Jill Norman

Garlic chicken

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Winter Food
Winter Food

By Jill Norman

Published 2005

  • About

A classic slow-cooked French dish in which the garlic suffuses the chicken with its rich flavour and provides a mellow purée to spread on the accompanying toast or baked potatoes.

Ingredients

  • 4 chicken legs, separated into drumsticks and thighs
  • salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 3—4 heads g

Method

Preheat the oven to 180°C/350°F/gas mark 4. Season the chicken and put it into an earthenware casserole. Separate the garlic cloves, discarding the outer skin, but don’t peel the cloves. Add them to the casserole, trickle over the oil and turn everything with your hands to ensur