Chicken with garlic recipe - recipes from France
Ingredients
2/3 cup oil
8 drumsticks and 8 thighs or 16 of one
4 ribs celery (in long strips)
2 medium onions, chopped
6 sprigs parsley
1 tablespoon fresh or 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
1/2 cup dry vermouth
2 1/2 teaspoons salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
Dash of nutmeg
40 cloves garlic, unpeeled
French bread or toast
Recipe
- Combine the celery, onion, parsley and tarragon and place in a heavy 6 quart casserole.
- Dip chicken pieces in oil to coat and place on top of vegetables.
- Add vermouth, then sprinkle with salt, pepper and nutmeg.
- Tuck garlic around and between chicken. Cover tightly with foil and lid. Bake in preheated 375 degree F oven for 1 1/2 hours without removing cover.
- Serve with pan juices, garlic and slices of bread - squeeze the soft garlic out from the root end of papery husk onto bread and spread like butter.
