So the other night we had our friends Jon and Beth stop by for dinner. Beth and I were planning to have a cookie baking fest, as we were donating some of our baked goods for a friend's wedding cookie table. In order to keep our strength up for all that baking, we needed a hearty and delicious meal. This is where Ina Garten's Chicken with Herbed Goat Cheese came in. I bought two whole chickens, cut into pieces, with skin, with bones, the whole shebang. You start by turning your oven onto 375, and washing & patting the bird dry with a papertowel. Next you take a log of goat cheese with garlic and herbs (sold at Trader Joes, Whole Foods, Giant Eagle, NOT Walmart) and slice it into medallions about 1/4 inch thick. Then wrap a basil leaf around the cheese and stick it under the skin of the chicken parts. Lightly oil the outside with olive oil and add course salt and pepper.
Bake for 45 min to an hour, and voila! Dinner is served.
We made this with some sweet potatoes (my autumnal fav) that we roasted with olive oil, brown sugar and maple syrup. Wern had the brilliant idea to sprinkle some chipotle pepper on at the end and it made for this amazing combination of sweet and savory. I highly recommend.
The chicken and sweet potatoes cooked together in perfect harmony at 375 for about the same length of time. This gave me the opportunity to drink a glass of wine and catch up on Modern Family with Wern. Ahhhh, the perfect evening.
Bon appetit!
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