Ina garten dinner party

Yields 4 chicken breasts or thighs, or 2 half chickens

Here, the 51 best Ina Garten recipes of all time. Because let’s face it: We can never get enough of our idol in all things cooking and life. Get ready to put on your chambray button-down and grab a wooden spoon, so you can whip up one of these recipes Barefoot Contessa-style.

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Adapted from the Barefoot Contessa's Foolproof If you feel like getting ahead, you can marinate the chicken in the mustard and buttermilk overnight or for a few hours; if you don't have time, don't worry. I made this for my in-laws without marinating the chicken at all, and they raved. If you marinate the chicken, too, the buttermilk definitely acts as a tenderizer. You can use any combination of bone-in, skin-on thighs or drumsticks. I love using thighs with this recipe. A few changes from…

From years of experience hosting parties and catering events in the days of her specialty food shop Barefoot Contessa, Ina knows the ins and outs of pulling off the perfect evening.

Planning a party but have no time to cook the day of the shindig? Find yourself in the same bind with family dinners? Ina Garten, a.k.a. the Barefoot Contessa, can relate. "When I had a specialty food store, people would take our dishes home and serve them later or the next day. So, I had to make dishes ahead, and I learned to make many things that were even better when they were made ahead." Gart