Simple Roasted Chicken Thighs and Vegetables Recipe
This dish is a staple in our house.
Prep Time15 minutesmins
Cook Time1 hourhr
Total Time1 hourhr15 minutesmins
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6people
Ingredients
8pieceschickenbone in and skin on
spray olive oil
1largeonioncut up into pieces
8mediumpotatoescut up into ¼ or ⅛s depending on their size
2tablespoonsolive oilextra virgin
1cupKalamata olives
salt & pepperto taste
For the Tomatoes
3fresh tomatoes
1tablespoonbutter
spray olive oil
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 375ºF
Line a roasting pan or backing pan with aluminum foil. You don't need the foil for the recipe to work and some of you may say it's not necessary but we find it helps with clean up and that's always a good thing.
Spray the foil with a little olive oil and add your chicken thighs skin side up.
Season the chicken with salt and pepper. If you have some other favorite seasonings, add them too.
In a large bowl, add the onions, potatoes and any other vegetables you're going to roast with the chicken. Add the 2 tablespoons of olive oil, season with salt and pepper and coat the vegetables. Place these veggies on the tray with chicken in one layer.
Add the olives and put the baking pan in the oven for approximately 1 hour.
Roasted Tomatoes
If I have cherry tomatoes, I might just cut them in half and roast them with the chicken and other vegetable. Instead, I cut the fresh tomatoes in half, placed them in a baking dish that I greased the bottom with butter. I sprayed the tomatoes with a little spray olive oil and seasoned them with salt and pepper.
Again, get as creative as you like here. You may want to season with some fresh herbs - basil, cilantro, chives, thyme to name a few.
The tomatoes take 30 minutes in the 375ºF oven so add them when the chicken is half done.