Garlic Chicken Italiano
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 14-12 teaspoon coarse salt
- 14 teaspoon black pepper
- 2 garlic heads
- 1 (3 lb) fresh roasting chickens
- 1 lemon, halved
- 12 cup dry white wine
- 2 cups water
- Combine olive oil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl.
- Seperate the garlic into cloves and peel.
- Mince 4 cloves and stir into the olive oil mixture.
- Place chicken on a rack in a shallow roasting pan.
- Brush chicken with the oil mixture.
- Squeeze lemon juice all over chicken.
- Place squeezed lemon halves in the cavity of the chicken.
- Tie drumsticks to tail and twist wing tips under the back.
- When tied and tucked place breast side up on rack.
- Pour the wine and wter into the pan, and add the remaining peeled garlic cloves.
- Roast chicken at 400 degrees F for 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 hours or until thoroughly cooked and a meat thermometer inserted registers 180 degrees -185 degrees F.
- Remove chicken from the oven and cover with foil.
- Let stand for 5-10 minute
- Remove garlic from pan with a slotted spoon and skim the fat from the pan juices.
- Carve chicken and pour some of the pan juices over chicken.
- Serve garlic cloves with chicken and pass remaining juices.
olive oil, salt, black pepper, garlic, fresh roasting chickens, lemon, white wine, water
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/garlic-chicken-italiano-172654 (may not work)