Shells with Roasted Chicken, Escarole, and Roasted Garlic

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Medium

Appears in
Lighter, Quicker, Better: Cooking for the Way We Eat Today

By Richard Sax and Marie Simmons

Published 2000

  • About

A great supper dish on a cold night. The combination of pasta with chicken, greens, and garlic is wonderfully hearty. Its the ideal dish to make when you have a piece or two of leftover roast chicken.

Ingredients

  • 4 large garlic cloves
  • teaspoons plus 1 tablespoon olive oil

Method

  1. Bring a large pot of water to a boil. Heat the oven to 375°F.
  2. Peel the garlic, leaving a thin layer of skin on each clove. Place in a pie plate or other shallow baking dish and drizzle lightly with teaspoons olive oil. Roast the garlic until soft when pierced with