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Simple Roasted Chicken Thighs and Vegetables Recipe

This dish is a staple in our house.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Total Time1 hour 15 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Servings: 6 people

Ingredients

  • 8 pieces chicken bone in and skin on
  • spray olive oil
  • 1 large onion cut up into pieces
  • 8 medium potatoes cut up into ¼ or ⅛s depending on their size
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil extra virgin
  • 1 cup Kalamata olives
  • salt & pepper to taste

For the Tomatoes

  • 3 fresh tomatoes
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 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.

Notes

Couldn't be easier. Enjoy