Lemon roasted chicken with carrots and potatoes is not just a delectable dish that pleases the taste buds, but it is also an incredibly simple and easy-to-follow recipe that even novice cooks can master. With just a few readily available ingredients and basic cooking techniques, you can create a flavorful and visually appealing meal that will impress your family and friends. This dish combines the tangy zest of lemon with the savory flavors of chicken, carrots, and potatoes, resulting in a perfectly balanced and satisfying culinary experience. So, let's embark on a delightful journey of flavors as we unravel the secrets behind this mouthwatering recipe.
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BRAISE-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH LEMON AND CARROTS
A spatchcock chicken sits atop a simple broth with carrots, onion, and lemon, creating a delicious gravy while roasting.
Provided by hello angie
Categories Meat and Poultry Recipes Chicken Whole Chicken Recipes
Time 1h25m
Yield 5
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Cut backbone from chicken using kitchen shears and save backbone for another use. Flip chicken, breast-side up, and forcefully press chicken down to flatten; season generously with salt.
- Heat olive oil in a large oven-safe cast iron skillet over medium-high heat; pan-fry chicken, skin-side down, until golden, 6 to 7 minutes. Transfer chicken to a plate, skin-side up.
- Cook and stir onion in oil in the same skillet until softened, 2 to 3 minutes. Add beer, scraping up any browned bits from the bottom of the skillet. Continue cooking until most of the beer is reduced, 2 to 4 minutes more. Stir chicken broth, carrots, lemon, rosemary, and thyme into beer mixture. Arrange chicken, skin-side up, over vegetables.
- Roast in the preheated oven until chicken is golden brown and crispy, about 50 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the thickest part of the thigh, near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Transfer chicken and vegetables to a large platter and let rest, uncovered.
- Bring remaining broth and juices in the skillet to a boil and cook until sauce is thickened, about 10 minutes. Season sauce with salt.
- Slice chicken and serve with sauce.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 736.3 calories, Carbohydrate 13.6 g, Cholesterol 275 mg, Fat 42.5 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 70.1 g, SaturatedFat 10.7 g, Sodium 584.3 mg, Sugar 5 g
LEMON ROASTED CHICKEN WITH CARROTS AND POTATOES
Adapted by Kristen Swensson at Serious Eats, from a recipe in _Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking_ by Marcella Hazan. If you use a bigger bird, you will get more servings (and lots of leftovers).
Provided by DrGaellon
Categories Whole Chicken
Time 1h50m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- Remove giblets from cavity of chicken. Wash chicken thoroughly in cold water, both inside and out. Remove any loose bits of fat. Pat dry thoroughly with paper towels. Sprinkle a generous amount of salt and black pepper on the chicken, rubbing it with your fingers over all its body and into its cavity.
- Wash the lemons in cold water and dry them with a towel. Soften each lemon by placing it on a counter and rolling it back and forth as you put firm downward pressure on it with the palm of your hand. Puncture the lemons in at least 20 places each, using a sturdy round toothpick, a trussing needle, a sharp-pointed fork, or similar implement.
- Place both lemons in the bird's cavity. Close up the opening with toothpicks or with trussing needle and string; do not seal it completely airtight, or the bird may explode. Run kitchen string from one leg to the other, tying it at both knuckle ends. Leave the legs in their natural position without pulling them tight. If the skin is unbroken, the chicken will puff up as it cooks, and the string serves only to keep the thighs from spreading apart and splitting the skin.
- Put the chicken into a roasting pan, breast facing down. Arrange the carrots and potatoes around it. Place the pan in the upper third of the preheated oven. After 30 minutes, stir the carrots and potatoes and turn the chicken over to have the breast face up. When turning it, try not to puncture the skin. If kept intact, the chicken will swell like a balloon, which makes for an arresting presentation at the table later. Do not worry too much about it, however, because even if it fails to swell, the flavor will not be affected.
- Cook for 30 to 35 minutes more, then turn the oven up to 400°F Stir the potatoes and carrots again, ensuring they are covered with the chicken juice, and cook for 20 minutes more. (Total cooking time should be 20 to 25 minutes per pound.).
- Whether your bird has puffed up or not, bring it to the table whole and leave the lemons inside until it is carved and opened. The juices that run out are perfectly delicious. Be sure to spoon them over the chicken slices. The lemons will have shriveled up, but they still contain some juice; if you squeeze them, they may squirt.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 901.5, Fat 53.6, SaturatedFat 15.2, Cholesterol 243.8, Sodium 317.4, Carbohydrate 43.8, Fiber 8.6, Sugar 6.9, Protein 62.2
LEMON-GARLIC CHICKEN THIGHS WITH POTATOES AND CARROTS
Provided by Food Network Kitchen
Categories main-dish
Time 40m
Yield 4 servings
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.
- Put the potatoes and carrots in a medium pot, cover with 1 inch of water and season with salt. Bring to a boil over high heat, then immediately drain and set aside.
- Meanwhile, sprinkle the chicken with salt and black pepper. Melt the butter in a Food Network™ 13-in. Pre-Seasoned Cast-Iron Skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken skin-side down and the garlic cut-side down. Cook until both are golden brown, about 6 minutes. Transfer the chicken to a plate.
- Add the potatoes, carrots and lemon to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until the potatoes start to brown, about 6 minutes. Sprinkle with the red pepper flakes, 1 teaspoon salt and some pepper. Put the chicken on top of the vegetables skin-side up and roast in the oven until the chicken registers 165 degrees F on an instant-read thermometer and the potatoes are golden, about 20 minutes. Sprinkle with the parsley before serving.
LEMON-ROASTED CHICKEN WITH POTATOES
Thinly sliced lemons-whether slipped beneath the skin of a chicken or scattered around it in a pan-emit an incomparable aroma when roasted, taking on a honeyed overtone without losing any of their sassy edge.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Ingredients Meat & Poultry Chicken
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Cook potatoes in simmering salted water until just tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Drain.
- Place chicken in a roasting pan, breast side up. Scatter potatoes, garlic, 6 thyme stems, and 1/2 of the lemon slices around chicken. Dot potatoes with 1 tablespoon butter divided into small pieces.
- Stuff chicken cavity with 1 lemon half and 3 thyme stems. Truss chicken. Rub remaining 3 tablespoons butter on skin.
- With your fingers, loosen skin from chicken breasts. Push remaining lemon slices and thyme stems under skin in a single layer. Squeeze juice from remaining lemon half over chicken and potatoes, and season with salt and pepper.
- Roast, turning potatoes 2 or 3 times, until a meat thermometer inserted into thickest part of chicken thigh registers 165 degrees, about 1 1/2 hours. Let stand for 15 minutes. Garnish with thyme sprigs.
LEMONY ROASTED CHICKEN AND POTATOES
This one-dish meal tastes like it needs hours of hands-on time to put together, but it's just minutes to prep the simple ingredients. The meat juices cook the veggies to perfection. So easy. -Sherri Melotik Oak Creek, Wisconsin
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 1h
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 13
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 425°. Place potatoes, onion and sliced lemon in a large bowl; toss with 2 tablespoons oil, garlic and 1/2 teaspoon each salt, rosemary and pepper. Spread evenly in a greased roasting pan. Roast on an upper oven rack 20 minutes., Meanwhile, toss chicken with paprika and the remaining salt, rosemary and pepper. In a large skillet, heat remaining oil over medium-high heat. Brown chicken in batches., Place chicken over potato mixture. Roast until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 170° and potatoes are tender, 15-20 minutes. Remove chicken from pan. Immediately add spinach to vegetables, stirring to wilt slightly. Serve with chicken and, if desired, lemon wedges.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 589 calories, Fat 31g fat (7g saturated fat), Cholesterol 128mg cholesterol, Sodium 898mg sodium, Carbohydrate 35g carbohydrate (4g sugars, Fiber 5g fiber), Protein 42g protein.
LEMONY CHICKEN WITH POTATOES AND OREGANO
This might be the easiest roast chicken and potatoes recipe out there. Roasting lemon slices with the potatoes infuses them with a bright, zippy flavor. Then, you can eat the roasted lemon or not - the caramelized, intense flavor is for true lemon lovers only. Serve this with one or two of your favorite condiments on the side for dipping the potatoes.
Provided by Melissa Clark
Categories dinner, poultry, roasts, vegetables, main course
Time 50m
Yield 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Heat oven to 425 degrees and, if you like, line a sheet pan with parchment paper (not essential but helpful for cleaning up).
- Trim the ends off 1 lemon, then cut the lemon in half crosswise.Thinly slice one half of the lemon into rounds, then cut the rounds into quarters, creating small triangles. Shake out the seeds then place the lemon quarters into a large bowl. Save the remaining lemon half for serving. Cut the remaining whole lemon into wedges, for serving.
- Add chicken and potatoes to the large bowl with the lemon quarters. Add the oregano, salt and pepper; toss well. (Your hands are the best tools here.) Drizzle in the oil and toss again.
- Arrange chicken thighs skin side up on one half of the prepared sheet pan, and potatoes and lemons on the other, spreading the potatoes out into one layer. Roast for 20 minutes. Using a long-handled spoon, stir the potatoes, then spread them out again in one layer. (You don't have to touch the chicken.) Continue roasting until chicken and potatoes are cooked through and everything is golden and crisped, another 15 to 20 minutes (40 to 45 minutes total roasting time).
- To serve, squeeze the juice from the lemon half all over chicken and potatoes and give everything a good stir to incorporate all the tasty juices and browned bits at the bottom of the pan. Sprinkle with more oregano and salt, and serve with additional lemon wedges and condiments on the side.
LEMON ROAST CHICKEN AND POTATOES
This is roast chicken and potatoes at it's most wonderful! The flavours of lemon and garlic bring out the very best of the flavour of the chicken without overpowering it. Simple really is best sometimes....
Provided by MarieRynr
Categories Chicken
Time 2h15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Pre-heat the oven to 180*C/350*F.
- Halve the potatoes lengthwise and then cut them into three or four wedges, so that they look like chips. I used Charlotte fingerling potatoes and they were perfect, cut into quarters.
- Throw these into a shallow roaster along with the onion wedges and the chicken.
- Mix together the mustard, lemon juice, oregano (or thyme) and olive oil to make a marinade.
- Pour over the chicken, potatoes and onions. Add the bay leaves and garlic.
- Season with salt and pepper (remembering the inside of the chicken as well as the outside)
- Rub the marinade in all over the surface of the chicken and shuffling the potatoes and onions around so that they are well coated.
- Put the reserved lemon halves inside the chicken.
- Gently pour a cup of warm water into the pan, being careful not to wash any of the marinade off of the chicken or potatoes.
- Roast for one hour. At this point the chicken should be starting to brown.
- Pour the wine over the top and turn the potatoes and onions.
- Roast for another hour, turning the chicken when it is well browned on top. Check that the potatoes are still in a little liquid, you don't want them to go dry. If they seem a bit dry add a little more hot water.
- When it is done the chicken will be golden brown and juicy and cooked through and the potatoes will be meltingly tender, with a few crisp edges. There should be a little sauce left in the roaster to serve spooned over the chicken and potatoes, but if there isn't just add a bit of hot water to the dish and scrape up the tasty bits from the bottom to make more sauce.
- Serve to a very lucky family that will be scrambling for more! If this doesn't soon become your favourite way to roast chicken I'll be a monkey's uncle!
Nutrition Facts : Calories 943.3, Fat 49.1, SaturatedFat 12, Cholesterol 160.4, Sodium 261.8, Carbohydrate 74.5, Fiber 9.8, Sugar 6.2, Protein 46.5
SKILLET-ROASTED LEMON CHICKEN WITH POTATOES
This is a meal I have my students make in our nutrition unit. It has a delicious lemon-herb flavor and is simple to make. -Mindy Rottmund, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Provided by Taste of Home
Categories Dinner
Time 45m
Yield 4 servings.
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450°. Grease a 10-inch cast-iron or other ovenproof skillet with 1 teaspoon oil. Arrange lemon slices in a single layer in skillet., Combine 1 teaspoon oil, 2 minced garlic cloves, lemon zest, 1/4 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper; rub over chicken. Place over lemon., In a large bowl, combine rosemary and the remaining oil, garlic, salt and pepper. Add potatoes and tomatoes; toss to coat. Arrange over chicken. Bake, uncovered, 25-30 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink and potatoes are tender. If desired, sprinkle with minced parsley before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 446 calories, Fat 20g fat (5g saturated fat), Cholesterol 151mg cholesterol, Sodium 429mg sodium, Carbohydrate 18g carbohydrate (2g sugars, Fiber 3g fiber), Protein 45g protein.
ROASTED LEMON CHICKEN THIGHS WITH POTATOES
Roasted lemon chicken thighs with potatoes is a one-pan dinner prepared in 5 minutes with only 7 ingredients. It's a quick and easy meal for every day.
Provided by chpmnk42
Categories Baked Chicken Thighs
Time 50m
Yield 6
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
- Season chicken thighs with salt and pepper on all sides.
- Heat olive oil in a roasting pan set over two burners at medium-high heat. Sear chicken skin-side down in the hot oil for 5 to 7 minutes. Turn chicken thighs and add potatoes. Mix potatoes with oil. Add lemon slices and garlic cloves and toss everything together so potatoes and garlic are well-coated in olive oil.
- Transfer chicken to the oven and cook until chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are tender, about 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and stir in the parsley before serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 935.5 calories, Carbohydrate 24 g, Cholesterol 284.1 mg, Fat 56.5 g, Fiber 2.8 g, Protein 79.5 g, SaturatedFat 14.5 g, Sodium 266.4 mg, Sugar 0.1 g
Tips:
- Use a whole chicken: This will give you more flavor and juiciness than using just chicken breasts or thighs.
- Season the chicken generously: This will help to develop a nice crust and flavor the chicken throughout.
- Roast the chicken at a high temperature: This will help to create a crispy skin and tender meat.
- Add vegetables to the roasting pan: This will help to add flavor and color to the dish, and it's a great way to get more vegetables into your diet.
- Baste the chicken with the pan juices: This will help to keep the chicken moist and flavorful.
- Let the chicken rest before carving: This will help to keep the juices in the chicken and prevent it from drying out.
Conclusion:
Lemon roasted chicken with carrots and potatoes is a classic dish that is both delicious and easy to make. It's perfect for a weeknight meal or a special occasion. With a few simple tips, you can make sure your chicken is perfectly roasted and your vegetables are tender and flavorful. So next time you're looking for a tasty and satisfying meal, give this recipe a try.
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