Garlic Chicken
Ingredients:
- 1 chicken, cut to pieces
- 40 cloves garlic, un-peeled
- 4 tbs. butter
- 1 tsp. dried thyme
- ½ cup dry white wine
- 1 tbs. vegetable oil
- 4 cloves crushed garlic
- Kozlik's Hot Garlic Mustard
- 2 bay leaves
- 1 cup chicken stock
- salt and pepper
Instructions:
- Blanche the un-peeled garlic.
- In a large saucepan, melt 3 tbs. of the butter and add the oil.
- Brown the pieces of chicken on all sides. Add the un-peeled garlic, bay leaves, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Cover the pan and cook on medium low heat for 35 minutes, until the juices run clear when the chicken is pricked.
- Transfer the chicken to a platter, cover and keep warm.
- Discard the bay leaves, and remove the garlic from their skins, discarding the skins ( the garlic should have poached to a soft pasty consistency ).
- Add the wine, and reduce the liquid to about ½ over high heat, mashing the garlic into the sauce as you do so. Add the stock and reduce to about ¾.
- Add the crushed garlic, mustard, and stir in well.
- Remove from heat and stir in the remaining butter.
- Pour the sauce over the chicken, and serve.