Chkmeruli (Georgian Chicken in Garlic Cream)
A dish from Racha in western Georgia — a flattened young chicken fried crisp under a weight, then baked in a clay dish in a sauce of garlic, cream and milk that bubbles up around the golden skin.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- 1 small chicken (about 1.2 kg), split along the backbone and flattened
- 1.5 tsp salt
- 0.5 tsp black pepper, ground
- 30 g butter
- 1 tbsp sunflower oil
- 8 garlic cloves, crushed
- 200 ml double cream
- 150 ml milk
- 10 g fresh coriander, chopped
Nutrition (estimated)
high confidenceRecipe total: 1418 kcal · P 46.3g · C 28.3g · F 126.2g
Estimated from 9 of 9 ingredients
Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.
Steps
Steps
- 1Pat the chicken dry, press it flat with your palm and season both sides with 1 tsp of the salt and the pepper.
- 2Heat the butter and oil in a large heavy frying pan over medium heat, lay the chicken in skin side down and weigh it down with a heavy pan or a pot of water.
- 3Fry for 15 minutes, until the skin is deep golden and crisp, then turn, weigh down again and fry for 10 minutes more.
- 4Heat the oven to 200°C/390°F. Mix the garlic with the cream, milk and the remaining salt.
- 5Cut the chicken into quarters, set them skin side up in a clay or other ovenproof dish that holds them snugly and pour the garlic cream around them, not over the skin.
- 6Bake for 15–20 minutes, until the sauce bubbles and thickens slightly and the chicken is cooked through, 74°C at the thigh.
- 7Scatter with the coriander and serve straight from the dish, spooning the sauce over each piece.
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Questions and answers
How long does Chkmeruli (Georgian Chicken in Garlic Cream) take to make?
About 60 minutes: 15 min prep and 45 min cooking.
What ingredients do you need for Chkmeruli (Georgian Chicken in Garlic Cream)?
9 ingredients: small chicken, salt, black pepper, butter, sunflower oil, garlic cloves, double cream, milk, fresh coriander.
How many servings does this Chkmeruli (Georgian Chicken in Garlic Cream) recipe make?
4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.
How many calories are in a serving of Chkmeruli (Georgian Chicken in Garlic Cream)?
About 355 kcal, with 11.6 g protein, 7.1 g carbohydrate and 31.5 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.
Which diets does this Chkmeruli (Georgian Chicken in Garlic Cream) recipe suit?
It is gluten-free.
What cuisine is Chkmeruli (Georgian Chicken in Garlic Cream)?
Chkmeruli (Georgian Chicken in Garlic Cream) comes from Georgian cuisine.
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