Roasted Chicken with Lemon and Shallots
Try Roasted Chicken with lemon, thyme and shallots for dinner tonight, it's a quick and easy recipe you can prep in five minutes and forget it. A healthy and fabulous weeknight dinner.
Ingredients
- 8 Chicken thighs (with skin and bones)
- 2 lemons lemons (juiced)
- ¼ cup olive oil
- 6 shallots (halved lengthwise and peeled)
- 8 cloves garlic (smashed and peeled)
- 10 sprigs thyme
- 1 lemon (thinly sliced)
- salt and pepper
- ½ cup white wine
- 3 tablespoons butter
Instructions
- Place the chicken, lemon juice, olive oil, shallots, garlic and thyme in a large resealable bag. Marinate at room temperature for 30 minutes or in the refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 450º.
- Spread chicken pieces in a roasting pan, drizzle with the marinade, including the shallots, garlic and thyme. Add the lemon slices and season generously with salt and pepper.
- Roast until the skin is golden and the internal temperature is 165º, about 30-35 minutes. Raise the temperature to broil and broil the chicken until the skin is golden brown and slightly crisp, 2-3 minutes.
- Transfer the chicken, shallots and lemon slices to a platter and cover with foil.
- Add white wine directly to the roasting pan and place over high heat. Let the pan juices and the wine simmer until reduced to about ¼ cup, about 5 minutes. Whisk in the butter and season with salt and butter. Drizzle over the chicken.
- If cooking in a casserole dish, drain the juices from the pan into a skillet and cook over high heat with white wine until reduced. This will take longer in a casserole dish than in a roasting pan.
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Barbara's Notes + Tips
Recipe Tips
- Make sure you marinate for at least 30 minutes
- You can assemble this in advance, just cover with plastic wrap so the chicken does not dry out.
- This will freeze well and makes great leftovers.
- Check the temperature as the cooking time will vary depending on the size of the chicken thighs.
- You can make this in a roasting pan or any other oven proof casserole dish.
Nutrition
Calories: 388kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 20g | Fat: 30g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 122mg | Sodium: 129mg | Potassium: 380mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 3g | Vitamin A: 279IU | Vitamin C: 26mg | Calcium: 40mg | Iron: 2mg
