Kota Lemonata Greek Lemon Chicken and Potatoes

Name: Kota Lemonata Greek Lemon Chicken and Potatoes
Total time: 1 h 20 min
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 8 chicken thighs, bone in, skin on; 1kg potatoes, cut into wedges; 4 tbsp olive oil; 3 lemons, juice of 2, 1 cut in wedges; 4 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 tsp dried oregano; 250ml water

Chicken roasted over potatoes soaked in lemon, garlic and oregano. Everything cooks in one tin.

Time1 hr 20
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.18 a head
Oven200°C (180°C fan)

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4 servings

Ingredients

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8chicken thighsbone in, skin on
1 kgpotatoescut into wedges
4 tbspolive oil
3lemonsjuice of 2, 1 cut in wedges
4garlic clovescrushed
2 tspdried oregano
250 mlwater

Method

1
Heat the oven to 200°C (180°C fan). Put the potatoes and chicken in a large roasting tin.
2
Whisk the oil, lemon juice, garlic, oregano, 1 teaspoon of salt and plenty of pepper with the water. Pour over, then turn everything to coat. Tuck in the lemon wedges.
3
Roast for 30 minutes. Turn the potatoes and chicken and roast for 30 minutes more.
60 min
4
The chicken should be golden with crisp skin and the potatoes soft and browned, with a thick lemony sauce in the tin. Check the chicken is cooked through with no pink.
5
Rest for 5 minutes, spoon over the juices and serve with a green salad.

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