Forty Clove Garlic Chicken

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 (2 1/2 lb) chicken, cut up
• salt
• 2 teaspoons cooking oil
• 40 cloves garlic, unpeeled
• 1/2 cup dry wine
• 1 small lemon, quartered
• ground red pepper

Recipe

• 1 sprinkle the chicken lightly with salt.
• 2 cook the chicken on all sides in hot oil until browned.
• 3 arrange the chicken in a baking dish.
• 4 add unpeeled garlic cloves and wine to the chicken.
• 5 squeeze lemon quarters over the chicken; adding the squeezed quarters to the dish.
• 6 lightly sprinkle ground red pepper over the chicken.
• 7 cover and bake in a 325 degree oven for about 1 hour or until chicken is tender.
• 8 transfer chicken and garlic to a serving platter, discarding lemon.
• 9 spoon cooking liquid over chicken and garlic.
• 10 to eat garlic, squeeze the unpeeled clove between your thumb and finger until the clove pops out of its peel and into your mouth.