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Italian Seasoned Roasted Chicken and Potatoes: Recipes At My Table
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Italian Roasted Chicken and Potatoes
Author: Renata Solski
Ingredients
  • 3 tablespoons Italian seasoning
  • * salt and pepper
  • * 4 chicken chicken leg quarters leg/thigh
  • * 6 medium potatoes peeled and quartered
  • * 4 garlic gloves peeled
  • * the juice and zest of half a lemon
  • * 1/2 cup olive oil take out 1/4 cup each for chicken and potatoes, reserve 1/2 cup for the sauce
  • * freshly chopped
Instructions
  1. Pat the chicken dry. Cut a few slits in it to absorb the spices and help it cook and put it into a bowl. Sprinkle with 1 tablespoon of the Italian seasoning and 1/8 cup olive oil. Rub everything into the chicken pieces.
  2. In another bowl place your potatoes, seasoning and 1/8 cup olive oil. Toss and coat each piece of potato.
  3. Place the potatoes on the outskirts of a large roasting pan. Next place the chicken skin side up on the pan. Put your whole garlic in the middle of this pan.
  4. Put the pan into a 425 F oven for 40 minutes.
  5. Remove from oven and place the chicken and potatoes on a platter.
  6. In a small bowl mash the garlic and add the,parsley, lemon juice, zest and the remaining tablespoon of Italian seasoning.

  7. Now drizzle some of the oil over the whole platter. Serve the remainder of the sauce with the chicken and potatoes.

Recipe Notes

You can use a whole chicken: it is best to spatchcock it for easy cooking.