Creamy Garlic Butter Chicken
The juicy drumsticks are baked together with chickpeas in a creamy sauce loaded with garlic and herbs. The garlic head slowly roasts in the butter sauce, adding an incredible flavor. Afterwards the soft cloves go perfectly on crusty bread so you can mop up all of that delicious sauce.
Equipment
- Lodge Oval Brasier/Casserole optional
- Large Skillet optional
- Soup Pot / Dutch Oven optional
Ingredients
- 8 drumsticks - or bone-in/skin-on chicken thighs
- 1 can 400 g/14 ounces chickpeas - drained
- 3 garlic cloves - minced
- 1 whole garlic head
- ½ cup dry white wine
- ½ cup low sodium chicken broth
- ¾ cup half and half - or 20% fat cream at room temperature
- 1.5 ounces grated Parmesan
- 1 tsp yellow mustard
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tbsp unsalted butter
- salt - to taste
- 2 tsp freshly ground black pepper
- 5 fresh thyme sprigs - or 1 tsp dried thyme
- 10 sage leaves - or 1 tsp dried sage
Seasoning for the Chicken:
- ½ tsp smoked paprika
- ½ tsp ground cumin
- ½ tsp dried thyme
- ½ tsp dried sage
- ½ tsp chili flakes
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp black pepper
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 1 garlic clove - minced
Instructions
- Combine the ingredients for the chicken seasoning. Rub in the drumsticks with the seasoning until they're well-coated. Set aside.
- Mince the 3 garlic cloves.
- Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F.
- Heat olive oil in a large oven-proof skillet over medium high heat. Add drumsticks and sear both sides until golden brown, about 5 minutes per side. Transfer onto a clean plate. Remove excess oil, leaving the brown bits in the skillet.
- Reduce heat to low, add butter, freshly ground black pepper and minced garlic. Stir until butter is melted and foaming, but not browned, about 2 minutes.
- Deglaze white wine, cook until reduced and no raw alcohol aroma remains, about 3 minutes. Add chicken broth and mustard. Bring to a boil. Add half-and-half, stir in chickpeas and parmesan. Season with salt.
- Return chicken to the skillet. Sprinkle with thyme and sage. Trim the top off the head of garlic to expose the tops and nestle upside-down between the chicken.
- Place the skillet in the oven and roast until completely cooked through, about 30 minutes.
- Squeeze out 2 or 3 roasted garlic cloves and add them to the sauce, smash with a fork. Enjoy!
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