Garlic Chickentake Two Food

SAUCY GARLIC CHICKEN FOR TWO

Steps:

• Remove papery outer skin from garlic (do not peel or separate cloves). Cut tops off of garlic bulbs; brush bulbs with half the oil. Wrap each bulb in heavy-duty foil. Bake at 425° for 30-35 minutes or until softened. Cool for 10-15 minutes., Meanwhile, place spinach in a greased 11x7-in. baking dish; sprinkle with half the salt and pepper. In a large skillet, brown chicken in remaining oil on both sides; place over spinach., In a large saucepan, melt butter. Stir in flour until smooth; gradually add milk. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 1-2 minutes or until thickened. Stir in 1 cup cheese, nutmeg and remaining salt. Transfer to a blender; squeeze softened garlic into blender. Cover and process until smooth. Pour mixture over chicken., Cover and bake at 425° for 30-35 minutes or until a thermometer reads 170° and sauce is bubbly. Uncover; sprinkle with remaining cheese. Bake 5 minutes longer. Serve with pasta. Sprinkle with tomato and parsley if desired.

GARLIC CHICKEN AND POTATOES

Steps:

• Position a rack in the lower third of the oven and preheat to 425 degrees F. Toss the potatoes with 1 tablespoon olive oil, the cumin seeds, 3/4 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste. Spread in a large baking dish and roast until the potatoes begin to brown, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, heat the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil in a small skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic and cook, stirring frequently, until lightly golden, about 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the brown sugar, lemon juice and red pepper flakes. Remove the baking dish from the oven, push the potatoes to the sides and arrange the chicken breasts in the middle. Season the chicken with salt and drizzle with the garlic mixture. Return to the oven and bake until the chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are tender, about 20 minutes.
• Remove from the oven; transfer the chicken to a cutting board and slice. Add the cilantro to the baking dish and toss with the potatoes. Serve the chicken with the potatoes and lemon wedges. Drizzle with the pan juices.

GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Season chicken on both sides with salt and pepper to taste.
• Brown chicken and garlic in hot oil in a large saute pan.
• Add wine, broth, lemon juice, and spices.
• Bring to a boil, then reduce heat, cover and simmer 6-8 minutes or until chicken is cooked through.
• Remove chicken and garlic from pan and keep warm.
• Mix together remaining wine with the flour and mix into the pan juices, stirring briskly.
• Bring to a boil and cook until thickened.
• Serve sauce with chicken and garlic.
• Mashed potatoes or rice may be served, if desired.

CHINESE GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Season chicken with salt and black pepper. Toss with flour until coated.
• Heat peanut oil in a wok or large skillet over high heat until it begins to smoke. Add chicken, and stir fry until the pieces are lightly browned on the outside, 3 to 5 minutes. Turn heat to medium and stir in whole garlic cloves; continue stir frying for 5 minutes.
• Turn heat to low, and add Shao-Hsing wine, soy sauce, and chicken stock. Cover, and simmer for 20 minutes until the chicken is tender. Remove garlic cloves before serving.

FORTY GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Put in chicken, boil until meat falls away at the bone. Pull out as many bones and as much skin as you like.
• Stir in the vermouth, garlic cloves (don't peel - you will use them for the bread), parsley and chicken stock. Reduce heat to low and let simmer and reduce for about 2 hours. Serve hot with slices of bread. Take the soft garlic and spread on fresh bread as 'garlic butter'. Yum!

GARLIC CHICKEN WITH HERBS

Steps:

• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper. In a large skillet, heat butter over medium-high heat; brown chicken on both sides. Remove from pan, reserving drippings., In same skillet, saute garlic in drippings over medium-high heat until light golden brown. Add wine and herbs; bring to a boil, stirring to loosen browned bits from pan. Cook until mixture is almost evaporated. Add broth and chicken; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; simmer, covered, until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads at least 170°, 10-12 minutes., To serve, spoon pan juices over chicken. Serve with rice.

GARLICKY CHICKEN DINNER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°. In a large bowl, combine potatoes, carrots, onion, oil, garlic, 1 teaspoon thyme, 3/4 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper; toss to coat. Transfer to a 15x10x1-in. baking pan coated with cooking spray., In a small bowl, mix paprika and the remaining thyme, salt and pepper. Sprinkle chicken with paprika mixture; arrange over vegetables. Top with lemon slices. Roast until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 170°-175° and vegetables are just tender, 35-40 minutes., Remove chicken to a serving platter; keep warm. Top vegetables with spinach. Roast until vegetables are tender and spinach is wilted, 8-10 minutes longer. Stir vegetables to combine; serve with chicken.

ROAST CHICKEN LEGS WITH LOTS OF GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Place chicken in an 13x9" baking dish and season generously all over with salt. Add garlic, lemon, chile, bay leaves, and a few grinds of pepper. Pour in oil and toss everything to coat. Turn garlic heads cut side down so they are in contact with the baking dish (this will help them brown).
• Roast chicken, rotating pan once, until meat is almost falling off the bone, 75-90 minutes. Let chicken cool in pan 10 minutes, then serve with bread.

ELEGANT GARLIC CHICKEN FOR TWO

Steps:

• In a medium frying pan, lightly brown garlic in butter over medium heat, about 2 minutes.
• Add chicken and cook, turning, about 10 minutes or until brown on all sides.
• Place onion slices on bottom of pan under chicken.
• Sprinkle chicken with salt and pepper; pour wine or water over chicken.
• Cover, reduce heat to low and simmer about 20 minutes or until chicken is done.
• Remove chicken to serving plates and keep warm.
• Add sour cream to pan drippings and cook, stirring, about 2 minutes until warm but not boiling.
• Spoon over chicken.

CHICKEN AND GARLIC

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Fry chicken pieces in the hot oil until browned on all sides. Add the garlic, and continue to cook until the chicken is no longer pink in the middle. Stir in the cilantro and lime juice, and season with salt and pepper. Cook just until heated through. Serve with rice.

CHICKEN WITH TWENTY CLOVES OF GARLIC

Steps:

• Cook chicken and garlic in large nonstick skillet on medium-high heat 4 min., turning chicken after 2 min.
• Add combined broth and dressing; cover. Cook 3 to 5 min. on each side or until chicken is done (165ºF).
• Sprinkle with cheese; cover. Remove from heat. Let stand 1 min.

GARLIC LOVER'S CHICKEN

Steps:

• Stir water, kosher salt, and sugar together until the salt and sugar dissolve completely into a brine.
• Put chicken breasts in a large resealable plastic bag; pour brine into the bag with the chicken. Squeeze air from the bag and seal. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 13x9x2-inch baking dish.
• Mix Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, parsley, salt, and black pepper together in a bowl; spread about 1/3 of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
• Remove chicken from the brine, shake off excess liquid, and pat dry. Discard remaining brine.
• Coat chicken with olive oil. Arrange chicken atop the Parmesan cheese layer in the baking dish. Sprinkle remaining Parmesan cheese mixture over the chicken.
• Mix garlic, margarine, and lemon juice together in a small bowl; drizzle over chicken.
• Cook chicken breasts until no longer pink in the center and the juices run clear, 25-30 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).
• Switch oven to broil. Sprinkle cheese over the chicken breasts.
• Heat oven's broiler. Cook chicken under the broiler until the cheese is melted and golden brown, about 5 minutes more.

GARLICKY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Puree first 7 ingredients in a blender and place in a shallow bowl or zip lock type of plastic bag.
• Add the chicken breasts and marinate for 4 hours.
• Grill normally over medium heat.
• Note: When using 'skin on' chicken, try to loosen all the skin so that the marinade can reach the meat under the skin.
• Many people will not eat the skin so the marinade needs to be on as much of the meat as possible.

GARLIC CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Peel and mince garlic. Chop carrots into 2 inch pieces. Place garlic in a 13 x 9 baking dish.
• Pat chicken dry with paper towels. In batches, brown chicken pieces on all sides in olive oil over medium-high heat. Remove pieces as they are browned.
• Place browned chicken on top of garlic in baking dish.
• Add carrots, potatoes, and lemon to dish. Sprinkle all with salt, thyme, and rosemary. Pour in wine or broth.
• Cover with aluminum foil and bake 30 minutes.
• Remove foil and baste with pan drippings.
• Then cook, uncovered for 30-45 minutes more of until chicken tests done and the vegetables are somewhat browned.
• Discard lemon. Place chicken on serving platter.
• Separate fat from drippings. Serve remaining drippings with chicken and vegetables.