Main Dishes

40 Cloves and a Chicken

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With only five ingredients, this recipe is simplicity at its best, and it’s mouthwatering delicious…if you like garlic. And if you don’t like garlic, I urge you to give it a second (or third, or fifth, or tenth) chance. Yes, it calls for 40 cloves of garlic, but with such a long cooking time, the garlic becomes creamy, fragrant, and sweet instead of pungent, spicy, and raw. And the chicken—oh, the chicken—it’s so juicy that it literally falls off the bone.

1 whole chicken (broiler/fryer) cut into 8 pieces
1/2 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
10 sprigs fresh thyme
40 peeled cloves garlic
Salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Season the chicken all over with salt and pepper. coat chicken pieces on all sides with 2 tablespoons of oil. In a 12-inch, straight-sided oven safe saute pan* over high heat,...
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Nutritions

Calories
1153

Sodium
888mg
37% DV

Fat
74g
114% DV

Protein
20g
41% DV

Carbs
73g
24% DV

Fiber
9g
37% DV