Just in time for Valentine’s Day and a hope for a ring from your sweetheart comes this recipe for Engagement Chicken.
Engagement Chicken is a famous dish known for getting a man on bended knee with a ring in hand asking for your hand in marriage. With just lemon, salt, pepper, herbs, and chicken, you can get your man to say "I Do."
This famous chicken recipe has been around for years. It was first published in Glamour magazine in 2002 as a way to reel in your man, and shockingly it actually worked! After the article was published, 21 women and counting wrote in to the magazine claiming they got engaged after cooking the chicken.
Whether this is a myth or fact, doesn’t your sweetie deserve a tasty home cooked meal?
Engagement Chicken (recipe adapted from the Barefoot Contessa)
Ingredients:
1 (3 lb) fryer chicken, hollowed out with the legs tied together with twine
1/3 cup olive oil
Juice from one lemon
2 cloves of fresh chopped garlic, roughly chopped
2 lemons, quartered
Basil, Parsley, Rosemary, Thyme, and other herbs you have on hand
pepper and salt to taste
Directions:
- Preheat your oven to 350*F. Place your chicken in a large Pyrex casserole dish or roasting pan.
- Stuff the chicken with half of the quartered lemons, all of the garlic, and half of the herbs.
- Place the rest of the quartered lemons around chicken in pan.
- Mix the olive oil and lemon juice, salt and pepper. Rub this into the chicken parts.
- Scatter the remaining herbs over the chicken and bake for 20 minutes per pound. The internal temperature of the chicken should read 160 degrees when it’s ready.
Cook’s Note:
The recipe doesn't require anything else, but it goes well with some roasted potatoes, asparagus, and a bottle of wine. Serve with chocolate layer cake or cheesecake with strawberries for dessert.
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