40 cloves garlic chicken
40 Cloves Garlic Chicken is a classic french dish. The large quantity of garlic used for in this Provençal recipe may seem excessive, but this dish highlights the softer side of garlic. A creamy, garlicky chicken dish is simply damn good.
Servings: 5 Servings
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Ingredients
- 5 pcs. chicken thigh
- 1 tbsp salt
- 1 tbsp black ground black pepper
- 40 cloves garlic unpeeled
- 1 tbsp cooking oil
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1/4 cup dry white wine
- 1 cup heavy whipping cream or all-purpose cream
- parsley for garnish
Instructions
- Wash and remove excess skin from chicken thigh. Pat dry with kitchen towel then season with salt and pepper. Set aside.
- Heat oil and melt butter in a large skillet or pan over medium-high heat. Add chicken thighs, skin-side down, and sear both sides until golden, about 3 minutes per side.
- Add garlic and stir gently with the chicken. Cover the pan and let cook for 15 to 20 minutes over medium heat.
- Remove chicken from pan and remove some oil leaving about 2 tbsp. in the pan.
- Pour dry white wine and saute the garlic for a minute then crush 3 cloves of garlic on the pan. Let the wine reduce for a couple of minutes.
- When the wine is reduced, Add the all-purpose cream or whipping cream then add the seared chicken back to the pan.
- Fold in the chicken with the sauce until the chicken is coated. Cover the pan with a lid and let simmer for 20 minutes.
- Season to taste and sprinkle some parsley or thyme. Transfer in a serving dish and enjoy. Bon Appetit!