Roasted Garlic Chicken Food

ROASTED-GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Let chicken stand at room temperature 30 minutes. Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Remove giblets and any excess fat from chicken cavity. Rinse chicken inside and out with cold water; pat dry with paper towels. Tuck wing tips under body. Season cavity with salt and pepper; stuff with parsley, rosemary, and 2 lemon halves.
• Gently separate skin from chicken with your hands. Spread garlic butter over entire surface of chicken and under skin. Generously season with salt and pepper. Cross chicken legs, and tie ends together with kitchen twine. Transfer chicken to a roasting pan. Arrange remaining 2 lemon halves around bird.
• Roast chicken, basting occasionally with accumulated pan juices, until skin is crisp and deep golden brown, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of thigh registers 175 degrees, about 1 hour and 10 minutes.
• Transfer chicken and lemon halves to a platter. Let chicken stand 10 to 15 minutes. Garnish with rosemary, and whole roasted garlic, if desired.

GARLIC-ROASTED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Slice tops from garlic heads, reserving the bottoms; arrange tops, cut sides down, in the center of an 11-by-17-inch roasting pan. Place 1 sprig of oregano over each garlic top, and arrange chicken breasts over garlic.
• Place reserved garlic bottoms, cut sides up, next to chicken in the pan. Drizzle chicken and garlic bottoms with the olive oil. Season chicken with salt and pepper; place remaining 4 sprigs of oregano on top.
• Roast chicken for 30 minutes; turn garlic bottoms cut sides down, and rotate the pan. Continue roasting chicken until skin is browned, juices run clear, and an instant-read thermometer inserted into thickest part of the meat registers 165 degrees, about 30 minutes more.
• Pour pan juices into a measuring cup; skim fat from the top. Serve juices with chicken and roasted garlic.

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.

GARLIC ROASTED CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Remove the giblets from the chicken and salt and pepper. Place the chicken in a roasting pan or large cast iron skillet. Stuff the onion, rosemary and lemon inside of the chicken.
• In a small bowl combine the butter, garlic, thyme, oregano, rosemary, salt and pepper. Rub evenly on the outside of the chicken.
• In a medium sized bowl add the onions, potatoes, carrots and toss in olive oil, salt and pepper. Layer on outside of the chicken in the roasting pan.
• Roast the chicken for 1 1/2 hours or until the internal temp reaches 165 degrees.

GARLIC-ROASTED CHICKEN BREASTS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 500°F with rack in upper third.
• Mince and mash garlic to a paste with 1/2 teaspoon salt, then transfer to a bowl. Stir in oregano, red-pepper flakes, oil, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/2 teaspoon pepper.
• Cut a 2-inch-long pocket (about 1 1/2 inches deep) horizontally in side of each breast half and spread 1/2 teaspoon garlic mixture into each pocket. Coat chicken with remaining garlic mixture.
• Roast chicken, skin sides up, in a foil-lined large shallow baking pan until just cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes.

GARLIC ROAST CHICKEN RECIPE

Steps:

• Prepare the vegetables if using them.
• Slice the garlic bulbs in half.
• Place bacon grease and butter in a small bowl.
• Microwave the butter and bacon grease, in 10 second intervals, until melted. Stir to combine.
• Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil.
• Separate onion slices into rings and cover the bottom of the pan with the rings.
• Place chicken in center of pan. Pat dry with paper towels.
• Remove any giblets that might be inside the cavity or neck of the chicken. Save for later.
• Place the garlic halves inside the chicken.
• Gently lift skin from meat of chicken.
• Spoon some of the butter mixture under the skin of the chicken.
• Tie the legs of the chicken together.
• Tuck the wings under the body of the chicken.
• Brush the remaining butter over the outside of the chicken.
• Add salt.
• Add black pepper.
• Spread vegetables around outer edges of pan.
• Place in pre-heated oven at 375F degrees.
• After 45 minutes, baste the chicken with pan juices about every 15 minutes until done.
• Roast chicken for about 90 minutes total, or until internal temp reaches 165F degrees.
• Insert digital thermometer into thickest part of chicken thigh and breast to test for doneness.
• Remove chicken from oven when done.
• Let rest 15-20 minutes before carving.
• Enjoy!

CRISPY ROASTED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Thoroughly rinse the outside and inside of the chicken. Gently pat try with paper towels.
• Using your fingers, carefully lift up the skin on top of the chicken (near the neck) and pull up gently. With your other hand, gently separate the skin from the breast and thigh meat. Then take half of the garlic and stuff it in between the skin and meat, so that it is fairly evenly spread out. Take the remainder of the garlic and spread it all over the cavity inside the chicken.
• Then take the butter and baste the entire outside of the chicken. Sprinkle generously with freshly ground pepper and salt.
• (Optional: Cover and refrigerate for 12-24 hours.)
• Adjust oven rack to lowest position and preheat to 450 degrees. Place foil loosely in large roasting pan. Flip chicken so breast side faces down, tucking the wings under (as pictured below), and set V-rack in roasting pan on top of foil. Roast chicken 25 minutes.
• Remove roasting pan from oven. Using 2 large wads of paper towels, rotate chicken breast-side up. Baste briefly with pan juices or additional melted butter. Return to oven and continue to roast until instant-read thermometer inserted in thickest part of breast registers 135 degrees, 15 to 25 minutes.
• Increase oven temperature to 500 degrees. Continue to roast until skin is golden brown, crisp, and instant-read thermometer inserted in thickest part of breast registers 160 degrees and 175 degrees in thickest part of thigh, 10 to 20 minutes.
• Transfer chicken to cutting board and let rest, uncovered, for 20 minutes. Carve and serve immediately.

SLOW ROASTED GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
• Rinse the chicken and pat it dry with paper towels.
• Rub the skin of the chicken all over with one of the garlic heads.
• Season the cavity with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
• Place the garlic head in the cavity (that you just rubbed over the chicken).
• Place half a lemon and an onion wedge in the cavity.
• Drizzle some olive oil over the chicken and rub it evenly over the entire bird.
• Season the whole bird with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
• Place the remaining garlic heads in a large Dutch oven along with the remaining onion wedges and the other lemon half cut into wedges.
• Place the chicken on top of the veggies in the Dutch oven.
• Pour one cup of chicken broth into the bottom of the Dutch oven.
• Place into the oven and roast, basting every 30 minutes, for the first 2 hours.
• Stop basting and continue roasting for another 30-60 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear. The inner thigh temperature should be 165-170 degrees.
• Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 15 minutes.
• While the chicken is resting, pour the pan juices into a small saucepan over medium heat. Simmer for 7-10 minutes or until it thickens.
• Taste and season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
• Serve the chicken with the roasted garlic bulbs and the pan sauce. Enjoy.

ROAST CHICKEN WITH LEMON, GARLIC & ROSEMARY

Steps:

• Chop the rosemary, and place it in a a large flat ovenproof dish with the olive oil, lemon juice, and garlic.
• Place the chicken quarters in this dish, and turn the pieces to coat with the mixture.
• Cover with plastic wrap, and let sit in the refrigerator for one to two hours.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
• Place the dish with the chicken into the oven, and cook for 20 minutes.
• Turn the chicken pieces, and add the potatoes if using into the pan with the chicken, coating them with the chicken's juices.
• Reduce the heat to 375 degrees F., and cook an additional 50 minutes to an hour, or until the juices run clear when the chicken is pricked, and the potatoes are tender when pierced with a fork.
• Serve hot on a platter with the roasted baby potatoes, garnished with fresh rosemary sprigs.

HOW TO ROAST GARLIC

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cut the top off the garlic bulb, exposing the tops of the garlic cloves. Put on a small square of foil, and rub with the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper. Scrunch up the foil to seal in the bulb.
• Roast for 25-30 mins until soft when pressed, and the papery casing is light golden. Leave to cool for a few minutes before squeezing the soft roasted garlic out of their shells. Alternatively, take off all the papery casing and remove the cloves individually.

GARLIC HERB BUTTER ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 430°F | 220°C (400°F or 200°C fan forced). Line a baking tray with foil, or lightly grease a roasting pan.
• Discard neck from inside the cavity and remove any excess fat and leftover feathers. Pat dry with paper towels.
• Pour the olive oil, melted butter, wine (if using) and the juice of half a lemon over the chicken, under the skin and inside the cavity. Season chicken liberally on the outside and inside the cavity with salt and pepper. Sprinkle over the parsley.
• Rub the minced garlic over the chicken, mixing all ingredients together over the chicken and under the skin.
• Stuff the garlic head into the chicken cavity along with the rosemary sprigs and the squeezed lemon halve. Tie legs together with kitchen string.
• Place breast-side up into baking tray or roasting pan. Roast for 1 hour and 15-20 minutes, basting half way through cooking time, until juices run clear when chicken thigh is pierced with a skewer.
• Baste again, then broil for a further 2-3 minutes, until golden.
• Remove from the oven, cover with foil and allow to stand for 10 minutes before serving. Serve, drizzled with pan juices and remaining lemon half cut into wedges or slices.

ROASTED GARLIC ROSEMARY CHICKEN

Steps:

• Cut the top 1/4 off of the garlic heads so that the tops of the cloves are exposed. Place them on a baking sheet and drizzle them well with olive oil.
• Preheat oven to 350°, cook garlic for about 40 minutes or until you see that the garlic cloves have browned, and the head itself is soft. Remove and let cool for handling.
• Wash chicken and place in baking pan breast up.
• With the handle of a wooden spoon, or anything that will slide without tearing the skin, separate the skin from the meat starting at the lower breast, and taking your time until you have loosened all the skin that you can reach.
• Make a small cut in the skin on top of the drumsticks, and insert the spoon into the cut, loosening all the skin on the legs and thighs.
• Gently squeeze all the garlic heads into a blender, the cloves will be soft and will slide out of the shell easily.
• Add the juice from half the lemon, the rosemary, and black pepper.
• Turn the blender on low and after mixture is working, slowly drizzle the olive oil into the mixture. Stop when mixture is mixed.
• Using either your fingers, a pastry bag, or however you can do it, (I just use my fingers and a spoon) insert about half of the mixture under the chicken skin and then gently press down on it to spread it around evenly under the skin.
• Place onion and lemon inside the chicken, tie legs together, wipe the outside lightly with olive oil and sprinkle with Emeril's essence to taste.
• Bake in preheated oven at 350° for about 50 minutes or until almost done and the outside is browning nicely.
• Remove chicken and spread the remaining mixture over the chicken to cover.
• Return to oven and cook until the surface is browned and the chicken is tender.

ROASTED GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 F Lightly coat the bottom of your roasting pan with olive oil, place garlic in a single layer and roast for 20 minutes, stirring from time to time.
• Remove pan from oven.
• While your garlic is roasting, wash and pat dry the chicken.
• Loosen the skin around the breasts and place 1/3 of the thyme and tarragon under the skin.
• Squeeze half of the lemon juice into the cavity then sprinkle coarse salt and pepper inside to season.
• Place another 1/3 of the herbs inside the cavity; fill the rest of the cavity with as many cloves of garlic as will fit, setting the rest aside.
• Tie the legs together with cooking twine.
• Place the chicken in your roasting pan and surround with the remaining herbs.
• Drizzle skin with olive oil; massage to coat and then sprinkle with coarse salt and pepper.
• Roast chicken for an hour and 10 minutes.
• Add remaining garlic to the pan around the chicken and continue roasting for about 20 more minutes.
• Your total roasting time should be around 1 1/2 hours, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the thigh reads between 170- 175 F or the thigh juices run clear when pricked.
• If the chicken is looking too brown (or just brown enough) when you add the garlic for the final 20 minutes, just loosely cover it with foil for the remainder of the cooking time.
• Transfer the chicken to a cutting board and let rest, covered with foil, for at least 15 minutes.
• In the meantime skim the fat from the pan juices.
• Place the chicken on a platter surrounded with roasted garlic cloves, and spilling out from the cavity.
• Spoon pan juices over the chicken.

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.

CHILI-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH ROASTED GARLIC GRAVY

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F. Stir 2 tablespoons butter, 2 tablespoons flour and 3 teaspoons chili powder in small bowl to blend. Rub butter mixture all over chicken; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Place chicken in small roasting pan; scatter garlic around chicken in pan.
• Roast chicken 40 minutes. Transfer garlic cloves to small plate. Return chicken to oven and roast until juices run clear when thigh is pierced with small knife, basting occasionally, about 25 minutes.
• Meanwhile, peel garlic and mash. Stir remaining 2 tablespoons butter and 2 tablespoons flour in heavy medium saucepan over medium heat 1 minute. Gradually whisk in broth and wine. Add sage, garlic and remaining 1 1/4 teaspoons chili powder. Boil until reduced to 1 cup, whisking occasionally, about 8 minutes. Season gravy to taste with salt and pepper.
• Transfer chicken to platter. Serve chicken with gravy.