Garlic Confit In The Oven Recipe
Garlic Confit in the oven is an easy way to get savory and buttery garlic to serve as a spread or to elevate any recipe that it's added to.
Ingredients
- 1 cup rendered chicken fat or extra virgin olive oil
- 2 heads of garlic peeled
- 2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 2-4 sprigs of fresh thyme
Instructions
- Preheat: Preheat oven to 250 degrees F.
- Prep: Place peeled garlic, olive oil or rendered chicken fat, salt, and fresh thyme in an oven safe baking dish.
- Cook: Let garlic confit cook for 2-2.5 hours or until the garlic turns golden brown.
- Store: Let cool slightly and enjoy immediately or store in a clean air-tight container in the fridge for up to 3 weeks.
Notes
- Stove Top Method: add olive oil/chicken fat, garlic cloves, salt and thyme to a sauce pan and let simmer over medium-low heat for an hour or until garlic turns golden brown.
- Storage: Store in airtight glass container in the fridge for up to 3 weeks.
- Herbs: we love using fresh thyme, but you could also use fresh rosemary sprigs, a bay leaf, star anise, or black peppercorns!
- Leftover Oil/Chicken Fat: Use garlic and/or leftover olive oil or chicken fat for cooking - we love using it in this Lemon Garlic Chicken.
- Pro tip: pour some of the oil into ice cube trays and then you have pre-portioned servings of olive oil that you can use as needed!
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