Baked Lemon Chicken and Potatoes

A vibrant chicken and potatoes recipe! Yukon gold potatoes and hearty chicken thighs are tossed with a lemon, garlic, and herb seasoned oil and baked on a single sheet pan until browned, tender and distinctively delicious!

Easy Baked Lemon Chicken and Potatoes

There’s something about this time of year, when autumn hits the air, that makes a cozy sheet pan dinner seem just right. It’s just hearty, homestyle meat and potatoes goodness.

Not only is this one pan chicken and potatoes recipe undeniably easy, it’s also a dinner that’s brimming with well balanced, bright and rich flavor.

It’s an all in one, no fuss recipe. You just toss the potatoes with a half of a homemade simple lemon dressing, then the toss the chicken with remainder. Spread everything over a baking sheet and roast until it’s all cooked through.

You’ll love the fresh Greek style flavors found here, and of course that easy clean up too!

If you’d like, you can pair with a steamed vegetable to finish it off (as I’ve done here). I highly recommend something green for a nice pop of color such as green beans, broccoli or asparagus. Those also happen to pair really well with the lemony drippings from the baking sheet.

And if you do happen to have extra time on your hands, you can never go wrong with buttery homemade dinner rolls to highlight a meal (I stash any extras in the freezer!).

Baked Lemon Chicken and Potatoes Recipe Ingredients

• 6 large (7 oz each) bone-in skin-on chicken thighs
  1/4 cup olive oil
  1 Tbsp lemon zest
  1/4 cup lemon juice
  2 Tbsp minced garlic
  1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme
  1 Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary or oregano
  5 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley, divided
  Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  2 1/2 lbs Yukon gold potatoes, cut into 2/3-inch cubes

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How to Make This Easy Baked Chicken and Potatoes Recipe

1. Prepare oven and baking sheet: Move oven rack up one level from center. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a rimmed 18 by 13-inch baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray (preferably use a dark coated baking sheet to encourage browning).
2. Make dressing mixture: In a small mixing bowl, whisk together olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, thyme, rosemary, and 3 Tbsp parsley.
3. Toss half of the dressing with potatoes: Place potatoes in a large mixing bowl then pour or spoon half the herb mixture over the potatoes. Toss to evenly coat, season with salt and pepper to taste and toss.
4. Spread potatoes evenly over prepared baking sheet.
5. Toss chicken with half the dressing: Place chicken (in now empty) large mixing bowl, pour remaining half of the herb mixture over chicken and toss to evenly coat. Season both sides of thighs with salt and pepper and place them over potato layer on baking sheet (spacing apart).
6. Bake until everything is cooked through: Bake in preheated oven until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender, for about 45 minutes. For more browned chicken, broil during the last few minutes.
7. Tip for potatoes: If you find the chicken is done earlier than the potatoes, you can remove chicken to a plate and continue to bake potatoes until soft.
8. Garnish with remaining parsley: Remove from oven and sprinkle remaining parsley over everything and serve.

Possible Variations

• Use chicken breasts: For those of you who don’t like chicken thighs, you can use chicken breasts. Smaller bone-in skin-on would be preferred but they can be harder to find so you can use boneless skinless but they won’t brown. Test to 165 in center for doneness and remove boneless breasts early (they’ll likely only take around 25 minutes).
• Or use chicken drumsticks: Drumsticks will be great in place of the thighs, I recommend using larger drumsticks.
• Try other herbs: Oregano, dill, basil, or sage are all great flavors here with lemony chicken.
• Substitute red potatoes: Diced red potatoes can be used in place of Yukon gold.
• Include another vegetable: You could reduce the potatoes to 1 1/2 lbs then include 1 lb of another vegetable such as Brussels sprouts or carrots.

Helpful Tips for the Best Baked Chicken and Potatoes Recipe

• Dice the potatoes fairly small or they won’t be tender by the time the chicken is cooked through.
• Still if you find that potatoes aren’t tender even by the 45 minutes, you can remove the chicken to a plate, then return potatoes to the oven and bake 10 more minutes.
• Use fresh ingredients for the best flavor. Fresh garlic, lemon and herbs are all highly recommended rather than bottled/dried.
• Broil the chicken for the last few minutes for more color if it hasn’t browned already.
• Test chicken thighs for doneness by inserting an instant read food thermometer into thermal center (not touching bone), it should register 165 degrees.
• Optionally, you can brush away any burnt pieces of garlic from the top surface of the chicken (it will have seasoned it nicely but doesn’t taste good once browned). Broiling browns the skin nicely but also the garlic too.

Reheating Tip

• When reheating individual servings in the microwave, it’s best to reheat chicken at 50% power so it doesn’t get tough.
• You could also reheat leftover portions in at 350 degree oven in a greased baking dish, covered with foil, until heated through.

More Chicken and Potatoes Recipes

• Autumn Chicken Dinner
• Chicken Pot Pie Soup
• Chicken Stew
• One Pan Cajun Chicken and Veggies
• Roasted Chicken and Veggies with Garlic Herb Vinaigrette
• Slow Cooker Greek Lemon Chicken and Potatoes

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Baked Lemon Chicken and Potatoes Recipe

Yukon gold potatoes and hearty chicken thighs are tossed with a lemon, garlic, and herb seasoned oil and baked on a single sheet pan until browned, tender and distinctively delicious!

To finish the meal serve with a side of steamed green beans, broccoli or asparagus.

Servings: 6

Prep20 minutes minutes

Cook45 minutes minutes

Ready in: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes

Ingredients

• 6 large (7 oz each) bone-in skin-on chicken thighs
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1 Tbsp lemon zest
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 2 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1 Tbsp chopped fresh thyme
• 1 Tbsp chopped fresh rosemary or oregano
• 5 Tbsp chopped fresh parsley, divided
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 2 1/2 lbs Yukon gold potatoes, cut into 2/3-inch cubes

Instructions

• Move oven rack up one level from center. Preheat oven to 400 degrees and spray a rimmed 18 by 13-inch baking sheet with non-stick cooking spray (preferably use a dark coated baking sheet to encourage browning).
• In a small mixing bowl whisk together olive oil, lemon zest, lemon juice, garlic, thyme, rosemary, and 3 Tbsp parsley.
• Place potatoes in a large mixing bowl then pour or spoon half the herb mixture over the potatoes. Toss to evenly coat, season with salt and pepper to taste and toss.
• Spread potatoes evenly over prepared baking sheet.
• Place chicken in now empty large mixing bowl, pour remaining half of the herb mixture over chicken and toss to evenly coat. Season both sides of thighs with salt and pepper and place evenly over potato layer on baking sheet.
• Bake in preheated oven until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender, about for 45 minutes. For more browned chicken broil during the last few minutes.
• If you find the chicken is done earlier than the potatoes you can remove chicken to a plate and continue to bake potatoes until soft.
• Remove from oven and sprinkle remaining parsley over everything and serve.

Notes

Note that lemon slices weren't added during baking only used for garnish (I don't like the bitter flavor the white pith of the peel imparts when cooking).

Nutrition Facts

Baked Lemon Chicken and Potatoes Recipe

Amount Per Serving

Calories 615 Calories from Fat 342

% Daily Value*

Fat 38g58%

Saturated Fat 9g56%

Trans Fat 1g

Polyunsaturated Fat 7g

Monounsaturated Fat 18g

Cholesterol 165mg55%

Sodium 150mg7%

Potassium 1273mg36%

Carbohydrates 38g13%

Fiber 5g21%

Sugar 2g2%

Protein 32g64%

Vitamin A 1364IU27%

Vitamin C 65mg79%

Calcium 82mg8%

Iron 4mg22%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

Nutrition values are estimates only. See full disclaimer here.

Course: Main Course

Cuisine: Greek

Keyword: Baked Chicken and Potatoes, Baked Lemon Chicken, Chicken and Potatoes Recipes

Author: Jaclyn