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Lemon-Pepper Chicken & Potatoes

Lemon Pepper Chicken and Potatoes recipe_Reprinted from I Dream of Dinner. Copyright © 2022 by Alexandra Slagle. Photographs copyright © 2022 by Mark Weinberg. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House.Sorry about the dirty pan and longish cook time; not sorry about how undoubtedly delicious this is.

Lemon Pepper Chicken and Potatoes recipe_Reprinted from I Dream of Dinner. Copyright © 2022 by Alexandra Slagle. Photographs copyright © 2022 by Mark Weinberg. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House.

Lemon-Pepper Chicken & Potatoes

Ali Slagle
Tip: For an easier clean-up, line the sheet pan (including up the sides) with foil. Instead of or in addition to the chicken, you could warm slabs of feta or halloumi by adding in the last 15 minutes of the potatoes roasting. Or just make the potatoes (aka Greek lemon potatoes).
Course Dinner
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

  • Lemons
  • Fennel seeds
  • Bone-in, skin-on, chickn thighs
  • Chicken stock
  • Potatoes

Instructions
 

  • Heat the oven to 450°F. Zest 4 lemons into a medium bowl. Crush 2 teaspoons fennel seeds underneath a mug or skillet or in a spice grinder. Grind 1 whole tablespoon of pepper. Stir the fennel seeds and pepper into the lemon zest, along with 1 tablespoon olive oil and 1 teaspoon salt. Pat 2 pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs dry, then transfer to the bowl and toss to coat.
  • On a sheet pan, combine ½ cup juice from the lemons, ½ cup chicken stock or water, ⅓ cup olive oil, and 1 tablespoon salt. Peel 3 pounds large Yukon Gold potatoes (about 6). Cut each potato into 8 pieces by halving crosswise, then quartering each half. Toss the potatoes in the liquid on the sheet pan, then spread into an even layer. Add the chicken skin side up on top of the potatoes, along with any seeds and oil in the bowl.
  • Roast until the chicken’s cooked through and the potatoes are golden and tender, 60 to 65 minutes. Season to taste with S&P.

Notes

I Dream of Dinner by Ali Slagle. Copyright © 2022 by Alexandra Slagle. Photographs copyright © 2022 by Mark Weinberg. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House.Reprinted from I Dream of Dinner. Copyright © 2022 by Alexandra Slagle. Photographs copyright © 2022 by Mark Weinberg. Published by Clarkson Potter, an imprint of Random House.
Keyword chicken, Lemon, potatoes

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