CHICKEN IN BEER - Lidia

Ingredients

• A 3½-to-4-pound roasting chicken
• 2 teaspoons kosher salt
• 2 medium onions, peeled, quartered
• 1 large carrot, peeled, halved crosswise, and quartered lengthwise (about 4 ounces)
• 2 medium parsnips, peeled, halved crosswise, and quartered lengthwise (about 6 ounces total)
• 2 tablespoons fresh sage leaves
• 4 whole cloves
• 1 cinnamon stick
• 1½ cups light stock (chicken, turkey, or vegetable broth) or water
• 1½ cups (one 12-ounce bottle) flavorful beer or ale
• 1 cup nonalcoholic apple cider, preferably unfiltered