OVERCAST - WARM SHOWERS - Chicken Garlic

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CHICKEN WITH 40 GARLIC CLOVES

Whole Chicken – 3 ½ to 4 lbs.

Olive oil – 2/3 cupGarlic – 40 cloves, unpeeled

Rosemary, dry – 1 tsp.

Sage, dry – 1 tsp.

Thyme, dry – 1 tsp

Chili Stuff Chili mix – 1 tsp.

Kosher salt

Black pepper, freshly ground

Preheat oven to 400, reduce heat to 350 as soon as you put the chicken in. Use a deep baking pan.Rub the chicken with a coating of olive oil.Salt and pepper inside and out. Mix the seasonings together and do the same as with the salt & pepper. Dry seasoning holds up much better than fresh for prolonged roasting.

Stuff a handful of garlic inside chicken.Place bird in baking pan. Spread the rest of the garlic around pan in the balance of the olive oil.Cook the bird breast side down or tail in the air.

Reason: The juices are in the back and tail and gravity will drain these through the breast and the white meat will be much moister. This also works for Turkeys, but not Ducks.

When you serve the chicken just pile the garlic next to it. Serve with chunks of fresh crusty bread.You can squeeze the cloves and the sweet soft juicy garlic will smash across your chunk of bread.