Chicken with 32 Cloves of Garlic

Name: Chicken with 32 Cloves of Garlic
Yield: Serves 4 to 6
Ingredients: 4 (6- to 8-ounce), boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed; 2 teaspoons, kosher salt; 1/2 teaspoon, pepper; 1/4 cup, vegetable oil, divided; 1 , shallot, minced; 2 , garlic cloves, minced; 4 teaspoons, all-purpose flour; 1 1/3 cups, chicken broth; 2/3 cup, dry white wine; 1 teaspoon, chopped fresh thyme; 1 cup, extra-virgin olive oil or vegetable oil, or a combination, plus extra as needed; 30 , garlic cloves, peeled (¾ cup), root ends trimmed

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Appears in Cook's Illustrated November/December 2019

Main Courses

Chicken

Stir our garlic confit recipe into a pan sauce for a riff on chicken with 40 cloves of garlic.

SERVES4 to 6

TIME50 minutes

WHY THIS RECIPE WORKS

Our update to the classic French dish started with an easier approach to making chicken cutlets. We salted them briefly to season them and help them retain moisture, seared them quickly on both sides, and then made a pan sauce with shallot,...

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