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Chicken With 40 Cloves Of Garlic

Chicken With 40 Cloves Of Garlic is built on Chicken To, Olive Oil Salt And Pepper, Garlic, Dry White Wine, and Thyme. Serves 4. Save it, add the ingredients to your shopping list, and cook it tonight.

Ingredients

• 1
• 2 tbsp
• 40
• 1 3/4 cup
• 4
• 1
• 8
• 2 tbsp

Method (preview)

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Remove skin from chicken pieces.

2. 2

   Heat oil over medium heat in a heavy bottomed flameproof casserole wide enough to accomodate the chicken in a single layer.

3. 3

   Add the chicken, and salt and pepper lightly.

4. 4

   Saute for 5 minutes, then turn over and saute for another 5 minutes.

5. 5

   Remove the chicken pieces from the pot.

6. 6

   Add the garlic and saute, stirring, for 3 to 5 minutes until beginning to brown.

7. 7

   Spread the cloves in a single layer and return the chicken piece to the pot.

8. 8

   Add the wine, thyme and rosemary and cover tightly.

9. 9

   Place the casserole in the oven and bake 45 minutes. Meanwhile, make the garlic croutons.

10. 10

    After 45 minutes, check the chicken.

11. 11

    It should be tender andd fragrant.

12. 12

    If it is not quite cooked through or very tender, bake another 15 minutes.

13. 13

    Remove the casserole from the oven.

14. 14

    Heat the Cognac in a small saucepan and light with a match.

15. 15

    Pour over the chicken and shake the casserole until the flames die down.

16. 16

    Taste the sauce in the pot, adjust the seasonings, and sprinkle with parsley.

17. 17

    To serve, place a couple of croutons on each plate, a piece of chicken or two, topped with some of the sauce in the pan and several garlic cloves, which your guests should squeeze out onto the croutons.