10 Whole chicken breasts,
-split, boned, and skinned
Salt and pepper
2 c Champagne
101 Unpeeled cloves fresh garlic
Place chicken in ungreased baking pan, 12 x 16 or 18 inches. Sprinkle
with salt and pepper and pour champagne over. Place garlic cloves
around and between pieces. Cover pan with foil. Bake at 350 degrees
for 1-1/2 hours. Remove chicken to large serving platter and place
garlic around chicken. Tell guests to suck the garlic out of its
skin, that it is deliciously sweet.
When serving this recipe to guests, invite them into the kitchen to
let them count as you place the garlic cloves around the chicken.
They won't believe how sweet and delicious the cooked garlic will be
until they eat it!
Winner of Gilroy Garlic Festival Prize for Best Recipe Using Most
Garlic, 1982: Helen McGlone, Roseville, CA from -The Garlic Lover's
Cookbook, Vol. II-
Posted by John Strano From: Hallie Toesis Date: 07-28-95
