Old Bear's Recipe of the Month
June 1996

Christopher's 40-Clove Chicken
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     1         frying chicken, cut into pieces
    40 cloves  peeled garlic
   1/2 cup     dry white wine
   1/4 cup     dry vermouth
   1/4 cup     olive oil
     4 stalks  celery, cut into 1-inch pieces
     1 tsp     dry oregano
     2 tsp     dry basil
     6 sprigs  minced parsley
     1         lemon

Place the chicken pieces into a shallow baking pan, skin side up.
Sprinkle all ingredients evenly over top of chicken.  Squeeze lemon 
juice from lemon and pour over top.  Cut remaining lemon rind into 
pieces and arrange throughout chicken.

Cover with foil and bake at 370 F for 40 minutes.  Remove foil and 
bake an additional 15 minutes.

You can eat the garlic.  You will find it suprisingly mild, tender 
and buttery.  You can even spread the cloves on sliced french bread.


source: Christopher Ranch Growers of California