40 Garlic Chicken Recipe - GardenFork

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

Olive oil reduces saturated fat and adds flavor.

white wine

🥗Healthier: chicken broth

💰Cheaper: apple cider vinegar

Chicken broth maintains moisture without alcohol.

Rinse and dry the whole chicken.

Heat olive oil in a Dutch oven.

Brown the whole chicken in the pot, being careful of splatter.

Decide whether to cut the chicken into pieces or leave it whole; ultimately leave it whole.

Remove the chicken from the pot after browning.

Pour off excess oil from the pot.

Add 2 cups of Spanish wine to the pot to deglaze, scraping up the browned bits from the bottom.

Return the chicken to the pot with the garlic, placing the garlic on top of the chicken.

Add celery to the bottom of the pot before putting the lid on.

Cook until the chicken reaches an internal temperature of 158°F.

Remove the chicken and most of the garlic from the pot, leaving the celery and liquid.

Use a blending device to liquefy the celery and some of the garlic to create a sauce.

Return the chicken and garlic back into the sauce.

Optionally add butter to smooth out the sauce.

Cooking Techniques

Equipment Needed

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