CHICKEN WITH 40 CLOVES OF GARLIC AND GARLIC BREAD

Chicken With 40 Cloves of Garlic And Garlic Bread image

Provided by Molly O'Neill

Categories dinner, weekday, one pot, main course

Time 2h

Yield Four servings

Number Of Ingredients 11

Ingredients

1 3 1/2-pound chicken
Kosher salt to taste
2 sprigs fresh thyme
2 sprigs fresh rosemary
2 sprigs fresh sage
2 tender stalks celery, with their leaves
2 sprigs Italian parsley
40 cloves garlic, unpeeled
3 tablespoons olive oil
Freshly ground pepper to taste
Toasted slices of country bread

Steps:

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Sprinkle the chicken with salt inside and out. Stuff the chicken with half the thyme, rosemary, sage and celery. Add the parsley and 4 cloves of garlic.
Place the remaining herbs and celery in an oval earthenware or enameled pot just large enough to hold the chicken. Add the oil, salt, pepper and remaining garlic cloves. Roll the chicken in the oil to coat on all sides. Cover the pot and bake for 1 3/4 hours.
Transfer the cooked chicken to a serving platter and surround it with the cloves of garlic. Skim the fat from the cooking juices and pour into a sauceboat.
Serve the chicken hot, accompanied by its sauce and toasted slices of bread. Each diner crushes the garlic slightly to remove the skin and spreads the puree that is left onto a slice of bread.

Nutrition Facts : @context http, Calories 756, UnsaturatedFat 34 grams, Carbohydrate 18 grams, Fat 52 grams, Fiber 4 grams, Protein 54 grams, SaturatedFat 13 grams, Sodium 1079 milligrams, Sugar 1 gram, TransFat 0 grams