50 Shades Of Garlic Roasted Chicken Food

GARLIC ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• As soon as you get the chicken home, salt it inside and out, wrap it and keep it in the refrigerator for up to 2 days.
• When you are ready to cook the chicken, first preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Pat the outside of the chicken dry with paper towels. Liberally salt and pepper the inside of the chicken and stuff the cavity with the all the garlic and lemon. Tie the legs together with kitchen string and tuck the wing tips under the body of the chicken. Place it in a roasting pan just large enough to hold it and the vegetables. Scatter the onion slices, carrots and potatoes around the chicken. Brush the outside of the chicken with the butter and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Roast the chicken for 1 1/2 hours, or until the juices run clear when you cut between a leg and thigh. Remove the chicken to a platter and cover with aluminum foil. Place the vegetables back in the oven and continue cooking for an additional 15 minutes.
• When the vegetables are cooked, carve the chicken and place the slices on the platter surrounded by the vegetables. Drizzle some pan juices over the chicken and vegetables.

GARLIC-ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F. Heat the olive oil in a large ovenproof skillet over medium-high heat. Season the chicken with salt and pepper and cook, skin-side down, until browned, about 5 minutes.
• Separate the heads of garlic into cloves but do not peel. Flip the chicken; add the garlic and rosemary to the skillet and transfer to the oven. Roast until the chicken is cooked through but still moist, 15 to 20 more minutes.
• Place the bread on a platter and top each slice with a chicken breast. Add the vinegar to the skillet and scrape up any browned bits with a wooden spoon. Add 3 tablespoons water and simmer until the sauce thickens slightly, about 2 minutes. Pour the sauce and garlic over the chicken and bread.
• Tip: You can squeeze the garlic out of its skin and spread on the chicken or bread.

ROASTED GARLIC CLOVE CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Rinse and pat dry the chicken. Salt and pepper liberally and allow to temper on a cutting board while you prepare the garlic. In a large ovenproof saute pan over medium heat, cook the whole garlic cloves in olive oil and butter, stirring occasionally, until lightly golden, about 10 minutes. Remove the garlic from the pan and set aside. Increase the heat to medium high and brown the chicken skin-side down until the skin is golden and crispy, about 5 minutes. Turn the chicken over, sprinkle on herbes de Provence. Add the garlic back to the pan and place hot pan in oven. Bake the chicken until cooked through, about 25 minutes. Once the chicken is done, remove chicken thighs and garlic to a platter. Place the pan over medium-high heat and sprinkle the drippings with flour and stir to incorporate. Deglaze the pan with the stock and lemon juice. Pour the sauce over the chicken on the platter and serve with bread for sauce-mopping and garlic-spreading.

50 SHADES OF GARLIC ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. (I'm tempted to change that to 400F for a larger chicken.).
• ROASTING BED:.
• Cut off tops of heads of garlic (do not peel the garlic, but you may remove excess "skin"). Arrange in bottom of half size serving tray (~9" x 13"). (At least use enough heads of garlic to cover the base of the chicken. You could use a steaming tray to corral the garlic, or arrange additional vegetables on the outer edges.).
• Spray roasting bed with olive oil flavored cooking spray.
• Spread a small piece of fresh thyme on each head of garlic, then lay 2 branches of rosemary across center group of garlic heads.
• CHICKEN:.
• Combine onions, bell peppers, celery, parsley, fresh thyme sprigs and 5 garlic cloves. Place in cavity of the chicken.
• Place chicken, breast side up, on top of the roasting bed.
• Sprinkle chicken with mix of pepper, salt and 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme.
• Coat chicken with cooking spray.
• Tie end of legs together with cooking twine and tuck wing tips under the chicken.
• Roast for 40 minutes.
• Increase the oven temperature to 450 degrees F.
• Bake an additional 20 minutes (for a 3 1/2 pound chicken, maybe) or until a thermometer registers 170 degrees. (It has not been unusual for me to need an additional 30 minutes for a 4 1/2-to-5-lb. roasting chicken.).
• Transfer chicken to a platter.
• Remove garlic cloves from the roasting pan, squeeze them out of the skins and reserve 5 of them for the sauce. Scatter the remainder around the chicken, cover the platter with foil and allow the chicken to rest. (Remember, you can also freeze excess roasted garlic cloves for use in Creamy Thyme Sauce at a moment's notice.).
• CREAMY THYME SAUCE:.
• Place the reserved roasted garlic cloves, broth, white wine and salt in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil, cover, and reduce heat. Simmer for 10 minutes.
• While the broth is simmering, combine flour and water in a small bowl, stirring with a whisk until smooth.
• Slowly pour the slurry into the broth while whisking the broth (if I can do this, you can, too. Just don't ask me to chew gum and hop on one leg).
• Simmer the broth for 5 minutes or until thicken, whisking often.
• Remove and discard garlic from the sauce (or not, depending on your guests' preference).
• I recommend that you leave the skin on this chicken; it is terrific!
• Carve chicken, garnish with thyme sprigs, if desired.
• Serve chicken with garlic cloves and sauce.
• Bonus: We always have chicken-roasted garlic cloves left over, so I freeze 6 cloves to a sandwich bag and put all the sandwich bags into a 1-pint freezer bag so they are ready to plop into whatever recipe needs some garlic. Roasted garlic does not requiring sauteeing.

ROASTED GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Mince 1 clove garlic; smash the rest. Combine the garlic with the vinegar, olive oil, oregano, chiles and 2 teaspoons salt in a large bowl. Add the chicken and toss to coat. Cover and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
• Preheat the oven to 450. Arrange the chicken in a roasting pan; roast until cooked through and golden, about 30 minutes. Garnish with oregano. Brush pita bread with the pan drippings to serve with the chicken.