Easy Dinner: Greek Chicken & Potatoes

I made this chicken dinner last week and loved it so much that I whipped it up again tonight. It's a dish that requires a little prep in the morning and then you throw it in the oven an hour before dinner. Voila... meat and potatoes. Throw in a salad or green veggie and it's the perfect dinner. Great leftovers too!

Greek Chicken and Potatoes

2 chicken legs and 2 breasts (bone-in, skin-on)
8-10 large garlic cloves, chopped (roughly 1/4 cup)
3/4 cup olive oil
3 lemons
4 T fresh oregano, minced
1 teaspoons dried oregano, crumbled
kosher salt
freshly ground black pepper
5 Yukon Gold potatoes

Add garlic, olive oil, juice of 2 1/2 lemons, fresh and dried oregano, salt and pepper to a large zip lock bag.

There are two ways to make this dish. You can leave the breasts and legs as they are and have bigger chunks of potatoes. Cook time will be longer. Or you can cut the chicken breasts in half and cut the leg between the drumstick and thigh. If you go this route, you must cut the potatoes into smaller pieces so they don't take as long to cook. I prefer the second option because it's faster, but it may not be as pretty if that's important to you.

However you cut the chicken, add it to the Ziploc and wiggle it around so the marinade disperses all over the chicken pieces. Marinate for 4-8 hours (the longer the better).

Preheat oven to 375°F. Transfer chicken to a large baking dish. Cut the potatoes and throw into the Ziploc. Toss to coat with whatever marinade is still in the bag. Add potatoes to the baking dish. Sprinkle with a little more olive oil and juice from that last half of lemon. Sprinkle with more salt and pepper. Bake for 20 minutes. Stir and bake for another 15-20 minutes. Check chicken and remove from oven. Tent with foil. Continue to cook the potatoes for another 15 minutes or so, stirring and checking regularly. I like to turn the oven to broil and cook them that way for several minutes to give them a little crisp.

Remove potatoes and serve with chicken and any juices from the baking dish.