40 Cloves and a Chicken – a simple recipe for a chicken cooked with herbs and 40 cloves of garlic. Simple yet full of flavor!
Last week, I asked on my Facebook page for some Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic recipes. We were having my in-laws over for dinner last Sunday, and I had a chicken in the freezer. I knew this would be a great way to prepare the chicken, but I wanted a great recipe since I was having company over. And then I didn’t even end up using any of your suggestions!! Don’t get me wrong – you all steered me towards some great sounding recipes. But do you want to know why I chose this one? Simply because of its simplicity. I didn’t even have to go to the grocery store! And luckily, my gamble paid off. Not only was this recipe incredibly simple, it came together quickly as well. This is always a good thing – especially on Sundays. And it was incredibly delicious!!
But one word of warning here – my husband ate the leftovers the next day for lunch. Included in the leftovers were about half of the garlic cloves, and he ate them all except 3 or 4. You know how they say that if you eat too much garlic it can seep from your pores? Well, it’s true – I can smell garlic on his skin 2 days later!! It’s slowly diminishing, but if you don’t want to smell like garlic for days after, be careful how much of the garlic you eat!!
40 Cloves and a Chicken
Ingredients
- 1 whole chicken cut into 8 pieces
- 1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 10 sprigs fresh thyme
- 40 peeled cloves garlic
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Season the chicken with salt and pepper. Put a large skillet or fry pan over high heat and add 2 tablespoons of olive oil. Brown the chicken on both sides. Remove from heat. Add 1/2 cup oil, thyme, and garlic cloves. Cover and bake for 1 1/2 hours*.
- Remove chicken from the oven, let rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
- *I checked my chicken at 1 hour and it was already done. I would start checking the temperature of your chicken around that time!
Stewball says
how do you peel so many cloves of garlic 😫?
Deborah says
There is a trick where you can put the garlic cloves in a jar with a lid and shake the jar. The peels should all come off, or at least loosen significantly. Then they are easy to remove.
marina hernandez says
I just find your blog, true pilsburry and even I just check, some of your recipes, I liked all, so i start today with this recibe, how did serve this chicken (side) salad??
Gracias
Marina Hernandez
Tijuana, mexico