New Recipe - Chicken with Twenty Cloves of Garlic

Last night I made Chicken with Twenty Cloves of Garlic. A recipe I found in the Kraft Food & Family magazine.

Chicken with Twenty Cloves of Garlic
4 small chicken breast halves (1 lb)
20 cloves garlic, peeled
3/4 cup fat-free reduced-sodium chicken broth
1/4 cup Kraft Light Classic Caesar dressing
1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese

Heat large nonstick skillt on medium-high heat. Add chicken and garlic; cook 4 min, turning chicken after 2 minutes.
Stir in broth and dressing; cover with lid. Cook chicken 4 min on each side or until done.
Sprinkle with parmesan. Remove from heat. Let stand, covered, 1 min.


I had mixed feelings about Kevin liking this. I knew if he looked at the recipe he'd say no simply because of the caesar dressing. So I decided to be sneaky and make sure he did not see the recipe.

Let me just say, peeling 20 cloves of garlic is a huge pain! I am going to a Pampered Chef party tonight, where I will most certainly be buying a garlic peeling tube thingy. In the end I only peeled 15 cloves, it was just taking too long, and I needed to get the caesar dressing poured in before Kevin came home to see it. ;)

The chicken was really easy to make (except for the peeling garlic part) and turned out really yummy! Surprisingly, it wasn't very garlicy at all. I guess since the cloves cook whole they don't give off as much flavor. Kevin liked it alot, at which point I revealed the caesar dressing ingredient. He was surprised, but still liked it. Ava ate as much of it as I did! And Maddux was eating bites as fast as Keving could cut them up. So I'd say this recipe is definitely a keeper!

I served it with roasted red potatoes and carrots. Toss potatoes adn carrots with some olive oil and balsalmic vinegar. Arrange on a baking sheet. Season as you like. I used salt, pepper, paprika and garlic powder. Roast in a 450 oven for 15 minutes, stir, and then continue to roast for another 15-20 minutes.

Once again I forgot to take a picture of the food plated up. Once I get to that point, I'm usually too ready to eat! Here's a couple shots of the ready to serve food though.