Shandong Chicken

Name: Shandong Chicken
Cuisine: Asian, Chinese
Ingredients: 1 whole chicken; 1/2 cup soy sauce; 3 tbsp honey; 5cm knob of ginger, peeled and left whole; 3 spring onions, roughly chopped with the green parts reserved for garnish; 1 onion, quartered; 6 garlic cloves, peeled and smashed; 3 tbsp Chinese black vinegar; 1 tbsp chilli bean paste; 1 cup chicken stock; 2 tbsp EVOO; 2 bunches water spinach, cut into 10cm pieces; 6 garlic cloves, sliced; 500g fresh rice noodles; 1 tbsp sesame oil