This juicy, savory dish brings lip-smacking flavor to the dinner table. Chicken seasoned with Herbs de Provence and lemon juice produce a flavor combination that will leave your mouth wanting more. Furthermore, this recipe for Lemon-Herb Roasted Chicken is effortless and easy.
Lemon-Herb Roasted Chicken
With Roasted Sweet Potatoes
I love the lemony flavor in this dish. And often times I will cook potatoes along with the chicken. The addition of sweet potatoes to this dish is one of my favorites. The tangy lemon juice compliments the sweetness of the potatoes and gives them a bright zippy flavor. And I would like to note here, that everything will cook together in one pan! I’m always on board for this…less clean up!
Additional lemon juice is poured over both the chicken and potatoes during cooking. This renders the chicken with a crispy skin and enhances the potatoes with a delicate lemon flavor.
Additionally, this dish is adaptable to any type of potato. Simply swap out the sweet potatoes for your potato of choice. Perhaps, you’d like to toss in a couple of carrots. You cannot go wrong with this combination.
Another alternative would be to prepare this dish with my recipe for Colorful Roasted Potatoes. Simply prepare the potatoes up to the point of combining them with the leek mixture. After the leek and bacon mixture have been added to the potatoes, continue with this recipe. Roast the potatoes for 15 minutes before adding the chicken to the roasting pan. Remove the pan from the oven and proceed with the recipe for Lemon-Herb Chicken.
The Chicken
Typically, I use a whole chicken split in half for this dish. This provides plenty of dark meat for my husband and breast meat for my daughter and I. However, sometimes I prefer to make all breast meat. In this case, I will use four to five split chicken breasts. Simply replace the whole chicken for the parts that you prefer and adjust the cooking time accordingly. For instance, all chicken breast may cook a little faster. While chicken thighs may take a little more time.
The Potatoes
Sweet potatoes are my go to with this dish. This is due in part to my love for sweet potatoes. And believe it or not, they are delicious with citrus. However, now and then, I like to mix things up. In this case, I will use Yukon Golds. Additionally, if a more elegant meal is desired, exchange the sweet potatoes for my recipe for Colorful Roasted Potatoes. Just the same, all of the ingredients will roast together in the one pan.
Weight Watcher and Waist Watchers
A 4-5 ounce serving of Lemon-Herb Chicken Breast with a 4-ounce serving of Sweet Potato is 4 WW Smart Points or 621 calories.
A serving of Dark Chicken Meat (A Whole Chicken Leg with back) with a 4-ounce serving of Sweet Potato is 859 calories or 10 WW Smart Points.
Buon Appetito!
A few of my favorite products used in making this recipe.
