If you’ve watched enough episodes of Ina Garten’s cooking shows, you can probably guess what her favorite dish is and possibly even why. It’s not a secret that Garten loves to cook chicken in many different ways, so naturally, her favorite dish involves chicken. As it turns out, Garten couldn’t live without roast chicken.
According to Delish, above all else, Garten’s husband, Jeffery, loves her roasted chicken, and he claims that it’s one of his favorite recipes. While we’re pretty sure that’s part of the reason behind her love of the dish, she says she loves it for other reasons too.
Garten told Food & Wine that she personally loves the meal because it is a classic, comforting homemade recipe that is very simple to make. She prefers seasoning her roast chicken with lemon and thyme and finishing off the one-dish meal with roasted carrots, onions, and potatoes nestled under the chicken.
Her recipe for a perfect roasted chicken has earned something of a reputation among her loyal followers. It’s even garnered a nickname “engagement chicken.”
While plenty of followers and fans have made Garten’s roasted chicken recipe and reported back with a ring, one couple, in particular, stood out.
Rumor has it that Prince Harry and Meghan Markle got engaged either over or shortly after having made Garten’s roasted chicken. Markle has said before that she enjoys making the meal, and some say Markle made it for Prince Harry leading up to their engagement, according to Today.
According to Brides, Garten thinks the roasted chicken is magic just because it is a nourishing meal that a couple can make together. The story even quotes Garten as saying Prince Harry popped the question over a simple home-cooked meal of roasted chicken, which she believes is what everyone would want.
Ina Garten is someone who is clearly drawn to classics, but she has developed tons of other wonderful chicken recipes apart from her famous, perfect roasted chicken. There are enough recipes from the Barefoot Contessa that The Kitchn actually wrote a top-10 list of their favorite chicken recipes by Garten. Their top choice is her Chicken Marbella, which is chicken in a saucepan with prunes, olives, and garlic. It’s a delectable and beautiful dish that’s a classic from the ’80s that seems to always please a crowd.
Other chicken dishes from Garten include oven-fried chicken and chicken pot pie. These classics are all about comfort, and they are perfect for long nights of cooking on the weekend. Though these recipes tend to take more time, that’s also the beauty of the recipes. As Garten explained to Brides, she clearly loves slow food that can be made with loved ones. Indulging in a bottle of wine while dinner is cooking probably makes it better, too.
For quick weeknight dishes that are still delicious and flavorful, The Kitchn recommends Garten’s lemon chicken, parmesan chicken, and chicken salad Veronique. These dishes come together in less than an hour, and The Kitchn claims that the parmesan chicken is one of Ina’s favorites.
One of the best things about Garten’s chicken recipes is that many of them are cooked right along with the sides. One of the best examples of this comes from The Kitchn’s top-10 list. Garten’s crispy mustard chicken and frisée cooks up all on one sheet pan. On one half of the pan, the chicken is breaded and coated in thyme, lemon, garlic, salt, pepper, butter, olive oil, wine, mustard, and panko crumbs for a flavorful crust. The other half of the sheet pan is filled with little fingerling potatoes. As the dish bakes in the oven, everything gets crisp and crunchy. After the meal is over, clean up is a cinch since the entire entrée and side are cooked on one baking sheet.
That’s probably another reason why Garten loves her perfect roasted chicken recipe. The entire chicken roasts on top of sides, like carrots and potatoes, as it really makes clean up a breeze. Watch the video to learn The One Dish Ina Garten Can’t Live Without!
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