Greek Lemon Chicken With Potatoes Recipe

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Greek Lemon Chicken With Potatoes
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Ingredients:

  • 1 large chicken
  • 1 lemon , juice of
  • 3/4 tbsp dried oregano (if you can get the greek stuff, you're really cooking!)
  • 3/4 tsp salt
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 5 -6 large potatoes, peeled and cut into big wedges (probably 1/4s)
  • 1 lemon , juice of
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • 1/2 cup water
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 3/4 tbsp dried oregano
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 2 -3 minced garlic cloves

Directions:

  1. (I often add about 1 tsp of crumbled, dried rosemary to the potatoes and 1/2 a teaspoon to the chicken- this is fantastic and it then becomes oregano-rosemary-lemon-garlic chicken).
  2. Wash the chicken well and pat dry.
  3. Combine all the remaining ingredients and massage the chicken, inside and out, with this mixture. Put the chicken in a big bowl and put in the fridge while you prepare the potatoes.
  4. Put the potatoes and all remaining ingredients into a large baking pan. Wash your hands and put them in the pan and toss the potatoes around to coat with other ingredients.
  5. Put in the oven and crank up the heat to 250°C (480F).
  6. Start roasting the potatoes and when they're golden-brown, stir them to bring the white sides up and push to the side of the pan to make room in the middle for the chicken.
  7. If all the water has evaporated, and potatoes have started to stick to pan, add 1/2 cup more.
  8. Add the chicken, breast-side down, and pour any juices that have accumulated in bowl over.
  9. Return to very hot oven and roast until chicken is golden-brown.
  10. Turn over, breast-side up and continue roasting until chicken is nearly as golden-brown on other side.
  11. At this point, I turn the oven off- don't open it- and leave the chicken in for another 1/2 an hour. I like to think I'm saving energy this way, but it also cooks the chicken beautifully.
  12. In all, I'd say from when you put the potatoes into the cold oven to when you remove the chicken to carve after sitting in off oven for 1/2 an hour, we're talking 2 hours.
  13. Serve with pan juices.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 650.12 Kcal (2722 kJ)
Calories from fat 403.73 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 44.86g 69%
Cholesterol 156.9mg 52%
Sodium 673.44mg 28%
Potassium 778.89mg 17%
Total Carbs 26.96g 9%
Sugars 5.4g 22%
Dietary Fiber 4.57g 18%
Protein 34.18g 68%
Vitamin C 18.6mg 31%
Vitamin A 1.2mg 40%
Iron 3.5mg 19%
Calcium 79.1mg 8%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 182.78 Kcal (765 kJ)
Calories from fat 113.51 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 12.61g 69%
Cholesterol 44.11mg 52%
Sodium 189.34mg 28%
Potassium 218.99mg 17%
Total Carbs 7.58g 9%
Sugars 1.52g 22%
Dietary Fiber 1.29g 18%
Protein 9.61g 68%
Vitamin C 5.2mg 31%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 40%
Iron 1mg 19%
Calcium 22.2mg 8%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 15.9
    Points
  • 17
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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