Chicken With 40 Cloves Of Garlic
Grrrrrgh!
Course : Chicken
From: HungryMonster.com
Serves: 4
 

Ingredients:

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
  2              heads  garlic
  4        tablespoons  butter
  1         tablespoon  olive oil
  1                     chicken -- (3-pound) cut into
  1           teaspoon  salt
     1/2      teaspoon  pepper
     1/2           cup  dry white wine
  1                cup  chicken stock or reduced-sodium canned
                        broth
     1/2      teaspoon  dried thyme leaves
     1/2      teaspoon  dried rosemary
  1                     bay leaf
 

Preparation:

Separate garlic into cloves and peel. Add to a small pan of boiling water, reduce heat to low, and simmer 10 minutes. Drain and let cool. In a large nonreactive flameproof casserole, melt 2 tablespoons butter in olive oil over medium-high heat. Season chicken with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Add chicken to casserole and cook, turning, until browned on all sides, 6 to 8 minutes. Separate garlic cloves and add to casserole. Stir in wine, chicken stock, thyme, rosemary, bay leaf, and remaining l/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and cook until chicken is no longer pink in center, about 25 minutes. Remove and discard bay leaf. Transfer chicken and garlic to a serving dish. Skim fat from cooking liquid and discard. Bring cooking liquid to a boil and cook until liquid is reduced to 1 cup, 2 to 3 minutes. Stir in remaining 2 tablespoons butter and pour over chicken. When garlic is slowly simmered, it mellows and becomes almost sweet in flavor. Serve this stew with crusty bread onto which the softened garlic may be spread.

 

Nutritional Information:

3834 Calories (kcal); 293g Total Fat; (71% calories from fat); 259g Protein; 5g Carbohydrate; 1482mg Cholesterol; 3649mg Sodium