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40 Clove Garlic Chicken Recipe


40 Clove  Garlic Chicken Recipe
Don't let the 40 cloves of garlic scare you, as it cooks, the garlic mellows. the juices make an amazing gravy.

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Ingredients
  • 2 chickens, each 4 lb. cut into 8 serving pieces
  • Salt and Freshly ground pepper, to taste
  • 3 Tbs. extra-virgin olive oil
  • 40 garlic cloves, peeled
  • 1 Tbs. minced fresh rosemary
  • 1 Tbs. minced fresh thyme
  • Zest of 2 lemons
  • 1/4 cup white wine
  • 3/4 cup chicken stock
  • 3 Tbs. unsalted butter, at room temp, cut into pieces

Directions
  1. Preheat oven to 400.
  2. Season the chicken with salt and pepper. In a wide dutch oven over med. high heat, add the oil and brown the chicken, 2 to 3 mins. per side and transfer to a plate.
  3. Add the garlic to the pan and cook, stirring, for 1 min. Remove the pan from the heat. Add the chicken, rosemary, thyme and lemon zest and stir to combine. Cover the pan, transfer to the oven and roast for 20 mins. Baste the chicken with the accumulted juices. Continue roasting, uncovered, until the chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear when the meat is pierced with a knife, about 30 minutes more.
  4. Transfer the chicken to a platter; leave the garlic in the pan. cover the chicken loosely with foil.
  5. Set the pan over med. heat and mash the garlic with the back of a spoon. Add the wine and cook for 3 mins. add the stock and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened, about 5 mins. whisk in the butter fa few pieces at a time. Season with salt and pepper. transfer the sauce to a sauceboat. Serve chicken and sauce right away.

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Theresa, I have had this at a friends home, it is great. Thanks for the recipe.


I love this... One of my favorite recipes... Thanks Theresa.... Jim


PS If you are planning on going out with friends later the night you make this chicken. Invite them over for dinner... ;-)~~


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