Slow Cooked Whole Chicken with Root Vegetables - Auntie Chatter

Ingredients

• e chicken, innards removed
• 1 large russet potato, peeled
• 1 large yam, peeled
• 1/2 large sweet onion
• 1 whole head of garlic
• 1 lemon, halved
• OR 1/2 lemon + 1/2 Granny Smith apple
• 1 TB kosher salt (reduce by 1/2 tsp if using finer table salt)
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1/2 dried sage
• 1/2 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp smoked paprika