Hello everybody, it is Louise, welcome to our recipe page. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, chicken with 40 cloves of garlic. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The garlic cooks down to a really mellow flavor that's absolutely delicious. Certainly, if you peeled and chopped - let alone minced - the garlic, it would be. After browning the bird, I tossed in the garlic, returned the bird to the pan, then added halved white potatoes, a yellow onion quartered, and two carrots cut into large pieces.
Chicken with 40 cloves of Garlic is one of the most popular of recent trending foods in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. Chicken with 40 cloves of Garlic is something which I’ve loved my entire life. They are fine and they look wonderful.
To get started with this recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have chicken with 40 cloves of garlic using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Chicken with 40 cloves of Garlic:
- Get 1 3-to-4 pound broiler/fryer chicken, cut into eight pieces
- Get to taste kosher salt,
- Take to taste black pepper, freshly ground,
- Make ready 2 tablespoons plus 1/2 cup olive oil (not extra-virgin)
- Make ready 5 sprigs fresh thyme
- Make ready 40 cloves garlic, peeled
Garlic cloves cooked in their skins grow sweet and caramelly as they cook, like savoury bonbons. This is a cosy supper, not a caustic one. Season the chicken with the salt, pepper and mixed herbs. Well it's no secret that I LOVE garlic… so too garlicky isn't something I've ever encountered lol.
Instructions to make Chicken with 40 cloves of Garlic:
- Heat oven to 350°F.
- Season the chicken all over with salt and pepper. Coat the chicken pieces on all sides with 2 tablespoons of the oil.
- In a 12-inch straight-sided oven-safe sauté pan over high heat, cook the chicken for 5 to 7 minutes per side, until nicely browned. Remove the pan from the heat; add the remaining 1/2 cup oil, the thyme, and garlic cloves. Cover and bake for 1 1/2 hours.
- Remove the pan from the oven and set aside for 15 minutes with the lid on. Serve family style with plenty of toasted bread to spread the softened, fragrant garlic on.
But I will say that when you roast the garlic with the chicken and potatoes, something magical happens. Chicken is braised in an aromatic sauce with garlic, brandy, and fresh thyme. Forty cloves of garlic might sound like a lot, but if you've never had mellow and sweet garlic cooked like this, you're in for a treat! I was actually also a little mad I hadn't heard about it sooner, but it just. Transfer the chicken and potatoes and garlic cloves to individual plates or a platter, spooning the pan juices over and around the chicken.
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