Baked Chicken With Herbs, Garlic & Shallots - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 chicken, cut into quarters (3.5 to 4 lbs)
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
6 medium shallots, cut in half and peeled
8 large garlic cloves, peeled
10 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped
8 sprigs rosemary, leaves stripped
1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
fresh ground pepper

Preparation

Heat oven to 425 degrees F. Rinse chicken and pat dry with paper towels. Cut away any excess fat and tuck wings behind each breast.
Put butter into a large, shallow, baking dish. Put the dish into the oven to melt the butter. Remove dish from oven. Add shallots, garlic and herbs to dish and swirl to coat them with the butter.
Dredge the chicken, skin side down, in the butter herb mixture and arrange skin side up in dish. Sprinkle chicken with the salt and pepper.
Bake until chicken is cooked through, 50-60 minutes. Serve with the shallots and garlic along with a drizzle of pan drippings.