Slow Roasted Garlic Chicken Recipes

SIMPLE SLOW ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 250 degrees F (120 degrees C). Combine the paprika, black pepper, garlic salt, parsley, and marjoram in a small bowl. Pour the red wine into a roasting pan with lid; set aside.
• Place the celery and quartered onions into the cavity of the chicken. Rub the chicken with the reserved spice mixture, and set into the roasting pan.
• Cover, and bake the chicken in the preheated oven until no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, 4 to 5 hours. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 180 degrees F (82 degrees C). Remove the chicken from the pan, cover with a doubled sheet of aluminum foil, and allow to rest in a warm area for 10 minutes before serving.

SLOW ROASTED GARLIC CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 300 degrees.
• Rinse the chicken and pat it dry with paper towels.
• Rub the skin of the chicken all over with one of the garlic heads.
• Season the cavity with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
• Place the garlic head in the cavity (that you just rubbed over the chicken).
• Place half a lemon and an onion wedge in the cavity.
• Drizzle some olive oil over the chicken and rub it evenly over the entire bird.
• Season the whole bird with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
• Place the remaining garlic heads in a large Dutch oven along with the remaining onion wedges and the other lemon half cut into wedges.
• Place the chicken on top of the veggies in the Dutch oven.
• Pour one cup of chicken broth into the bottom of the Dutch oven.
• Place into the oven and roast, basting every 30 minutes, for the first 2 hours.
• Stop basting and continue roasting for another 30-60 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through and the juices run clear. The inner thigh temperature should be 165-170 degrees.
• Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 15 minutes.
• While the chicken is resting, pour the pan juices into a small saucepan over medium heat. Simmer for 7-10 minutes or until it thickens.
• Taste and season with sea salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste.
• Serve the chicken with the roasted garlic bulbs and the pan sauce. Enjoy.

SLOW ROASTED FRIED CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 175 degrees F.
• For the seasoned flour: In a bowl, mix the flour, Cajun spice and salt together well.
• For the chicken: Toss the chicken with the salt, pepper and 1/2 cup vegetable oil and place on parchment paper on a baking sheet. Slow cook in the oven until the internal temperature on an instant-read meat thermometer reaches 165 degrees F, about 2 hours (do not let the thermometer touch the bone). Then remove the chicken and cool.
• Heat a deep-fryer with the remaining 8 cups oil to 400 degrees F. Toss the cooled chicken with the seasoned flour and flash-fry, in batches if needed, in the fryer, cooking until the skin crisps, 3 to 4 minutes. Serve.

SLOW-COOKER ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place carrots and onion in a 6-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, mix garlic and oil. In another bowl, mix dry seasonings., Tuck wings under chicken; tie drumsticks together. With fingers, carefully loosen skin from chicken breast; rub garlic mixture under the skin. Secure skin to underside of breast with toothpicks. , Place chicken in slow cooker over carrots and onions, breast side up; sprinkle with seasoning mixture. Cook, covered, on low 4-5 hours or until a thermometer inserted in thigh reads at least 170°., Remove chicken from slow cooker; tent with foil. Discard vegetables. Let chicken stand 15 minutes before carving., Freeze option: Cool chicken pieces and any juices. Freeze in freezer containers. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through slowly in a covered skillet until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 165°, stirring occasionally and adding a little broth or water if necessary.

SLOW ROASTED WHOLE CHICKEN

Steps:

• In a small bowl mix together salt, paprika, onion powder, thyme, black pepper and garlic powder.
• Rinse the chicken and inside cavity under cold water, then pat dry using paper towel.
• Rub the chicken all over with oil.
• Rub the inside cavity with minced garlic, then season with white salt (or you may use the spice mixture for the cavity).
• Rub the outside of the chicken all over with the spice mixture.
• Place in a glass dish cover with plastic wrap then refrigerate for up to 8-24 hours.
• Set oven to 275°F.
• Place the chicken in a greased roasting pan, then place the onion quarters inside the cavity.
• Bake uncovered for about 4-1/2 hours or until very tender.
• Tent the cooked chicken with foil and let rest 15 minutes before carving.

SLOW-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH ALL THE GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325°F. Trim dark tops from green garlic and place in chicken cavity; loosely tie legs together with kitchen twine. Halve green garlic bulbs and pale-green parts. Place chicken in a 2-qt. baking dish; season with salt and pepper. Tuck green garlic, garlic cloves, and lemon wedges around (make sure everything fits snugly to keep garlic from getting too dark); pour oil over. Roast, turning garlic and lemon occasionally, until chicken is very tender and garlic is soft and deeply caramelized, 2 1/2-3 hours. Serve chicken with garlic and lemon alongside.

SLOW-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH GARLICKY GREEN BEANS AND SAGE

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 325 degrees. Toss the green beans, garlic cloves and sage leaves with ¼ cup of the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper, and arrange in an even layer on a sheet pan. Rub the chicken with the remaining 2 tablespoons oil and 1 tablespoon salt. Arrange among the green beans and season with black pepper; scoot any green beans out from under the chicken. (It's okay if the green beans are clumped together.) Roast, tossing the green beans occasionally, until the chicken is cooked through, and the green beans are dark green and wrinkled, about 1 hour 30 minutes.
• Transfer the chicken to a platter. Stir the vinegar into the green beans and season with salt and pepper to taste. Transfer the green beans and garlic to the platter, scraping all the pan drippings and browned bits from the pan.
• Eat the chicken with the green beans, cloves of roasted garlic and a spoonful of the pan drippings. Optionally, if you'd like the chicken's skin to be more browned, return the chicken to the sheet pan and broil until golden.

FOOLPROOF SLOW ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3. Brush a large roasting tin all over with butter and smear some over the skin of the chicken.
• Place the chicken in the tin and arrange the potatoes around it. Put the halved garlic heads in the tin, pour over the white wine and stock, then cover with foil and place in the oven. Cook for 1 hr then remove the foil and give the potatoes a shake. Add the herbs and lemon wedges, then cook uncovered for 50 mins.
• Turn the heat up to 220C/fan 200C/gas 7. Cook for 30 mins more, then remove the chicken and potatoes from the pan. Cover the chicken loosely with foil and leave to rest on a plate for at least 10 mins before carving. Keep the potatoes warm. Serve with any pan juices.

SLOW-ROASTED GARLIC

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• Peel the head of garlic of all the papery skin with the exception of the very last layer.
• Garlic should still hold together in its original shape, but individual cloves should be visible.
• Rub head and inside of oven proof dish (a ramekin, custard dish will work) with butter or olive oil.
• Put water/stock in bottom of dish.
• Cover dish with foil and place in preheated oven for 45 minutes.
• After the 45 minutes are up, uncover the dish and bake for an additional 30 minutes.
• Remove garlic and dish from oven and allow to cool.
• After cooled, remove cloves and squeeze the roasted garlic from the cloves into a dish or container.
• The roasted garlic should be a light yellowy-brown and very soft and sticky.
• Store in the refrigerator and use in place of garlic for a milder and delicious flavor.

SLOW-ROASTED LEMON DILL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Place onions on bottom of a 6-qt. slow cooker. In a small bowl, mix butter and lemon zest., Tuck wings under chicken; tie drumsticks together. With fingers, carefully loosen skin from chicken breast; rub butter mixture under the skin. Secure skin to underside of breast with toothpicks. Place chicken over onions, breast side up. Add stock, parsley and dill., Drizzle lemon juice over chicken; sprinkle with seasonings. Cook, covered, on low 4-5 hours (a thermometer inserted in thigh should read at least 170°)., Remove chicken from slow cooker; tent with foil. Let stand 15 minutes before carving.