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Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic
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Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic — a classic French-Mediterranean recipe that turns garlic into a sweet, rich spread.

⏱ 1 hr 40 min🍽 4 servings 🌍 Mediterranean👩‍🍳 Afoona🧩 2 parts

👨‍🍳 Method

To assemble

  1. 1
    Preheat the oven to 180°C (355°F).
    ⚙ Preheating the OvenOven
    💡Put things in the oven only once it's reached temperature, after the heating light has gone off: an oven that hasn't reached temperature changes baking times, and the bake burns outside or stays underbaked.
  2. 2
    Season the chicken pieces with the salt, black pepper, thyme and rosemary.
  3. 3
    Heat the oil in a wide pot that can go in the oven and brown the chicken pieces on all sides. Remove to a plate.
    ⚙ Pan-fryingStoveCast-iron pot
    💡Brown the meat in batches, without crowding: in a crowded pot it stews in its own juices instead of searing.
    💡What you brown (meat, patties, schnitzel) goes into hot oil: in lukewarm oil it soaks it up and comes out greasy. For onion and garlic that you soften, oil heated over medium or low heat is enough; do not wait for it to smoke.
  4. 4
    Add the garlic to the oil left in the wide pot and fry 2 minutes, just until fragrant. Don't let the garlic brown.
    ⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStoveWide, shallow pot
    💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
  5. 5
    Add the wine and stock and bring to a boil.
    Stove
  6. 6
    Return the chicken pieces to the pot.
  7. 7
    Cover the pot and put it in the oven for 60 minutes, then remove the lid and bake another 20 minutes, until the chicken pieces golden.
    OvenCast-iron pot
    💡In the oven, heat reaches the pot from all sides, not just from below: a large cut cooks slowly and evenly for hours without sticking to the bottom.
  8. 8
    Serve with the soft garlic, which can be squeezed onto bread.
776calories
49 gprotein
18 gcarbs
51 gfat
● protein 27%● carbs 10%● fat 63%

Per serving (430 g), of 4 servings

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⚖ About the ingredients

🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels

  • Oven · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Toaster oven (Fits one small pan; good for small batches) · Air fryer (Small batches only, no runny batters) · Pot (Only for covered stews on the stovetop, no browning on top)
  • Stove · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
  • Wide, shallow pot · Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (None) · 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (Layers instead of a single layer)
  • Cast-iron pot · Also works: Pot (Holds less heat, burns on the bottom) · Glass / ovenproof baking dish (In the oven, covered with foil)

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