Feb 15

48. Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

We are home! We had a wonderful trip to Mexico! It makes me want to cook more Mexican food. There was a lady at the resort who just made tortillas all day. She just stood behind a counter making these all day!

*2 tablespoons butter
*1 tablespoon olive oil
*1 whole chicken
*40 cloves garlic
*1/4 cup water
*2 tablespoons lemon juice
*1 teaspoon salt
*1/2 teaspoon dried thyme
*1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper

Now I did not use 40 cloves of garlic. I put a bunch of crushed garlic on the bottom of the dutch oven.

Preheat an oven to 350
Melt the butter with the olive oil in a large Dutch oven over medium-high heat.
Add the chicken to the Dutch oven and brown on all sides in the butter and oil, 5 to 10 minutes.
Remove the chicken to a cutting board.
Drain all but 2 tablespoons of liquid from the pan; stir the garlic cloves into the reserved liquid.
Return the chicken to the pan; sprinkle the water, lemon juice, salt, thyme, and black pepper over the chicken; cover tightly.
Bake the chicken in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, about 90 minutes.
An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh should read 180.
Remove the chicken from the oven, cover with a doubled sheet of aluminum foil, and allow to rest in a warm area for 10 minutes before slicing.

it was really really good. It will be good tomorrow too!