Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic in a clay pot
- Reviews 9
Ready In: 1 hr 45 mins
Serves: 5-6
Ingredients
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 40 cloves garlic, whole,peeled
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried rosemary leaves
- 1⁄4 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
- 1⁄8 teaspoon crumbled sage leaf
- 4 -4 1⁄2 lbs whole frying chickens
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- salt
- pepper
- sliced French bread
Directions
- Soak top and bottom of 3 1/4 quart clay cooker in water about 15 minutes; drain.
- Line bottom and sides of cooker with parchment paper.
- Combine olive oil, garlic and herbs in cooker.
- Rinse and pat dry chicken reserving neck and giblets for other use.
- Place chicken over garlic mixture.
- Drizzle with lemon juice.
- Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
- Place covered cooker in COLD oven.
- Set oven at 475 degrees F.
- Bake until chicken is tender and juices run clear when thigh is pierced, about 1 1/4 hours.
- Remove cover; bake until chicken is crisp and brown.
- 5 to 10 minutes.
- Carve chicken and spoon cooking liquid over chicken.
- Serve with garlic and french bread.
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