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Roast Chicken with Sweet Garlic,Melted O




Source of Recipe


South Beach Diet Phase 3






List of Ingredients



• 3 lbs. chicken
  
• 1/2 cup whole garlic cloves,peeled
  
• 1 cup + 3 Tbsp olive oil
  
• 1 bunch flat-leaf parsley
  
• Zest of 1 orange
  
• Zest of 1 lime
  
• 1 lb. yuca,peeled
  
• 2 Spanish onions,thinly sliced
  
• 16 ozs. sour orange juice
  
• 1 cup rich chicken stock
  






Instructions



1. Cut the chicken in half and debone. Place the garlic in 1/4 cup of the oil and saute until tender. When the garlic is cool,puree half of it with the parsley, orange zest,lime zest,and the remaining 3/4 cup of oil. Rub the garlic mixture onto the chicken and marinate for 1 day in the refrigerator.
   
2. Cook the yuca in salted water until tender,and drain. Slowly cook the onions with a little water until soft. Reserve.
   
3. Simmer the sour orange juice over low heat until syrupy. Add the chicken stock and cook until lightly thickened.Reserve.
   
4. Bake the chicken at 350F for 45 min.,until cooked through and the juices run clear when pierced with a fork. Saute the yuca in the remaining 3 Tbsp olive oil until crispy. Add the onions and the reserved garlic confit.
   
5. Drain the yuca mixture well and place on a plate with the chicken. Cover with the orange mixture.
   
6. Sour orange juice comes from Caribbean sour oranges known as naranjas. If unavailable,mix 1/2 cup lemon juice with 1 1/2 cups orange juice.
   
7. 6 servings