Oven Roasted Chicken With Roasted Garlic And French Bread Recipes

OVEN-ROASTED CHICKEN, WITH ROASTED GARLIC AND FRENCH BREAD

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400.
• Wash and dry chicken, and remove giblets.
• Baste (or rub) whole chicken with olive oil.
• Mix salt and pepper to taste, and all other spices, in small bowl, and then rub over entire chicken (leave a small amount of spice mixture remaining).
• Put leftover spice mixture, and 4 indiviudal garlic cloves, inside cavity of chicken.
• Place chicken in large roasting pan (without rack).
• Take apart remaining garlic bulbs (leaving skins on) and place garlic cloves all around chicken.
• Pour chicken broth over all.
• Cover with foil and bake for 1 hour, then remove cover, and bake for 35 to 40 mins, until chicken is browned.
• Remove chicken from oven and let cool for a few minutes.
• Carve chicken, while heating up french bread (if you like your bread warmed).
• Serve chicken pieces and french bread, with roasted garlic cloves.
• Squeeze roasted garlic (which will squeeze nicely right out of the skins) onto slices of french bread and/or onto chicken pieces, as you eat it (we love to squeeze garlic right onto our chicken, as well as onto the bread).

POULET ROTI (ROAST CHICKEN FRENCH-STYLE)

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375°F. If you're going to add the herbs on top: remove the leaves from the thyme, rosemary and sage. Use a sharp knife to mince these herbs into fine pieces. Use your knife to mince the garlic clove as well before combining the minced garlic and minced herbs together. Temporarily set aside next to your cut up lemon quarters. If you're using whole herbs, simple preheat your oven and skip the rest of this step.
• Rinse and remove any giblets from the inside of the chicken. Thoroughly pat dry the chicken using paper towels.
• Drizzle olive oil over (or melted butter) over the chicken, using your hand to rub the oil all over the surface of the chicken (including its wings and legs). Flip the chicken over and repeat on the backside.
• Sprinkle 3/4 salt tsp all over the breast side of the chicken, including its wings and legs. Then sprinkle 1/4 tsp salt into the inside cavity of the chicken, before flipping the chicken over and sprinkling another 1/2 tsp of salt all over the backside of the chicken.
• Grind some fresh ground pepper over the backside of the chicken, then flip it over and grind some pepper over the breast side.
• Gently stuff the inside cavity of the chicken with the lemon quarters. If using minced herbs, cover the breast side (including legs and wings) of the chicken with the herb/garlic mixture. If using whole herbs, simply place the herbs and garlic clove in the inside cavity of the chicken as well. If you're stuffing the chicken with herbs, you can use twine to tie the chicken legs together to keep the cavity shut (optional).
• Grab a 9" by 11" baking dish and slightly grease the bottom of the dish with some oil or butter. Place the chicken into the dish (breast-side facing up), and place in the oven to bake.
• Bake the chicken for 1 hour and 30 minutes at 375°F or until a food thermometer reads 165°F when inserted in the thigh area and breast area. Loosely cover the chicken with a sheet of foil and let it rest for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.

ROASTED GARLIC OVEN-BAKED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 425°F. Spray rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches, with cooking spray.
• In shallow dish, stir together potatoes (dry) and red pepper. In another shallow dish, beat egg with fork or wire whisk until foamy; stir in buttermilk.
• Dip chicken pieces into egg mixture, then roll in potato mixture to coat. Place in pan skin side down. Drizzle with butter. Discard any leftover potato and egg mixtures.
• Bake uncovered 30 minutes. Turn chicken; bake 20 to 25 minutes longer or until coating is golden brown and juice of chicken is clear when thickest pieces are cut to bone (170°F for breasts; 180°F for thighs and legs).

CHICKEN WITH 40 CLOVES OF GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees. Place garlic in a medium bowl; cover with another same-size bowl, creating a dome. Hold bowls together tightly, and shake vigorously until skins are loosened, about 30 seconds. Remove and discard skins; set garlic aside.
• Place chicken in a large ovenproof skillet or roasting pan. Rub all over with 1 tablespoon butter; season with salt and pepper. Add thyme, garlic, and remaining tablespoon butter to skillet.
• Roast, basting occasionally with juices and stirring garlic, until an instant-read thermometer inserted in thickest part of a thigh (avoiding bone) registers 165 degrees, 45 to 60 minutes. Transfer to a platter, and let rest 10 minutes. Carve chicken, and serve with garlic and pan juices.