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Ingredients
- Braised Chicken with Forty Cloves a Lot of Garlic
- adapted from Use Real Butter, who adapted it from Fine Cooking
- 4 lbs. chicken, whole or pieces (whole thighs are nice)
- kosher salt
- black pepper, freshly ground
- 1/2 lemon
- 1/4 tsp sweet paprika
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- a dozen or so cloves of garlic, peeled
- 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme
- 1 or 2 sprigs fresh rosemary
- 2 sprigs flat-leaf parsley
- 1 cup chicken broth
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