Garlic Roasted Chicken and Potatoes

By Anne545

Chicken and potatoes bake in butter with 24 cloves of garlic and a little maple syrup at the end for sweetness. Don't worry, the garlic cooks down to a mellow, soft texture that's perfect to spread over the buttery chicken.

Ingredients

• 1/4 cup butter
• 6 chicken leg quarters, split into drumsticks and thighs
• 6 large Yukon Gold potatoes, cut into chunks
• 24 cloves garlic, unpeeled
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1/4 cup maple syrup

Details

Preparation time 20mins
Cooking time 80mins
Adapted from allrecipes.com

Preparation

Step 1

1. Preheat oven to 400 deg F (200 deg C).
2. Place butter into a roasting pan, and melt in the oven. When butter is melted, swirl to coat the bottom of the roasting pan, and place the chicken drumsticks and thighs, potatoes, and unpeeled garlic cloves into the pan. Sprinkle with salt and black pepper; turn the chicken, potatoes, and garlic to coat with butter.
3. Bake in preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink inside and juices run clear, about 40 minutes, basting 3 times with pan drippings. Brush maple syrup over chicken pieces, and spoon pan drippings over potatoes.
4. Return to oven, and bake until chicken and potatoes are tender and browned, about 20 more minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into a thick part of a thigh should read at least 165 deg F (74 deg C). To serve, squeeze garlic from the baked cloves, and spread the soft garlic over the chicken. Pour pan juices over chicken and potatoes.