Main Dish: Roast Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic
Servings: 4
Prep Time: 90 minutes
Ingredients
3.5 - 4 lb chicken
1 tsp dried thyme
1 tsp dried sage
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp dried rosemary
1/2 tsp black pepper
1 lemon, quartered
3 garlic heads
1 3/4 cup chicken broth
1 cup dry white wine
Directions
1. Remove neck and giblets from chicken and rub the skin with olive oil.
2. Mix thyme, sage, salt, rosemary, and pepper together; rub on skin and in cavity.
3. Place lemon quarters into cavity.
4. Place chicken in a dutch oven and refrigerate for 2-24 hours to infuse with flavor.
5. Preheat oven to 375 F
6. Separate, but do not peel, cloves from the heads of garlic; add to dutch oven.
7. Add chicken broth and wine to dutch oven.
8. Bring liquid in dutch oven to a boil on the stovetop; cover and move to oven.
9. Roast for 25 minutes.
10. Increase temperature to 450 F; uncover and roast until thigh registers 165-170 F, 30-60 minutes more. Make sure that there is always liquid in the bottom of the dutch oven; add more wine or stock as needed.
11. Remove chicken and garlic from dutch oven and keep warm.
12. Skim fat from pan juices with a spoon; boil down over high heat to concentrate juices if necessary.
13. Transfer juices to saucepan.
14. Peel 6-10 garlic cloves and mash to a paste, then stir into the juices and boil for 1 minute.
15. Season sauce with salt and black pepper to taste.
16. Cut chicen into serving pieces; serve with garlic cloves and cover with sauce.