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Whole Roasted Garlic Chicken
Juicy, tender, and loaded with garlic! This Garlic Roasted Chicken is stuffed with lots of garlic, seasoned with oregano, and baked with mellow, lemony, potato wedges!
Servings: 4
Calories: 853 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
gluten-free
Ingredients
- 2 kg (4.4 pounds) chicken
- 1 kg (2.2 pounds) medium-sized potatoes
- 5-6 garlic cloves
- 1-2 heads of garlic
- 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil + extra to drizzle on top
- 5 teaspoons dried oregano
- 1 lemon
- 1 teaspoon fine sea salt
- ½ teaspoon ground pepper or more if you like
- coarse sea salt
Instructions
- Prepare the chicken. Let chicken reach room temperature for at least 30 minutes before cooking. Pat dry the chicken.
- Preheat oven to 180°C /355°F.
- Prepare the potatoes. Rinse potatoes and rub their skin from dirt. You can peel the skin if you prefer. Pat dry and cut into wedges.
- Prepare the rub. Add the 5-6 garlic cloves to a pestle and mortar and turn them into a paste along with a pinch of salt and a tablespoon of olive oil. Alternatively, you can double-press the garlic and then mix it with the oil. Add the garlic paste to a small bowl and mix with 3 more tablespoons of olive oil, 3 teaspoons dried oregano, 1 teaspoon fine sea salt, and ½ ground pepper.
- Rub the garlic paste mixture under the chicken's skin all over.
- Add the chicken to a roasting pan. Season generously the cavity of the bird with coarse sea salt. Cut a head of garlic or two in half and add fill the cavity. See notes below.
- Add the potatoes all around the chicken.
- Squeeze the lemon and drizzle the juice all over the potatoes. It should yield about 6-7 tablespoons of juice. Add the squeezed lemon cups to the pan as well.
- Drizzle the potatoes and the chicken with olive oil. Season the potatoes with salt, pepper, and 2 teaspoons of oregano.
- Cover with parchment paper and aluminum foil on top. Secure well all around the sides (very important). You can also use a baking pan with a lid or even a Dutch oven.
- Bake for 1 hour then without uncovering, take the pan out of the oven. Raise the oven's temperature to 220°C / 430°F.
- Wait for 10 minutes. Then uncover the pan, drizzle the chicken with some oil, and season lightly with fine sea salt on top. Then add the pan back in the oven.
- Roast for 15 minutes. Then drop the temperature to 200°C/390°F and roast for another 15 minutes or until nicely colored on top. Meanwhile, you can do some basting.
- Rest. Allow the food to rest out of the oven for 15 minutes then cut and serve!
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Notes
- A head of garlic should be enough. I added two because they were smaller ones. But that always depends on how much you like garlic!
Nutrition Information
Serving
1serving
Calories
853kcal
(43%)
Carbohydrates
49g
(16%)
Protein
50g
(100%)
Fat
51g
(78%)
Saturated Fat
12g
(60%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
9g
Monounsaturated Fat
25g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
180mg
(60%)
Sodium
767mg
(32%)
Potassium
1593mg
(46%)
Fiber
7g
(28%)
Sugar
3g
(6%)
Vitamin A
391IU
(8%)
Vitamin C
69mg
(77%)
Calcium
112mg
(11%)
Iron
5mg
(28%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 4Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 853
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1serving | |
| Calories | 853kcal | 43% |
| Carbohydrates | 49g | 16% |
| Protein | 50g | 100% |
| Fat | 51g | 78% |
| Saturated Fat | 12g | 60% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 9g | 53% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 25g | 125% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 180mg | 60% |
| Sodium | 767mg | 32% |
| Potassium | 1593mg | 34% |
| Fiber | 7g | 28% |
| Sugar | 3g | 6% |
| Vitamin A | 391IU | 8% |
| Vitamin C | 69mg | 77% |
| Calcium | 112mg | 11% |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.