How to cook chicken to make it juicy: a very budget-friendly ingredient

Chicken is most often chosen for baking because it cooks quickly enough and has a nice crispy crust. But to make the meat tasty and flavorful, you should supplement it with the right ingredients. And these are not always multi-component marinades, but just plain garlic.

The idea of cooking baked chicken with garlic was published on the page of food blogger Vita with the nickname v.vanilinka on Instagram. The baked garlic cooked with chicken can be used to make a spread.

Ingredients:

• hen or chicken
• garlic – 3 heads
• thyme (preferably fresh, but dry is also good)
• bay leaves – 2-3 pieces
• ground black pepper, salt
• oil (preferably olive)
• a casserole dish or baking sleeve
• you can add a few sprigs of rosemary and 1/2 celery root

Method of preparation:

1. Brush the chicken with oil, sprinkle with pepper and salt, and rub well.

2. Salt it in the middle, put bay leaves and a small bunch of thyme.

3. Wrap in plastic wrap and leave to marinate for an hour, two, three, or overnight.

4. When the chicken is marinated, cut off the top of the garlic heads, and season with salt and pepper.

5. Put a few cloves of garlic in the middle of the chicken, and put the whole heads (without the tops) in the baking sleeve with the chicken and garlic.

6. Tie the sleeve and put it in a preheated 180-degree oven for 1.5-2 hours.

7. The larger the chicken, the longer it takes to bake.

8. After an hour and 15 minutes, cut the sleeve, brush the chicken with the juice that came out during baking, butter, and finish baking until tender.

9. Prepare a delicious garlic spread for the baguette: crush it with a fork, add 1-2 tbsp of butter, salt, pepper, and mix.

10. Serve the chicken with a baguette, garlic butter, and salad.