Delicious recipe of greek lemon chicken adapted from chef john of food wishes. The chicken is roasted with lots of herbs, lemon, garlic and olive oil. They taste so delicious with the side of perfectly roasted potatoes.
Greek Chicken Recipe
I simply love baking or roasting chicken. It is not only easy to make but taste so moist and delicious without frying. This chicken is my recent discovery and I am loving it to the core. The marination is quite basic one. And it makes it so moist and flavourful.
You know what i love more than the chicken is the potatoes. It taste so delicious and for all those vegetarians, you can simply leave the chicken out and make roast potatoes just like this.
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Greek Chicken marinate
Greek marinate is light and made with olive oil with lots of fresh herbs and garlic. If you can source fresh oregano then use that. Use lemon juice generously.
Salt to taste
Pepper - 2 tsp
Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
Dried Oregano - 1.5 tblspn
Dried Rosemary - 1 tblspn
Lemon Juice - ¼ cup
Olive Oil or Normal Oil - ¼ cup
How to Make Greek Chicken
- Take chicken in a bowl, add all the marinade ingredients and mix well. Cover and leave it to marinate for at least 2 hours. You can leave it to marinate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 220 degree C.
- Now take a baking tray. Arrange the chicken skin side up, now place potatoes between them.Spoon the marinate over the chicken and potatoes.
- Pour in half cup of water in. Pop it in oven and bake for a total of 45 mins
- Take take tray every 15 mins, spoon the juice over the chicken and pop it back in the oven and cook..Always cook skin side up.
- Once it is cooked, take the tray out and remove the chicken in a plate,
- Now set the oven to 250 Degree C on grill mode, now pop the potatoes back under grill and let it grill for 8 to 10 mins till it gets nice colour.
- Remove it and place the potatoes along with chicken, spoon the pan sauces over the chicken and serve.
Table of Contents
Greek Lemon Chicken Step by Step
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| Take all your ingredients |
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| I have a whole chicken cut into 10 pieces, with skins on, it is very very important |
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| Take it in a bowl |
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| add in salt, chilli powder and pepper |
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| add in lots of garlic |
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| lemon juice |
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| now add in oregano |
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| and rosemary |
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| add in olive oil |
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| toss well and leave to marinate overnight or minimum 2 hours |
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| Now take your potatoes |
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| peel the skin off |
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| Cut it in big chunks |
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| take a baking tray |
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| Arrange the chicken skin side up |
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| place potatoes along with it |
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| i made two trays |
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| spoon the remaining marinate over potatoes and chicken |
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| add in some water in |
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| Now time to bake |
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| This is how it looks after 15 mins.. |
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| Remove it spoon the juice over the potatoes and chicken.. Put it in oven for another 15 mins..The skin side should be facing up always |
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| This is after 15 mins |
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| Spoon the juice back over the chicken and potatoes |
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| and pop it into the oven |
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| This is how it looks after a total of 45 mins.. The skins will be crispy and the chicken will be juicy |
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| Remove chicken in a plate |
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| Now you see the potatoes needs a bit colour.. so pop it under grill in the oven for 5 to 8 mins till nicely coloured |
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| Now it is done |
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| Look at those potatoes |
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| Place it with the chicken |
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| Take the pan juices |
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| Spoon it over the chicken |
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| Serve |
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| Enjoy Hot |
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Greek Lemon Chicken Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 Whole Chicken - Cut into 10 pieces with Skins
- Potatoes - 500 grams peeled and cut into big chunks
- Water - ½ cup
- For Marinate:
- Garlic - 10 fat cloves chopped finely
- Salt to taste
- Pepper - 2 tsp
- Chilli Powder - 2 tsp
- Dried Oregano - 1.5 tblspn
- Dried Rosemary - 1 tblspn
- Lemon Juice - ¼ cup
- Olive Oil or Normal Oil - ¼ cup
Instructions
- Take chicken in a bowl, add all the marinade ingredients and mix well. Cover and leave it to marinate for at least 2 hours. You can leave it to marinate overnight.
- Preheat oven to 220 degree C.
- Now take a baking tray. Arrange the chicken skin side up, now place potatoes between them.Spoon the marinate over the chicken and potatoes.
- Pour in half cup of water in. Pop it in oven and bake for a total of 45 mins
- Take take tray every 15 mins, spoon the juice over the chicken and pop it back in the oven and cook..Always cook skin side up.
- Once it is cooked, take the tray out and remove the chicken in a plate,
- Now set the oven to 250 Degree C on grill mode, now pop the potatoes back under grill and let it grill for 8 to 10 mins till it gets nice colour.
- Remove it and place the potatoes along with chicken, spoon the pan sauces over the chicken and serve.
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Anonymous
It seems we are both equally passionate about potatoes. And yes like you say these types of roasted potatoes are my favourite too. Simply love the infused flavour and that skin which forms when roasted- Yummy!! when I saw the picture all those non- vegetarian days came rushing back (I've stopped eating meat for the last3-4 years) but I immediately thought "well I can still do the potatoes!!". Wonderful recipes from you Aarthi. I have been checking your website on a daily basis since 2010 I think. You never disappoint!!
Tulika
Can I use chicken without skin? And also I have mixed herbs not separate. Can I use that?
Aarthi
@Tulikayes u can make it with chicken without skin and use mixed herbs as well
Ann M.
Delicious! This is the taste I've been craving for years since my mom made a similar dish from a recipe she got by word of mouth from our Greek friend/neighbor. I think she used some butter as well as the olive oil, and less water. But that's dependent on the size of the chicken and the size of the pan. We also used to bake thick russet potato slices under the chicken pieces, really yummy too.
Thank you!!
Unknown
Ahh..m making this tmrw..Yumm..Thanks a lot for sharing.
lissa
This is incredibly tempting! We buy skinless, boneless breasts - could I use that?
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