One-Pan Chicken Breasts and Potatoes
This easy and family-friendly recipe is ready in 30 minutes and you only need one pan, which is such a timesaver on busy weeknights now that school is back in session or when you’re cooking for an event! The lemony butter infuses the chicken and potatoes and gives plenty of bright flavor and richness without being overpowering. The juices at the bottom of the pan are where the flavor is really concentrated and I could have literally rolled every potato and bite of chicken, forkful-by-forkful, into that liquid gold. This is hearty comfort food that keeps you full, satisfied, and warm in your belly on a cool night without being too heavy.
Ingredients for Lemon Chicken and Potatoes
The lemon butter sauce for the chicken and potatoes gets made in the same pan, so everything is saturated in that flavorful sauce. To make the baked lemon chicken breasts and potatoes, you’ll need:
Olive oil Chicken breasts Potatoes Salt and pepper Unsalted butter Lemon juice Fresh parsley
How to Make Lemon Butter Chicken and Potatoes
The chicken with lemon butter and potatoes comes together quickly and easily. Here’s a look at the cooking process: Tip: I used the convection bake setting on my oven but if you don’t have one, a regular oven is fine.
What Type of Pan Should I Use?
My Woll Diamond Lite Pro Pan is 12.5-inches in diameter and holds up to 5 quarts, making it a great pan to use when you’re cooking for a group or when you’re batch cooking and want planned leftovers. Of course, you can always scale this recipe down to fit your needs. All the Woll pans are PFOA free, available with induction properties or fixed/removable handles, dishwasher safe, made in Germany, and come with limited lifetime warranties. I got my pan from Frieling USA and they carry a wide array of pots, pans, cooking tools, equipment, and utensils.
Tips for Making Lemon Chicken Breasts and Potatoes
Chicken breasts: Normally I don’t recommend thick chicken breasts for grilling or stovetop sautéing because they can take awhile to cook through. However, in this case nicely plump and thick chicken breasts are what you’re aiming for because the potatoes take some time to cook through as well in the oven. If you start with chicken breasts that are too thin, they’ll become dried out and overcooked before the potatoes finish cooking. I used boneless skinless chicken breasts, but you have options. Breasts or thighs, bone-in or boneless, and skin-on or skinless. Adjust cooking times as necessary for your chicken since all cuts and sizes will require slightly different cooking times. Potatoes: I used a medley of baby red potatoes, baby Yukon gold, and purple potatoes. Use what you like and have on hand. The number one tip here is to make sure your potatoes are diced into small pieces so that they cook through fast enough to be timed with the chicken. If in doubt whether you simply need to halve or quarter a baby potato, quarter it. Better to be falling-apart-fork-tender than too hard.
What to Serve with Lemon Chicken and Potatoes
This lemon butter chicken recipe is a meal in itself since it’s cooked with potatoes. However, you can extend the recipe by pairing it with one or more of the following:
Loaded Greek Salad Chopped Greek Pita Chip Salad Gyro Salad (omit the chicken) Mediterranean Cobb Salad Mediterranean Quinoa Salad
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