Garlic-Roasted Chicken Breasts

Ingredients for Garlic-Roasted Chicken Breasts

• 3 large garlic cloves

• 1 teaspoon dried oregano

• Scant 1/2 teaspoons dried hot red-pepper flakes

• 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

• 4 chicken breast halves with skin and bone (2 to 1.0kg total)

How to make Garlic-Roasted Chicken Breasts

Preheat oven to 260°C with rack in upper third.

Mince and mash garlic to a paste with 1/2 teaspoons salt, then transfer to a bowl. Stir in oregano, red-pepper flakes, oil, 1/2 teaspoons salt, and 1/2 teaspoons pepper.

Cut a 2-inch-long pocket (about 1 1/2 inches deep) horizontally in side of each breast half and spread 1/2 teaspoons garlic mixture into each pocket. Coat chicken with remaining garlic mixture.

Roast chicken, skin sides up, in a foil-lined large shallow baking pan until just cooked through, 20 to 25 minutes.

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