Spanish cuisine · Meat & Kebab

Pollo al Ajillo

Crispy garlic chicken in olive oil with white wine – the Spanish family classic.

Ingredients · for 4 servings

• 1 chicken, cut into pieces
• 10 garlic cloves
• 150 ml olive oil
• 100 ml white wine
• 2 bay leaves
• 1 sprig rosemary
• Salt
• Pepper

Instructions

1. Pat the chicken pieces dry and salt all over.
2. Warm the olive oil in a pan over medium heat and brown the pieces all over for 8–10 min.
3. Add the unpeeled, crushed garlic cloves and bay leaf and roast for 2 min until the garlic is fragrant.
4. Deglaze with white wine and reduce openly for about 10 min until the sauce binds slightly.
5. Tuck in the rosemary and let steep for 5 min.
6. Drizzle with the garlic oil from the pan and serve.