# Confit: Four Dishes, One Pot, Zero Waste

This technique involves slow cooking ingredients in fat or oil at low temperatures to produce tender results, which can then be used to create four different dishes: crispy chicken, confit bruschetta, garlic paste, confit cream pasta, and confit roast potatoes.

- Total time: 120 min
- Cuisine: French
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- Chicken legs
- Whole garlic cloves peeled
- Cherry tomatoes
- enough to fully submerge Neutral oil or duck fat
- Fresh thyme
- Bay leaves
- Black pepper
- Salt
- Crusty bread
- Cream
- Pasta (rigatoni or similar)
- Chilli flakes
- Fresh basil
- Potatoes

## Instructions

1. Place chicken legs, garlic cloves and cherry tomatoes into a deep oven-safe pot.
2. Add thyme, bay leaves, salt and pepper.
3. Pour in oil or fat until everything is fully submerged.
4. Cook in the oven at 120°C for 2 hours until the chicken is extremely tender.
5. Remove the chicken legs from the oil.
6. Place skin-side down in a hot pan.
7. Sear until the skin is golden and crisp.
8. Rest briefly, then pull apart.
9. Spread the soft confit garlic and tomatoes onto toasted bread.
10. Finish with a pinch of salt and olive oil.
11. Blend confit garlic into a smooth paste.
12. Add a pinch of salt to prevent it from freezing solid.
13. Store in the freezer for future cooking.
14. Add confit garlic and tomatoes to a pan.
15. Blend with a stick blender until smooth.
16. Stir in cream and bring to a gentle simmer.
17. Toss through cooked pasta.
18. Finish with chilli flakes and fresh basil.
19. Strain and reserve the confit oil.
20. Toss potatoes in the infused oil.
21. Roast at high heat until deeply golden and crisp.

## Equipment

- deep oven-safe pot
- oven
- hot pan
- stick blender

## Tips

- Blend confit garlic with a pinch of salt to prevent it from freezing solid.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTktcpjew/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/4cd6c907-6ba0-45ef-9188-5845855dd3d1
- Extracted: 2026-05-05

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