This easy recipe from Ina Garten made John Krasinski fall for Emily Blunt

Winner, winner chicken dinner!

There’s something about a great chicken dish that makes people fall in love.

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

Even some celebrities credit their favorite chicken dishes as the credit for their proposal or wedding. One favorite celebrity couple, in particular, claims a popular Ina Garten chicken dish sealed the deal for their romance.

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 jokes that her tip for convincing John Krasinski to propose was Ina Garten’s engagement chicken recipe.

On the Ruthie’s Table 4 podcast, Blunt said she cooked Garten’s recipe when she was dating her husband, Krasinski, because it was something she “knew he would love.” She said the chicken’s “onion and garlic” flavor was “all it took” for Krasinski to pop the question.

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

This recipe, in particular, is a simple whole roasted chicken with lots of garlic and lemon. It’s topped with a base white wine and chicken broth sauce that ensures chicken is tender and full of flavor.

Blunt and Krasinski aren’t the only ones who love this recipe. The name speaks for itself: a dish called “engagement chicken” is sure to be a winner. Whether or not you want to woo someone with your cooking skills, there’s always a reason to have a roast chicken recipe ready to go.

How to Make Engagement Chicken

There’s no bad time to make engagement chicken. Prepare it at the start of the week so you can enjoy it during lunches or dinners in the days to come. Cook one as the star of your dinner party. Or, of course, you can always put the recipe to the test when you’re cooking for someone you hope to propose.

Blunt credits the lemon and garlic in Garten’s recipe for making it so delicious. We have a few similar chicken recipes that will give you the same mouth-watering effect. If you don’t want to roast a whole chicken, our Lemon Garlic Chicken recipe has a similar taste, but calls for chicken breast instead. However, if you’re hoping to impress by serving the bird whole, our Lemon Herb Roasted Chicken will do the trick.

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 her belt, the recipe is worth it.