Greek Chicken Traybake
Chicken thighs, potatoes, lemon and oregano in one tin for forty-five minutes. The tin does the work.
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Storing and Planning Ahead
Keeps 3 days refrigerated. Reheat at 200°C / 392°F for 15 minutes to re-crisp the skin.
Greek Chicken Traybake: The Method
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Heat the oven to 200°C / 390°F.
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Toss the potatoes and red onion with 2 tbsp of the oil, half the oregano and half the salt in a large roasting tin.
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Roast 10 minutes.
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Meanwhile rub the chicken with the remaining oil, oregano, salt, pepper, the crushed garlic and the lemon juice.
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Take the tin out, push the potatoes to the edges and sit the chicken skin-side up in the middle.
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Tuck the lemon wedges and olives in around it.
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Pour the stock into the tin, around the food and not over the chicken skin.
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Roast 45 minutes, until the skin is deep gold and the potatoes are tender at the edges of the tin.
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Rest 8 minutes in the tin.
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Scatter the parsley over and spoon the pan juices across everything.
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Worth Knowing
- Potatoes ten minutes ahead of the chicken.
- Stock around the food, never over the skin.
- Rest in the tin so the juices settle.
Why the Method Is What It Is
Pour a little stock into the tin rather than roasting dry. The potatoes need liquid to cook through in the same time the chicken takes, and the stock reduces with the lemon and chicken fat into a sauce that is the point of the dish. Start the potatoes ten minutes before the chicken goes in — they are the slower of the two.
Good Alongside
Horiatiki salad · Tzatziki · Crusty bread
Sides from the same cuisine on this site: Horiatiki Greek Salad.
Common Substitutions & Variations
- An eighth of a teaspoon of garlic powder per clove is the stand-in usually given when you are out of fresh garlic; it will not brown the same way, and it burns easily, so add it with the liquid.
- Fresh herbs work in place of the dried oregano at roughly three times the quantity — a teaspoon of dried is about a tablespoon of fresh, chopped.
What's in a Serving
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