Chicken with 40 Cloves of Garlic

This recipe is so much fun! During the meal, you squeeze the garlic onto bread and spread it like butter. Simply delicious!

Ingredients

• 2/3 cup oil
• 8 drumsticks and 8 thighs or 16 of one
• 4 ribs celery (in long strips)
• 2 medium onions, chopped
• 6 sprigs parsley
• 1 tablespoon fresh or 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
• 1/2 cup dry vermouth
• 2 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
• Dash of nutmeg
• 40 cloves garlic, unpeeled
• French bread or toast
  

Instructions

1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
2. Combine celery, onion, parsley and tarragon and place in a heavy 6-quart casserole or 9 x 13-baking dish.
3. Dip chicken pieces into oil to coat evenly and place on top of vegetables. Add vermouth; sprinkle with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Tuck garlic around and between chicken. Cover tightly with foil and lid.
4. Bake for 1 1/2 hours without removing cover.
5. Serve with pan juices, garlic and slices of bread. Squeeze garlic out from root end of papery husk onto bread and spread like butter.

Yield: 8 servings

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