Roasted Chicken with Garlic Confit

Name: Roasted Chicken with Garlic Confit
Prep time: 40 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 teaspoons black pepper; 1 kilograms chicken, quartered; 12 garlic cloves (about 1 head), lightly smashed and peeled; 177 milliliters olive oil; 2 teaspoons salt; 3 fresh thyme sprigs; 1 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened

Roasted Chicken with Garlic Confit might be a good recipe to expand your main course repertoire. This gluten free and primal recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains about 64g of protein, 95g of fat, and a total of 1129 calories. A mixture of salt, butter, garlic cloves, and a handful of other ingredients are all it takes to make this recipe so yummy. To use up the olive oil you could follow this main course with the Sauteed Banana, Granolan and Yogurt Parfait as a dessert. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes approximately 40 minutes.

Instructions

Put oven rack in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 500°F.

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Oven

Cook garlic, thyme, and 3/4 cup oil in a 1- to 1 1/2-quart heavy saucepan over low heat, uncovered, until garlic is very tender but not golden, about 25 minutes.

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Garlic

Thyme

Cooking Oil

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Sauce Pan

While garlic is cooking, pat chicken pieces dry and rub all over with butter and remaining tablespoon oil.

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Chicken Pieces

Butter

Garlic

Cooking Oil

Dry Seasoning Rub

Sprinkle all over with salt and pepper. Arrange chicken, skin sides up, in a shallow baking pan and roast 20 minutes.

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Salt And Pepper

Whole Chicken

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Baking Pan

Transfer garlic to a small bowl along with 1 tablespoon garlic oil and mash with a fork.

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Garlic Oil

Garlic

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Bowl

Spread mashed garlic over skin of roasted chicken, then return chicken to oven and roast until just cooked through and skin is crisp, about 5 minutes.

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Roasted Chicken