Week Three: Whip It Up

Week three of whip it up went well. I found my recipe for the week over at good things catered.

Roasted Chicken Breast with Lemon, Garlic, Rosemary, and Potatoes

Ingredients:
4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts, trimmed of excess fat
1 1/2 Tbsp unsalted butter, softened but not melted
Zest of 1/2 large lemon, lemon reserved
2 large cloves of garlic, minced or pressed
2 tsp fresh rosemary leaves
1 tsp olive oil
1 tsp fresh parsley, finely chopped
3 russet potatoes, washed thoroughly and cut into 3/4 inch cubes
Kosher salt
ground pepper

Directions:
-Preheat oven to 425 degrees and line large baking pan with foil for easy cleanup.
-Pat chicken breasts dry, season liberally with salt and ground pepper, and place breast-side up at least one to two inches apart in pan.
-In small bowl combine butter, lemon zest, garlic, and rosemary and stir with spoon to thoroughly combine.
-With back of spoon, spread butter mixture on top of chicken breasts evenly.
-Slice reserved lemon and place slices in pan around the chicken.
-In medium bowl place cubed potato and toss with 1 tsp olive oil, parsley and salt and pepper.
-Scatter potatoes around chicken breasts.
-Place baking dish in oven and cook about 30-40 minutes or until thickest portion of chicken breast has reached 175 degrees.
-Remove from oven, take chicken breasts out of pan onto a warm serving platter and tent with foil.
-Take one pinch more of Kosher salt to sprinkle over potatoes, toss and place back in oven for 5-10 minutes.
-Remove potatoes and serve with chicken.

Seasoned chicken

Pre-baking

Post-baking

The Chef

I really like this recipe, it was great to have everything cooking at the same time. Though next time I think I would throw in some asapragas, gotta get the veggies in. I would also, either cut the potatoes a little smaller or pre-cook them a bit, as the wernt quite done at the same time as the chicken. This could also be because I used boneless chicken since bone in meat really gross me out! Over all it was a great recipe and I will make a spot in my binder for it.

Comments

[RA]

I love one-dish dinners, and I definitely second your vegetable additions.