Free-Range Chicken with Black Sesame Seeds and Confit Shallots, a recipe from the Worldwide Gourmet

Ingredients

• - 1 Chicken, about 1.3 kg (2 lb. 14 oz.)
• - 16 French Shallots
• - 120 g (4 oz.) half-salted butter
• - 2 sprigs of thyme
• - 1 1/2 tbsp. balsamic vinegar
• - 1/2 tbsp. soy sauce
• - 1 tbsp. black Sesame seeds
• - 80 ml (1/3 cup) olive oil