Chicken With Apricots

• 3 1/2 pond
• 1 broiler-fryer chicken
• 120 ml water
• 60 gr apricot brandy
• 30 ml vegetable oil
• 14 gr currants
• 1 gr thyme leaves (dried)
• 1 gr salt
• 1 gr pepper
• 1 package apricots (dried)