Chicken baked with sprigs and garlic cloves gives you a flavorful dinner for eight.
Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic
- Prep Time 10 min
- Total 1 hr 55 min
- Servings 8
- Ingredients 8
Ingredients
- 2 whole chickens (3 lb each)
- 8 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1/4 cup butter, softened
- 1 lemon, cut in half
- 2 teaspoons salt
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
- 40 unpeeled cloves garlic (about 3 bulbs)
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 375°F. Generously spray large shallow roasting pan with cooking spray.
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Step2In cavity of each chicken, place 4 thyme sprigs. Rub chickens with softened butter. Tie ends of legs together with kitchen string; tuck wing tips under. Place chickens, breast sides up, in roasting pan. Squeeze lemon over chickens. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh muscle and does not touch bone.
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Step3In medium bowl, toss garlic with oil. Scatter garlic around chickens, placing cloves close to chickens. Bake uncovered 1 hour 45 minutes or until thermometer reads at least 165°F and legs move easily when lifted.
Nutrition
481
Calories
30g
Total Fat
46g
Protein
6g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 481
- Total Fat
- 30g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 10g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 775mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 6g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 1g
- 0%
- Protein
- 46g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 6 1/2 Lean Meat; 2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
1/2
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