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Pollo al Ajillo

By Groceree

Also known as Garlic Chicken

Chicken fried in olive oil with a whole head of garlic left in unpeeled cloves, deglazed with sherry and reduced to a thin, sharp sauce. Bread is compulsory.

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Browned chicken pieces in a pan with whole garlic cloves, parsley and a sherry pan sauce
Servings
4 servings
Prep
15 min
Cook
35 min
Total
50 min

Ingredients

  • chicken1.4 kg
  • garlic1 head
  • olive oil100 ml
  • dry sherry150 ml
  • bay leaves1
  • flat-leaf parsley1 handful
  • dried chillies (optional)1
  • salt
  • black pepper
  • gluten-free bread1 loaf

Instructions

  1. 01

    Cut the into 12 to 16 small pieces, chopping through the bone with a heavy knife or cleaver, so there is more surface to brown and it cooks through in the pan.

  2. 02

    Season the well with and . Break the head into cloves, leaving them unpeeled. Heat the in a wide pan and fry the cloves gently until golden, then lift them out.

  3. 03

    Brown the hard in the garlicky , in batches, until deep gold all over. This takes 15 minutes and should not be hurried.

  4. 04

    Return all the and the , add the leaf and the , crumbled, if using, and pour in the .

  5. 05

    Let it bubble for 1 minute, scraping the base, then cover and cook over low heat for 15 minutes, until the juices run clear when the thickest piece is pierced and no pink remains at the bone.

  6. 06

    Uncover and reduce the sauce until it is just a few glossy spoonfuls clinging to the .

  7. 07

    Chop the , scatter it over and serve with the . The cloves are squeezed out of their skins onto it.

Notes

  • The garlic stays in its skin. The skin keeps the cloves from browning too far in the hot oil and lets them steam soft and sweet in the sherry, ready to squeeze onto bread.
  • Fino or manzanilla sherry, not sweet. It is the acidity that makes the sauce work against all that oil.
  • This is a sauce of oil, sherry and chicken juices only. Do not add stock or it stops being pollo al ajillo.

Nutrition per serving

Calories
870 kcal
Protein
48 g
Carbs
50 g
Fat
53 g

Estimated from the ingredients.

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