This Easy Ina Garten Recipe Made John Krasinski Fall for Emily Blunt

Winner, winner chicken dinner!

There is something about an excellent chicken dish that makes people fall in love.

Take "marry me" chicken, for example. This recipe gets its name for being “marriage proposal worthy,” and we can see why. Knowing how to cook a delicious, juicy chicken dish is a lifesaver for both easy weeknight dinners and special occasions. So, while there are plenty of other criteria that are important before a proposal, a good chicken dish certainly doesn’t hurt.

Even some celebrities give their favorite chicken dishes credit for their proposal or marriage. One favorite famous couple, in particular, claims a popular Ina Garten chicken dish sealed the deal for their love story.

Ina Garten’s Engagement Chicken Made John Krasinski Fall for Emily Blunt

Are you hoping to get engaged to the sexiest man alive? Emily Blunt jokingly says her trick to getting John Krasinski to propose was Ina Garten’s Engagement Chicken recipe.

On Ruthie’s Table 4 podcast, Blunt said she cooked Garten’s recipe when she was dating her now-husband Krasinski because it was something she “knew he would love.” She said the “oniony, garlicky” flavor of the chicken was “all it took” to get Krasinski to pop the question.

While Blunt is just teasing when she says this chicken is the secret to their marriage, that doesn’t mean it isn’t an exceptional recipe. Garten certainly knows what she is talking about when it comes to chicken recipes, and you never can go wrong with a good, old-fashioned roasted bird.

This recipe, in particular, is a simple whole roasted chicken with a lot of garlic and lemon. It's topped with a basic white wine and chicken stock sauce that guarantees a tender chicken full of flavor.

Blunt and Krasinski aren’t alone in their love for this recipe. Its name speaks for itself—a dish that is called “engagement chicken” is sure to be a winner. Whether you are hoping to woo someone with your cooking skills or not, there is always a reason to have a roasted chicken recipe ready to go.

How to Make Engagement Chicken

There's no bad time to make engagement chicken. Make it at the beginning of the week so you can enjoy it for lunches or dinners for days to come. Cook one as the star of your dinner party. Or, of course, you can always put the recipe to the true test when you are cooking for someone you hope will propose.

Blunt credits the lemon and garlic in Garten’s recipe as being what makes it so delicious. We have a few similar chicken recipes that will give you the same mouthwatering effect. If you don’t want to deal with roasting a whole chicken, our Lemon Garlic Chicken recipe tastes similar but calls for chicken breast instead. However, if you hope to impress by serving the whole bird, our Roasted Lemon Herb Chicken will fit the bill.

Maybe a chicken dinner is the secret to marriage proposals, but with two success stories in Krasinski and Blunt and Katie Lee Biegel and her husband, Ryan, under its belt, the recipe is worth a shot.