Black Garlic Kitchen

Black Garlic Sanyet Batates

Sliced potatoes topped with chicken thighs baked in the oven in a spicy, sticky pomegranate and Black Garlic marinade.

Black Garlic Egyptian Chicken Casserole

Prep: 30 mins + marinating | Cook: 2 hours 15 mins or until the potatoes are cooked | Serves: 4

Ingredients

For the Marinade

  • 150ml olive oil
  • Juice of 1 lemon 
  • 3 tbsp Black Garlic Paste
  • 1 tbsp tomato purée
  • 4 tbsp pomegranate molasses
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar 
  • ¼ tsp ground cinnamon
  • ¼ tsp ground cardamom 
  • 2 tsp chilli flakes  
  • 1 tsp turmeric
  • 2 tsp smoked paprika
  • 2 tsp ground cumin
  • 2 tsp Black Garlic Sea Salt or table salt
 
For the Black Garlic Sanyet Batates
 
  • 8 bone-in chicken thighs or 4 bone-in chicken thighs and 4 chicken drumsticks 
  • 4 large baking potatoes – peeled and cut into ½cm slices
  • 10 cloves Black Garlic – chopped
  • 1 onion – peeled and thinly sliced
  • 1 green and 1 yellow pepper – deseeded and sliced
  • 150ml chicken stock
  • Black Garlic Seasoning or salt and freshly ground black pepper
 
Garnish
 
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley 

Method

  • Preheat the oven to 200C/180Cfan/Gas6.
  • Whisk all the marinade ingredients together in a jug.
  • In a large bowl use half the marinade to coat the chicken. Leave to marinate for 1 hour in the refrigerator.
  • In a second bowl use the rest of the marinade to coat the potatoes.
  • Layer the potatoes in the bottom of an ovenproof gratin dish approximately 30cm x 22cm. Dot the chopped Black Garlic cloves amongst the potatoes.
  • Cover the potatoes with a layer of onion and a layer of peppers.
  • Pour over the chicken stock.
  • Place the chicken on top of the potato, onion and peppers. Season with Black Garlic Seasoning or salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cover the gratin dish with foil.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for 2 hours. Remove the foil and bake for a further 15 minutes or until the potatoes are tender.

To Serve: spoon on to a large platter or individual plates. Garnish with chopped fresh parsley.

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