Description
Sheet Pan Christmas Chicken and Sweet Potatoes is a festive, flavorful holiday dish featuring juicy chicken leg quarters, caramelized sweet and white potatoes, olive oil, lemon juice, and fragrant oregano, all roasted together on one pan for an easy, comforting meal.
Ingredients
1 pound sweet potatoes cut in 1 ½ inch pieces
1 pound white potatoes cut in 1 ½ inch pieces
3-4 tablespoons dry oregano
½ cup olive oil
2 tablespoon lemon juice
pepper
2 ½ teaspoons salt
Freshly ground pepper
1 ½ pound chicken pieces I use chicken leg quarters
Instructions
Preheat oven at 375F (190 C)
In a large bowl place the sweet potatoes and white potatoes, ½ cup olive oil to 2 lemon juice, ½-1 tablespoon oregano, pepper and ½ teaspoon salt. Mix well so that all the potatoes are coated with the oil.
Pour the potatoes in a pan, so that potatoes are all in one layer. Place in the oven.
Go on to prepare the chicken. Dry the chicken with paper towels. Rub with salt, than pepper than oregano both outside and under the skin.
Place chicken between potatoes.
Add about ¼ cup hot water in one corner of the pan and then tilt until the water has spread.
Roast for about 40 minutes until chicken has been roasted to a temperate of 165 F (75 C) and potatoes are soft
- Prep Time: 15 min
- Cook Time: 40 min
- Category: Holiday Dinner
- Method: Raosting
- Cuisine: Homemade