# Chicken with 40 Garlic Cloves

This recipe is for chicken with 40 garlic cloves, where the garlic becomes sweet and mellow and helps create a lovely sauce.

- Total time: 70 min
- Cuisine: French
- Category: Dinner
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 40 garlic cloves
- chicken thighs
- salt
- white wine
- fresh thyme
- bay leaves
- chicken stock
- parsley

## Instructions

1. Season your chicken thighs.
2. Brown your chicken thighs in batches.
3. Once they're golden brown on both sides, remove the chicken.
4. If there's too much fat, remove it with a paper towel.
5. Let it cool for a minute and add in your garlic.
6. After a couple of minutes, add in your white wine.
7. Using a wooden spoon, get up all those crusty bits.
8. Add in the fresh thyme and bay leaves.
9. Cook for a couple of minutes, then add in your chicken stock.
10. Place your chicken back in, covering everything.
11. Cover the pot.
12. Place the covered pot into a 350-degree oven and check it after an hour.
13. Carefully remove the chicken from the pot.
14. Smash up half of the garlic cloves a little bit.
15. Place the chicken back into the oven at 435 degrees for about 10 minutes to crisp up the skin.
16. Finish with a little bit of parsley.
17. Plate up the chicken and potatoes.
18. Spoon the sauce over the chicken and potatoes.
19. Try the dish.

## Equipment

- pan
- tongs
- paper towel
- wooden spoon
- pot with a lid
- oven
- potato masher

## Tips

- If 40 cloves of garlic seem excessive, trust the process; they become completely soft and tender.
- Smashing half the garlic cloves enhances the sauce's flavor.
- Crisp up the chicken skin by increasing the oven temperature for the last 10 minutes of cooking.
- The smell of this dish is incredible.
- 40 garlic cloves are not too many; it's perfection, you have to try it.
- The garlic becomes sweet and mellow and helps create a lovely sauce at the end

## Source

- Original video: https://vm.tiktok.com/ZGd5EL4cE/
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/5139d323-5786-4226-aa21-4705bdb70832
- Extracted: 2025-06-20

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