Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

ingredients

• 1 whole chicken
• 40 cloves of garlic
• fresh thyme
• fresh rosemary
• fresh oregano
• 2 bay leaves
• 3/4 cup olive oil
• salt
• pepper

instructions

Preheat oven to 200C.
Season chicken with salt and pepper and put it in a baking pan.
Add garlic cloves, rosemary, thyme, oregano and bay leaves around the chicken.
Pour the olive oil over the chicken and cloves.

Wet a big piece of parchment paper and cover the chicken.
Top with 1 or 2 big pieces of aluminium foil to cover very well.
Bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes at 200C.
Uncover and broil until chicken is brown.

Serve a portion of chicken with some garlic cloves.

Roasting garlic with olive oil turns it soft, sweet, with delicious smell. Perfect for spreading on a piece of baguette!

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adapted from an old french recipe given to me from my friend  Evi and her mother. 

Thank you so much!!!