Creamy Garlic Chicken Recipe

I came across this creamy garlic chicken recipe on Youtube and it looked so superb that I had to try it. Now one thing that very often happens to me is that I see something that looks amazing and then I try it and its either a complete flop or it does not live up to my expectations, but this creamy garlic chicken recipe tasted better than I expected so I had to share it with you.

If you love saucy meals and you love garlic then you just have to try it!

The first time I tried this recipe there was no parmesan cheese in stock at the supermarket so I left it out and it was still delicious. I’ve since made it a few times with parmesan and it is even better.

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Ingredients:

• 6 chicken thighs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon pepper
• 2 teaspoons paprika
• 2 teaspoons basil
• 2 teaspoons thyme
• 2 teaspoons rosemary
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 1 large onion finely chopped
• 5 large cloves of garlic chopped finely
• 2 tablespoons flour
• 1 cup chicken broth
• ½ cup milk
• ½ cup cream
• ¼ cup parmesan cheese
• ½ block chicken stock
• ¼ cup fresh chopped basil
• ½ cup fresh chopped parsley

Method:

• Mix the salt, pepper, paprika, basil, thyme and rosemary together in a bowl, then coat the chicken with the spices
• Heat the olive oil in a pan, then sear the chicken skin side down first then turn it and seat the other side
• Put the chicken pieces aside for later
• Remove as much of the oil as possible using a paper serviette while leaving the spices in the pan
• Melt the butter in the pan and add the onions, cooking them until they are just cooked through
• Add the garlic to the pan stirring continuously, cook just until the aroma of the garlic becomes prominent (only about 2 mins)
• Stir in the flour and cook for a minute or two before adding the chicken broth, stirring continuously to avoid it becoming lumpy
• Add the cream and the milk while continuing to stir
• Add in the parmesan and the half block of chicken broth, stirring until the block of broth has melted into the sauce
• Finally stir in the fresh basil and parsley
• Place the chicken pieces in an oven roof dish without a lid, then our the sauce over the chicken
• Bake at 200ºC for 45 minutes

The herbs used in the video to coat the chicken were dried herbs, however I have fresh thyme, basil and rosemary growing in my garden – so I used a mixture of dried herbs (Mixed Herbs and Origanum) and my fresh herbs. I also used a full cup of cream rather than a mixture of milk and cream. I also don’t mess around with garlic, so instead of using the 5 cloves in the recipe I just use the entire bulb. Garlic is great for your immune system so more is best during this pandemic in my opinion.

I’ve tweaked the recipe a few times by adding more chicken pieces when we had more guests and also increasing the ingredients in the recipe by adding in half a cup of milk to the one cup of cream and increasing the amount of flour to 3 tablespoons. Even with tweaking the recipe it comes out perfectly every time so feel free to tweak it to your taste and needs.