Spanish Tarragon Chicken Recipe

1Tbls Olive OIl
1 - 3lb chicken
8oz of thin sliced ham in strips
2 sliced oinons2 chopped celery stalks
3 carrots, diced
1 1/2 cups chicken stock
1Tbls chopped fresh tarragon
2Tbls butter
2Tbls flour

Rub oil over chicken. Place in earthenware crock and bake uncovered at 350 for 30 min. Add ham, onion, celery, carrots, tarragon, and stock. Continue to bake one hour. Remove from the oven strain the broth and carve the chicken. Return the chicken to the crock with vegetables and keep warm. Heat butter in sauce pan, stir in flour and 2 cups of the strained broth. Simmer until sauce thickens, pour over chicken and vegetables and serve in crock.