Grandmother's Chicken Recipe – Sunset Magazine

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 chicken (4 to 5 lbs.), cut into 6 pieces (2 bone-in breast halves, 2 bone-in thighs, and 2 bone-in drumsticks)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• 1 cup frozen pearl onions
• 6 large cloves garlic, unpeeled
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme
• 1 pound baby Yukon Gold potatoes, scrubbed and halved
• 3 slices thick-cut bacon, sliced crosswise into 1/4-in.-wide pieces
• 1 pound cremini or button mushrooms, trimmed and cut into quarters
• 2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth