Juicy Baked Chicken & Potatoes in Mouthwatering Lemon Garlic Sauce

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I originally did this post for EZPZ meals a few weeks back (http://www.eazypeazymealz.com/juicy-baked-chicken-potatoes-in-mouthering-lemon-garlic-sauce/) and I've made this dish so many times since!! The potatoes in this dish are everything! And there is a actual secret that makes the potatos in this chicken & potato dish different than any other chicken and potato dish you've tried!

This particular dish has always been a family favorite and of course everyone fights over the potatoes.  Once you know the secret to why the potatoes are so amazing you'll understand why my mom couldn't simply add more potatoes to satisfy everyone.  If it was going to be amazing, there had to be limited potatoes and they were hot commodity. 

My mom usually uses regular russet potatoes sliced into 1/2 inch thick circles but I thought it would be fun to use a variety of colorful small potatoes.  Either way, they're amazing.  So are you ready for the trick of what makes it amazing?? ...... 

Okay.

Funnily enough, the secret to this dish is a trick that I didn't even know was a trick! The first time I made this dish, not realizing there is method to the madness, I didn't stay true to the trick and the results were off.  

The placement of the potatoes is the trick!

Placing the potatoes at the bottom of the pan makes them so flavorful and juicy because they are pressed down by the weight of the chicken and absorb all the juice from the chicken and the garlic lemon sauce.  A side of rice is usually served with this but a side of salad is just as great!

INGREDIENTS

12-15 small potatoes (or any kind of potatoes)

1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

6-8 chicken thighs or drumstick skin on BONE IN (the bone will extract a lot of flavor)

2 teaspoon garlic powder

Juice of 3 lemons (roughly 1/2 cup)

1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoons of water

4 pressed garlics

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat the oven at 400

Rub salt, pepper, garlic powder on chicken thighs, cover and put in fridge

Spread tablespoon of olive oil at bottom of the pyrex or dutch oven

Layer potatoes along the bottom

Place chicken thighs on top of potatoes

In a small bowl whisk together juice of lemons, olive oil, water, garlic, and salt to taste

Pour over chicken and potatoes

Cover and put in the oven for 45 mins or until chicken is fully cooked through

I like to broil on high for 3-5 minutes at the end to give it the skin that nice golden crisp but thats optional of course!

One Pot Creamy Tomato Harissa Shrimp Past

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It’s funny because a lot of my friends think just because I own a food company or a food blog that dinner is always easily available at my home and I never need to ask myself whats for dinner.  I'm here to tell you, this is not true and you are not alone!  I am surrounded by food all the time and I too get stumped sometimes and I don’t always have the time to spend figuring out what to make. 

Enter one pot dinners into my life. 

I’ve just been fascinated with the idea that I use one pot, throw in all my ingredients, and voila dinner is made!  It reminds me a lot of the "ma'loubay" dishes made in the Middle East which is the "upside down" dishes.  Basically a bunch of ingredients are put into one pot with rice and then flipped upside down.  I posted my favorite one here .  

Usually if I was to make a pasta dish it would take me 10 mins just to boil the water and pasta where as with this one pot pasta dish, the entire dish is complete in 20 mins!

Honestly, for me, the olives are everything in this dish.  In fact, my husband picked out all the olives that I ended up just adding more afterwards.  The green olives I get are from the Middle Eastern supermarket.  They have a hint of lemon to them that make them so delicious against the creamy tomato sauce and perfect kick from the harissa. 

Oregano is a very popular herb used in the Middle East to season meats and kabobs.  I used Italian seasoning, which I commonly use in my cooking, to give it that extra flavor.  You can do this dish without the heavy whipping cream if you are trying to be healthier and the dish will still taste amazing.  A lot of the flavor is going to come from the olives, tomatoes, Harissa, seasoning, onions and garlic all being cooked together.

Best of all, Ayla approves :) 

INGREDIENTS

1 box of pasta

1 24 oz can of diced tomatoes

1/2 cup of heavy whipping cream

1/2 cup green olives

2 cups chicken stock

1 small onion sliced

5 garlic crushed

1 tablespoon Italian seasoning

1 teaspoon kosher salt

2 tablsepoons olive oil

1 teaspoon harissa (more if you prefer it spicier)

1 cup raw shrimp tails off & deveined

1/2 cup crumbled feta

INSTRUCTIONS

Add first 11 ingredients into a pot (preferably a dutch oven) for 15 minutes

Remove from heat

Add shrimp and cheese cover for 10 mins off heat