Comments on: Roast Chicken in a Clay Baker

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 27 May 2025 20:49:27 +0000

Barbie, you said electric cooker. Did you mean an instapot or slow cooker; sounds like you didn’t use a clay pot that goes in oven.

By: Shelley Seguin

Shelley Seguin — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 19:33:42 +0000

In reply to Niko Kurkcu.

What an easy and great way to cook a chicken! I’m having just 3 people for Thanksgiving dinner so I’m cooking a chicken in this Romertopf and it smells and looks great

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 20:29:41 +0000

In reply to Eugene. @eugene - thank you so much for the tip about gas vs electric!

By: John C

John C — Sun, 26 Feb 2023 23:01:48 +0000

This was a yummy recipe. I love cooking in the Romertopf, I’ve had 2 and what I have now is an Ikea knock-off. It works just as well, it has a glazed bottom. I’ve also seen Alton Brown use a large ceramic planting pot from any garden store with a tray used as a lid. It works well cause it’s a great shape to cook a chicken standing up.

By: Linda Freed

Linda Freed — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 00:33:09 +0000

In reply to libby.

I just bought a clay baker…but.,it’s from Mexico…thrift store etc.
is it as good as the German ones? Do you know of any r3 ipe books that give you more ideas?

By: C Brown

C Brown — Sun, 25 Sep 2022 20:40:05 +0000

In reply to Jean.

I know it’s over a year late, but my Romertopf had a crack, too. I tried different things I’d found on the internet. The thing that worked best – for awhile – was a flour and water paste in the crack. Sadly, it only lasted a few roastings.
Eventually the crack grew so large that I had to throw it away.

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 15 Sep 2022 17:46:24 +0000

In reply to Jean. You can fix ceramic crack in coffee cup by placing it in scalded milk. It worked.. Might work for clay baker.

By: Libby Zappala

Libby Zappala — Thu, 14 Jul 2022 12:05:34 +0000

In reply to Bill in Oregon. Reading your comments makes my mouth water for a clay baker chicken dinner! Thank you so much for sharing!!

By: Bill in Oregon

Bill in Oregon — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 19:16:36 +0000

Finally decided to use my $5 thrift shop Romertopf after looking at it for about 5 years. Won’t be that long before using again, I can attest to that! It was new and unglazed so both pieces got the 30 minute soak and I lined the bottom with foil as one poster suggested. Onion, carrots, quartered yellow potatoes and turnip were the base, topped with 4 seasoned chicken thighs. Into a cold 450 degree oven for 75 minutes after which I removed the lid for the last 15 minutes. Even the wife, not a huge fan of thighs, commented on how crispy the skin was along with the juicy thigh meat. The taters cut like butter & were delicious. Turnip was mine to devour and buttered up were also delicious as were the carrots. I saved the juice to add to soups or chili fixings. Outstanding meal….many thanks for your informative posting!

By: libby

libby — Fri, 20 Aug 2021 11:15:55 +0000

In reply to Jean. Hi Jean. Unfortunately I do not. Best of luck to you! I hope you’ll be making roast chicken soon! Libby