Chicken Braised In Apple Cider – Oracibo

Ingredients

• 1 chicken, cut up into 8 pieces (reserve the backbone for stock)
• 2 Tbsp. EVO + more if required
• ½ to ¾ lb. blanched, peeled small onions (Cippoline or pearl onions), or use frozen ones
• 4 thickly sliced strips of bacon, cut crosswise into ½” pieces
• 2 oz. Irish whiskey or Scotch
• ½ to ¾ cup English style apple cider
• 1 cup chicken stock or purchased low salt/no salt chicken broth
• 1 Tbsp. fresh thyme or 1 tsp. dried thyme
• 6 medium sized carrots, peeled, cut in half
• 2 medium sized apples, cored, cut into wedges
• 4 parsley stems
• 2 stalks celery, cut into 1” pieces
• 1 very large bay leaf
• 1 Tbsp. potato starch
• (opt.) 2 to 3 tsp. apple cider vinegar