Lemon Chicken with Roasted Potatoes
This one-pan Greek-style recipe is so easy to make. We use simple ingredients that deliver on flavor. Roasted garlicky potatoes are crisp on the outside and creamy inside, and the chicken is moist with a lemon-garlic flavor. Apolamvano!
Yields:
4 servings
Time Required:
- prep: 15 mins.
- cooking: 40 mins.
- total: 55 mins.
Ingredients:
- 2 Tbsp.1 butter
- 2 ½ lbs.2 chicken thighs
- 1 medium onion, thinly sliced
- 3 cloves garlic
- 4 small potatoes, cut into chunks
- 2 cups chicken broth
- ½ cup lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp. lemon peel, grated
- 3 Tbsp. fresh parsley leaves
- 4 cups broccoli florets
Preparation:
Heat 1 Tbsp. butter in a large skillet over medium-high heat, and brown chicken; remove chicken and set aside.
Cook onion and 2 cloves garlic in same skillet, over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onion is tender, about 3 minutes.
Stir in potatoes, chicken broth, and lemon juice and bring to a boil.
Return chicken to skillet. Reduce heat and simmer covered until chicken is thoroughly cooked, about 25 minutes. Remove chicken to serving platter and keep warm.
Continue to cook potato mixture over medium-high heat until mixture is slightly thickened and potatoes are tender, about 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, combine lemon peel, remaining clove garlic, remaining 1 Tbsp. melted butter, and parsley.
Spoon potato mixture over chicken, and serve with lemon-garlic mixture and broccoli.
Cook's Notes:
Equipment needed: large skillet and serving platter.
1 Cups, tablespoons, and teaspoons are as defined in US Customary Units, not to be confused with differing British imperial, "legal", "coffee", Commonwealth of Nations, Canadian, Latin American, Japanese, Russian, or Dutch defintions — further proof that everyone needs the metric system.
2 The original of this recipe called for skinless chicken, low-sodium broth, butter substitute, and a nonstick skillet. It is to laugh. Seriously, can we finally recover from the neuroses of the 1970s about fats and oils, please?
Collected and re-published at http://linuxmafia.com/~rick/recipes/lemon-chicken-with-roasted-potatoes.html by Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com> on Nov. 30, 2025. Individual recipes are free from copyright. Share and enjoy!
This recipe was originally published at https://slimfast.com/recipes/lemon-chicken-with-roasted-potatoes/.
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