Forty Clove Chicken

Recipe summary

If your crew likes moist juicy chicken this recipe is the perfect crowd pleaser.

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Yield: 4

Ingredients

Brine

• 3 cups water
• 3 cups white wine
• 1 stalk celery, roughly chopped
• 1/2 onion, roughly chopped
• 10 cloves garlic, peeled and smashed
• 2 teaspoons whole white pepercorns
• 6 bay leaves
• 3-4 parsley stems
• 1 sprig thyme
• 1/4 cup salt
• 1/4 cup sugar

Chicken

• 1 3-3.5 lb chicken
• 2 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
• 2 bulbs garlic, tops cut off lengthways
• 4 sprigs parsley
• 2 sprigs thyme
• 1 onion sliced into 1/4 in rings
• 1/4 cup softened butter
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• salt and pepper

Bread Salad

• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 3 tablespoons currants, soaking in 0.25 cup sweet wine (vin santo or late harvest wine)
• 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
• 4 cups arugula, washed and dried
• 3 cups 1 inch cubed foccacia, about 1/2 loaf, lightly toasted
• 1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
• salt and pepper to taste

Grilled Oyster Mushrooms

• 3 cups oyster mushrooms
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• salt and pepper to taste