Chicken in Garlic & Shallots

10 Chicken Thighs (or 1 whole broiler/fryer chicken cut into 8 pieces)
Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
1/2 c. + 2 T. olive oil
10 peeled cloves of garlic
10 shallots, peeled & split in half from stem to root
Several sprigs parsley sage & thyme

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Season chicken liberally with salt & pepper. Toss with 2 T. olive oil and brown on both sides in wide frying pan or skillet over high heat. Remove from heat, add garlic, shallots, herbs & remainder of the olive oil (there's no reason to chop the herbs, just distribute them around and in between the chicken chunks). Cover and bake for 1 1/2hrs.

6 servings

from I'm Just Here for the Food 2.0 by Alton Brown

Update: It was a keeper. The garlic and shallots got nice and sweet, the chicken was savory from the herbs and salt. Very yummy with the mashed potato.