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Garlic 02
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POULET AUX QUARANTE GROUSSES D'AIL (Forty Clove Garlic Chicken) Serves 4
3- to 3-1/2 pound broiler-fryer chicken whole 2 fresh rosemary springs or 1 teaspoon dried rosemary, crushed salt and pepper 2 or 3 Tablespoons butter or margarine 3 Tablespoons oil or olive oil 2 fresh thyme sprigs or 1 teaspoon dried dried thyme leaves, crushed 1 bay leaf 4-5 large fresh basil leaves, or 1 teaspoon dried basil leaves, crushed 40 cloves garlic, unpeeled (2 or 3 heads) 1/4 cup dry white wine 2 teaspoons hot water
Preheat oven to 400F.
Wash and pat chicken dry; sprinkle cavity with salt and pepper. Place some of the fresh rosemary leaves in cavity or sprinkle dried rosemary.
Melt butter and oil in covered roasting pan. Place chicken in melted fat and turn fat to coat well all over, ending with breast down. Add leftover rosemary leaves, herbs, and unpeeled garlic cloves. Place piece of foil over pan to cover completely, using a lid over the foil to seal the pan. Place in preheated 400 degree oven for 1 to 1-1/2 hours, basting with pan juices twice during baking. Uncover pan during last 15 minutes; chicken is done when a fork inserted into thigh comes out easily and juices oozing out run clear. Remove chicken to warm platter; discard herbs (if you use fresh herbs) and bay leaf; save garlic cloves.
Heat wine in small saucepan until it starts to steam; add hot water, pour into roasting pan; boil 3 minutes, scraping sides and bottoms of pan to melt all the brown bits of gravy.
Carve chicken; serve garlic cloves with chicken and gravy. Let your guests suck the garlic pulp (squeeze cloves with a fork to get pulp out, or pick up cloves and squeeze them into the mouth). Serve with plain rice to enjoy the full flavor of the gravy.
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PERFECT, August 9, 2005 - 11:55 PM
Reviewer: Coco from Philadelphia, PA USA
This is SO easy and SO delicious, works well with bone-in breasts. Fantastic and classic.
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