{"id":1888298,"date":"2023-05-24T14:32:52","date_gmt":"2023-05-24T19:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/?p=1888298"},"modified":"2024-10-10T09:05:33","modified_gmt":"2024-10-10T14:05:33","slug":"ina-garten-engagement-chicken","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tasteofhome.com\/article\/ina-garten-engagement-chicken\/","title":{"rendered":"I Made Ina Garten\u2019s ‘Engagement Chicken,’ and People Love This Recipe for a Reason"},"content":{"rendered":"[dam-video dam-id=\"47784\"]\r\n

Everyone loves a good roast chicken. If you make Ina Garten's engagement chicken for someone you love, you may be rewarded with a proposal! It's a beautiful roast flavored with onions, lemons and garlic, served with a simple pan gravy made from the drippings and white wine.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

What's the Story of Engagement Chicken?<\/h2>\r\nIna first learned about this chicken dish from the editors at Glamour <\/em>magazine, who shared that whenever the staff made it for their significant others, they wound up with a marriage proposal. It sounds too good to be true, but there might be something to this fairy tale.\r\n\r\nMegan Markle has been a longtime fan of Ina's chicken recipes<\/a>. She shared in an interview that Prince Harry proposed while making this dish on an intimate evening at their cottage. And they're not the only couple to fall under the spell! Actress Emily Blunt shared on a podcast that when she and actor John Krasinski were dating, she wanted to make him \"the roast chicken I love.\" Of course, that's Ina's engagement chicken. Not long after, Krasinski proposed. \"That's it!\" she said, \"That's all it took.\"\r\n\r\nIf this sounds familiar, you may be thinking of other legendary dishes: Marry Me Chicken<\/a>\u00a0and Marry Me short ribs<\/a><\/span>!<\/span><\/span>\r\n

How to Make Ina Garten's Engagement Chicken<\/h2>\r\n

Ina Garten says this chicken recipe<\/a> serves three, but as is often the case with her recipes, we had plenty of leftovers. For cooking time, plan for about 20 minutes per pound of chicken.<\/p>\r\n\r\n

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