add 1/2 cup of shredded cheese on top of the parsley.
Close the clay pots and put them in the oven. Bake for 2 hours.
Eat your chicken and potatoes straight out of the clay pots :)
More pictures of chicken in a clay pot recipe with potatoes:
Chicken and potatoes in clay pots, before going in the oven! The 2 black things on top of one of the pots are prunes - they were used to mark one of the pots that had someone's favorite piece of meat in it :)
Clay pots are closed, they are about to go in the oven!
Chicken in clay pots is ready, right out of the oven!
Individual sized clay pot with baked chicken pieces and potatoes - dig in!
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Hi Melanie,
The chicken in the clay pots looks amazing! Chicken and potatoes are perfect together!
I wish I had clay pots. What a nice way to cook chicken and potatoes which make the perfect pair.
cool I keep thinking of getting a clay pot looks great
I like individual servings…looks delicious!
You come up with the best recipes; I don’t have individual post, but I am sure this would work in my large clay cooker; saving this one; I know I will be making it. Merci.
Rita
I can totally imagine the flavor it will add to the dish.
I love all the variations of chicken in pots. This one looks delicious!
This looks very yummy. The clay pots are great idea.
I have heard quite a bit about the benefits of cooking in clay pots. One of the main factor is the flavor. Yours do look delicious. This is also a reminder that I need to get more oven to table cookware-love the pots.
I’ve never seen chicken served like this! How cool.
I have a big clay pot that I’ve never used! Your chicken looks amazing with that cheesy topping….mmmmmm.
Love this delicious chicken claypot! I’m going to take out my claypot from the storeroom soon :)
Looks comforting and tasty!
Those clay pots are so cute.
What a great presentation! I need to get clay pots!
You had me at the crust of melted cheese on top! And for some reason I love serving things in mini dishes. makes it so much more fun somehow!
I’ve never made chicken in this method before – it looks delicious! Love those clay pots.
I’ll need to check out those pots in the stores. It gives me some other ideas for cooking as well. Thanks!
Chicken with rice is one of our favourite recipe for claypot cooking. It’s great that you westernized the dish. Have a great day, Melanie.
Hi Melanie! I love your cray pots! Yes, they do look “Wow” dish for sure. I love the melted cheese + potato and chicken combo. Nice recipe!
What a great family meal. I love the individual pots and how the person with the ‘special’ pieces of meat has his personally identified. I must get to an Asian supermarket and buy some of these pots. I’ve heard they cook food very well.
Making this delicious chicken fusion dish into individual serve is brilliant. Yum!
clay pots are amazing to cook in. I actually have 2 large ones but I am loving your small ones. They are so cute! Love the recipe
Ooo, how cute! I’ve never cooked in a clay pot, but it seems so adorable.
What a great way to cook chicken! I’ve never cooked in a clay pot but it looks like fun and the result looks delicious. Love your recipe!
Oh, this looks delicious! Love the method of cooking!!
Melanie, love your little clay pots, so cute…and great idea making them as individual serving. Sounds and looks delicious…especially in this cold weather.
Hope you are having a great week :-)
Oh yea MELANIE! I don’t ever cook anything but hard core Asian dishes in my claypot so this is such a nice change and would make a lovely dinner. Very nice flavors and the presentation is lovely :)
chow! Devaki @ weavethousandflavors
I grew up eating Chinese Chicken Claypot!! These reminds me so much of my childhood :D