I cooked up this easy sheet pan dinner last night with chicken thighs and peppers and small red potatoes. It was very easy and it was prepped and ready in practically no time. I started cooking late and was worried that we weren’t going to ever sit down and eat and before I knew it we were eating this delicious chicken. A few simple ingredients helped to make this delicious dinner in no-time. I love that it is a complete meal on a sheet pan helping to make clean-up pretty snappy as well.
I asked the butcher to remove the bones from the chicken thighs –leaving on the skin . You can use bone-in thighs if you’d like, I was just experimenting with this recipe and liked the fact that the bones were removed. I find the dark meat more flavorful than your typical boneless chicken breasts. So this recipe worked out beautifully with the skin on bone removed chicken thighs and obviously would work out well with bone-in chicken thighs as well.
Another Day Another Sheet Pan Dinner!
Enjoy!
Ingredients:
this recipe as is should serve 4 — I adjusted accordingly for 2
2 pounds skin-on chicken thighs, bones removed–I used 3 thighs and they were 1 1/2 lbs. You’ll probably get 4 large thighs or 6 small. You can always add a little more . I would say 6 thighs for 4 people which will probably be more than 2 lbs.
1 pound small red potatoes , cut in half
Kosher Salt
Freshly Ground Black Pepper
2 Tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice , app. 2 lemons
Olive Oil–probably about 2-3 Tablespoons — and you may use more –you’ll have to play with it as you go .
2 Tablespoons dried Oregano
1 Tablespoon dried Basil
1 clove garlic minced
4 peppers, I like the mix of colors red, yellow or orange –cored, seeded and sliced in 1/2 ” strips
Directions:
Arrange a rack in the middle of the oven and heat to 400 degrees. Place a large rimmed baking sheet in the oven while the oven is heating.
Season the chicken and the cut potatoes with 1-2 teaspoons of the salt and about a teaspoon or 2 of olive oil just to get a glaze over everything . Obviously if you’re using 2 lbs. of chicken you’ll need more oil and salt.
When oven reaches 400 degrees –remove pan and place chicken-skin side down in the center of the pan and potatoes , cut side down, around the edges of the baking sheet. Roast for 15 minutes.
Meanwhile, place the lemon juice, 1 Tablespoon of Olive Oil, garlic, oregano and basil in a small bowl and whisk to combine, set aside. Place the cut up peppers with another teaspoon of olive oil and app. 1/4 teaspoon of kosher salt and a little freshly ground pepper in a medium bowl and toss to combine. I like a light glaze of oil over the peppers so if you need a little more use it– just go sparingly because you can always add but you can’t take away.
Flip the chicken over after 15 minutes to skin side up. Using a brush ( I love the silicone ones) brush the chicken with the lemon-herb mixture. Scatter the peppers around the chicken and if there is more of the lemon-herb mixture brush on potatoes as well. ( I did)
I cooked for another 20 minutes and then put under the broiler for a few minutes. If using the broiler keep an eye on it. Remember all ovens are different and all chicken thighs are different sizes, mine were a little larger. You’ll want to bake until the chicken and potatoes are crispy and peppers are tender and a little browned around edges.
Cooking with Candi 