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Wednesday, February 3, 2010

Crock-Pot Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

Do you know there are several recipes for Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic posted all over the Internet? 

Seriously, I didn't realize it until I decided over the weekend that I wanted to prepare this dish for dinner on Monday night.  You can find some version of this recipe pretty much anywhere:  Food Network, Bloggers, Allrecipes, etc.! 

With the help of my friend (in real life) Lisa, I was able to decide on a combination of flavors that would work for me. 




Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic with Roasted Potatoes & Onions

Ingredients:
  • 3lbs. potatoes, peeled and sliced
  • 3 cups onions, sliced
  • 3 cloves garlic, sliced 
  • 2 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1/2 Tbsp. dried rosemary, crushed
  • 1/2 tsp. dried thyme leaves
  • 4 bone-in split chicken breast (approx. 4 lbs.)
  • 33 cloves of garlic*, peeled
  • 1 Tbsp. olive oil
  • 1 tsp. dried rosemary, crushed
  • 1 tsp. dried thyme leaves
  • 2 tsp. kosher salt
  • 1 tsp. pepper
This is a photo of the raw chicken layered in the crock pot on top of the potatoes and onions.

Directions:
  • In a large bowl, toss the potatoes and onions with the sliced garlic, olive oil, rosemary and thyme. 
  • Spread the potato and onion mixture evenly on the bottom of a large crockpot.**
  • Use the same large bowl; toss chicken pieces with the olive oil and the remaining ingredients.  Fit a garlic clove or two into open spaces in the chicken breast (optional). 
  • Fit the chicken parts in the crock pot on top of the potatoes and onions. 
  • Place lid on top and cook on low 6-8 hours.***
This photo is the chicken after it cooked in the crock pot for 5 hours. 
See the nice roasted garlic? 
Mmmmmm!

Notes:
     * I was tired of peeling garlic at this point, we never missed the other cloves! 
   ** I reserved the potatoes and onions to use for another meal later this week. 
 *** I cooked this on high for one hour, then turned it to low for 4 hours. 

I really enjoyed this recipe.  The flavors were wonderful!  The chicken was a teeny bit dry, I'm thinking that I layered too many potatoes and they didn't allow for the chicken to baste in the cooking juices.  But I like that we were able to eat it like a nice piece of roasted chicken.  Sometimes meat is too tender when cooked in the crock pot.  At least to my liking.  I think I will try this combination of spices with a whole chicken the next time.  With less potatoes on the bottom.

When I began deciding how I wanted to season the chicken and prepare everything, I knew the chicken wouldn't fill the entire crock pot.  I remember someone telling me that they cook their chicken and potatoes at the same time in the oven.  I thought that was a great idea, but decided that the garlic potatoes along with the garlic chicken would be a bit much for one meal.  So, I came up with a plan for those roasted potatoes. 

Be sure to check back to find out how I used those potatoes and onions in another meal!

I will be sharing this blog post on the following carnivals this week: 

6 comments:

  1. I always wondered how that recipe was. You made it look delicious. My family loves garlic. I am interested to see how you used the leftover potatoes and onions.. Thanks for the sweet comment.

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  2. This really sound good. I'm adding this to my list of recipes to try.

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  3. Looks yummy! I've always wanted to try 40 clove garlic chicken, but been afraid my whole house would smell like garlic for 2 days afterwards - was that the case for you or not?

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  4. Alea, be sure to let me know what you think!

    Rachel, I'm pretty much in the house all the time. (SAHM without a car.) So, sometimes it's easy to get used to a smell and not notice it. We went out last night (4 days after cooking it) and didn't notice any lingering garlic smell when we came back!

    But since this is a crock pot recipe, let it cook in your garage if you're worried about the garlic smell! When I was pregnant, and cooking smells really made me sick, I would use the crock pot in the garage. Dinner was prepared and I didn't have to smell it every day!!!

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  5. Alison - great idea about the garage! Thanks!

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  6. I love this recipe. I use a whole chicken most of the time. I usually chicken out and buy the garlic that is already peeled:) Thanks so much for posting to Crock Pot Wednesday. I hope to see you back this week.

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