Easy Roast Lemon Chicken

Name: Easy Roast Lemon Chicken
Ingredients: 8 chicken thighs; 300 g potatoes, cut into 3cm pieces; 1 red onion, peeled and cut into 8 wedges; 1 capsicum, red, cut into strips; 4 garlic cloves, unpeeled; 12 cup chicken stock; 2 lemons; 250 g cherry tomatoes; 13 cup olive, kalamata, pitted; 2 tablespoons parsley, chopped; 1 tablespoon thyme, chopped

11 ingredients

10 steps

Ingredients

8 chicken thighs
300 g potatoes, cut into 3cm pieces
1 red onion, peeled and cut into 8 wedges
1 capsicum, red, cut into strips
4 garlic cloves, unpeeled
12 cup chicken stock
2 lemons
250 g cherry tomatoes
13 cup olive, kalamata, pitted
2 tablespoons parsley, chopped
1 tablespoon thyme, chopped

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 200C.
2

Zest 1 of the lemons and set the zest aside.
3

Now juice this lemon and remove any pips.
4

Cut the 2nd lemon into 8 wedges.
5

In a baking dish place the chicken, skin side up in the dish.
6

Place the wedges of lemon, potatoes, garlic, thyme and capsicum around the chicken pieces.
7

Pour over the lemon juice and stock and sprinkle generously with salt and pepper.
8

Place in oven and roast for 15 mins, then reduce heat to 180C and roast a further 25 minutes.
9

Add the tomatoes and olives and roast a further 10-15 mins or until chicken is cooked and tomatoes start to collapse.
10

Mix the parsley and lemon zest and sprinkle this over the chicken just before serving.