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Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic and white wine

Name: Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic and white wine
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: French
Ingredients: 1.5 kg Whole chicken; 40 Garlic cloves; 250 ml White wine (dry); 1 tbsp Herbes de Provence; 50 g Butter; to taste Salt and pepper

Whole chicken roasted with 40 garlic cloves, butter, herbes de Provence, and dry white wine. A classic Provençal dish that serves 4.

French cuisine · Translated from Slovak · October 24, 2026

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Recipe at a glance

Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 1 hr
Temperature: 180 °C (350 °F)
Servings: 4 servings
Difficulty: Easy
Cuisine: French

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Chicken with 40 cloves of garlic and white wine is based on a classic Provençal dish known in France as Poulet aux 40 gousses d'ail. The chicken is seasoned with salt and pepper, placed on garlic cloves briefly sautéed in butter, sprinkled with herbes de Provence, a dried herb blend, and topped with dry white wine before roasting at 180 °C (350 °F). You don't need exactly 40 cloves; four heads of garlic will do. The garlic's sharp flavor mellows considerably as it roasts.

Ingredients

4 servings

Whole chicken 1.5 kg
Garlic cloves 40
White wine (dry) 250 ml
Herbes de Provence 1 tbsp
Butter 50 g
Salt and pepper to taste

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Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 180 °C (350 °F). Rub the chicken with salt and pepper inside and out.
Heat the butter in a roasting pan and lightly sauté the peeled garlic cloves.
Tie the chicken's legs together, place it on the garlic, sprinkle with herbes de Provence, and pour the wine over it.
Cover with a lid or aluminum foil and roast for about 1 hour. Then baste the chicken with the pan juices and roast for another 30 minutes, until golden brown.
Save the roasted garlic; it is soft and full of flavor.
Tip: Use it to make a spread for toast or to serve with meat.

Tip: To peel 40 garlic cloves more quickly, briefly blanch them in boiling water or shake them vigorously in a closed jar; the skins will come off easily.

Nutrition facts

Approximate values per serving, calculated from the ingredients

Energy: 1023 kcal
Protein: 73 g
Carbohydrates: 19 g
of which sugars: 1.1 g
Fat: 67 g
of which saturates: 23 g
Fiber: 1.3 g
Salt: 1.2 g

Calculated from the raw ingredients, without frying oil. Where an amount is “to taste”, typical amounts are used. Food composition: USDA FoodData Central and product labels.

This recipe was translated from the Slovak original: Kurča so 40 strúčikmi cesnaku a bielym vínom