Creamy Black Garlic Chicken

Note that this recipe is part of a larger article entitled, “Our 5 Favorite Black Garlic Recipes“. Here, we give you the down-low on black garlic including how to make it yourself and how to cook with it. And of course we highlight some of our favorite GradFood recipes using it such as Black Garlic & Mushroom Medley Pasta and Black Garlic & Spiced Lamb Borek. So if you like this recipe, be sure to check it out!

What is Black Garlic?

While some people say that it is fermented garlic, this is technically incorrect. It is regular garlic that is slowly caramelized (which uses the Maillard reaction) over a period of weeks at low temperature.

In doing so, it creates a really unique color, texture, and taste (note that black garlic is not actually burnt but just gets a deep dark black color due to the caramelization process).

Black garlic retains some garlic smell but its taste is slightly sweeter than regular garlic (it reminds me of a balsamic reduction or tamarind paste).

We only recently discovered this delicious use of garlic and loved this black garlic chicken recipe! We definitely plan to continue so stay tuned for some more black garlic recipes and potentially/eventually a comprehensive guide to cooking with garlic!

How to Make Black Garlic

As discussed above, the process to make black garlic is fairly long and, from what we’ve heard, quite smelly. You basically let garlic sit in your rice cooker or slow cooker for weeks to months.

Meanwhile, it coats the entire room/house in a thick garlic odor. Since for our sake and our neighbors (since we live in an apartment), we opted to just buy some black garlic rather than try making it ourselves.

However, if you do want to try making it yourself, go for it! However, note that there are a variety of tutorials demonstrating a number of methods to making homemade black garlic. Unfortunately, it appears that some do not produce the same end result as others so make sure to do your research before trying!

Where to get Black Garlic

Back in the day, you could only find black garlic in niche stores for exorbitant prices. However, nowadays you can get it only for fairly cheap. Here’s a link to where we bought our black garlic on Amazon. Easy peasy!

Other Garlic GradFood Recipes

In the meantime, if you enjoyed this black garlic chicken recipe, check out these other delicious garlic-heavy recipes:

Creamy Black Garlic Chicken

Tyler & Zoe

This delicious creamy chicken dish uses black garlic, conferring a unique garlicky tamarind-like aroma and taste.

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 35 minutes mins

Total Time 45 minutes mins

Course Main Course

Cuisine American

Servings 4

Ingredients

  

• 4 bone-in chicken thighs
• 2 shallots halved and sliced
• 3 tbsp minced black garlic
• 3 cloves garlic minced
• ¾ cup half and half
• ¾ cup white wine
• 1 cup chicken stock
• 3 tbsp flour
• 2 cups spinach
• 1 bunch parsley chopped

Instructions

 

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Heat a pre-seasoned cast iron skillet on the stove on medium-high heat. With some high smoke-point oil (such as vegetable oil), sear the chicken skin-side down for 5 minutes or until dark and crispy. Flip over and sear the meat-side for 3 minutes. Remove chicken and set aside.
• If the oil has run out, add a bit more to the pan. Now, toss in the shallots and sear for 2 minutes before adding the garlic and black garlic, searing for another 2 minutes or until the regular garlic is starting to turn golden. Stir in the flour until combined.
• Pour in the white wine and use a flat spatula to deglaze the bottom of the pan (which collects all the flavor). Now mix in the half and half as well as the chicken stock.
• Place the chicken back in the pan, skin-side up and make sure it is in contact with some of the liquid. Place in oven and cook for 20-30 minutes or until the chicken is no longer pink on the inside.
• At this point, place back on the stove on medium-low heat and add the spinach leaves to the liquid, stirring until wilted. Finally, top with some parsley and serve warm.

Keyword Black Garlic, Cast Iron, chicken, Garlic

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