Pulled Braised Chicken

First night: serve with buttermilk biscuits and peas.
Otherwise, use as a basic item for the week.

Ingredients

Fresh:
boneless chicken thighs - 4 lbs
carrots - 2 large ones, in large pieces
yellow onion - 1 large, in large pieces
(meyer) lemon - juice from 1 lemon

garlic - 6 cloves, smashed
1 slice of bacon (browned before chicken)

Pantry:

olive oil
IPA beer - 1 cup or more
salt and pepper
2 whole dried red chili peppers, stems removed and ground

bay leaf - 2

peel from half a lemon

Cook
Brown chicken in french oven for 6 - 7 minutes on each side (in batches).
Salt and pepper while browning
Remove chicken.
Brown onions, chili peppers, bay leaf for 5 minutes.
Deglaze with beer.

Add carrots, onion, lemon juice, lemon peel, garlic, and hot water to barely cover.
Bring to a boil.

Simmer for 45 minutes.

Remove chicken, pull apart.
Remove everything else, store or serve separately.
Separate broth from oil.
Put chicken back into broth.
Add olive oil.