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Here’s great idea for an easy, one-dish meal—herb roasted chicken thighs baked on a bed of potatoes.
Layer a casserole dish with thinly sliced potatoes, top with thinly sliced shallots, top with chicken thighs, douse with an herby vinaigrette, and roast until the chicken is golden brown.
We’ve taken this approach in a decidedly French direction with shallots, Dijon, and tarragon, but you could just as easily aim for Greece, and use oregano, olives and a few lemon slices.
While the chicken thighs bake, they bathe the potatoes below in their fat and juices, which blend with the vinegar and mustard from the vinegar heavy vinaigrette, to provide a lovely seasoning and sauce for the dish.
You can easily assemble ahead and put in the oven an hour before you need to serve. It also reheats great for leftovers. Enjoy!
Herb Roasted Chicken Thighs with Potatoes Recipe
Thinly slice the potatoes so that they will cook more quickly and will be cooked through by the time the chicken is done.
Ingredients
Vinaigrette:
- 2 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
- 1 to 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard (less or more depending on how much you like mustard, we like it with 2 teaspoons)
- 1 teaspoon dried herbes de provence (can sub Italian seasoning or dry thyme or 1 Tbsp of fresh chopped herbs such as thyme or tarragon)
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
Chicken:
- 2 pounds chicken thighs, bone in, skin-on, trimmed of excess skin and fat
- 1 teaspoon of kosher salt
- 1 teaspoon extra virgin olive oil
- 3 large Yukon gold potatoes (about 1 1/2 pounds), peeled and thinly sliced (1/8-inch thick or less)
- 1 cup sliced, peeled shallots (can sub thinly sliced onion that have soaked in water for 10 min)
- 3 to 4 whole garlic cloves, crushed and peeled
- Several whole sprigs of fresh tarragon or thyme (optional)
- More salt and pepper to taste
Method
1 Preheat oven, salt chicken: Preheat oven to 375°F. Sprinkle all sides of chicken thighs with kosher salt and set aside.
2 Make vinaigrette: In a small bowl whisk together the red wine vinegar, olive oil, Dijon mustard, herbes de provence, 1/2 teaspoon Kosher salt, 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper.
3 Layer baking dish with potatoes, shallots: Spread a teaspoon of olive oil over the bottom of a large (9x13-inch) casserole dish.
Cover the bottom of the dish with the thinly sliced potatoes. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
Distribute the sliced shallots over the potatoes, and sprinkle again with a little salt and pepper.
4 Add chicken thighs, garlic, fresh herbs, vinaigrette: Place the chicken thighs, skin-side up, on top of the shallots. Wedge the garlic cloves between pieces of chicken.
If you have fresh herbs such as tarragon or thyme, you can wedge them in along the border, between the chicken pieces and the dish.
Whisk the vinaigrette again and pour it over the chicken, spreading it with your fingers to make sure the chicken is well coated.
5 Bake: Bake uncovered in a 375°F oven for 50 minutes, or until the thighs are well browned and cooked through. Remove and let rest for 10 minutes before serving.
(Note if you find the potatoes still need a bit more time, just remove the thighs to a plate to rest and cook the potatoes an extra 10 minutes or so.)
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Herb Roasted Chicken Thighs with Potatoes
Delicious! Added a little white wine and cooked a little longer. Can’t wait to do again!
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This looks delicious. To ease preparation, do you think I could substitute refrigerated diced potatoes (Simply Potatoes) for the sliced ones?
Hi Peggy,
Give it a try! I’ve not used that product before, but it seems that you have. I imagine the only speed bump might be the Simply Potatoes won’t hold their shape as well, but that’s just a guess. Sometimes it’s better overall to do the thing that makes dinner come together faster–and if it’s ready-to-use peeled and sliced potatoes, so be it! Thanks for reading and cooking with us.
Ok. I made this recipe the first time in 2014, and it blew my mind. I have since made it, perhaps another 50 times since. In fact my friends and family call it “‘my famous chicken thighs.” I cannot stress how amazing, foolproof, easy and truly delicious this dish is. I dream about the potatoes roasted with the beautiful vinegar and chicken juices. This recipe is 100% holy grail for me. Do it, and do it at once. You’ll make it for the rest of your life.
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Yay! Thanks for your comment Justine. I’m so glad you like the recipe.
I doubled all the ingredients and used 10 chicken thighs. Do I still cook the recipe for 50 minutes at 375? Or should I cook it for longer? Thank You
It may take a little longer, but I’d check it first with a thermometer at 50 minutes, Katherine. Everyone’s oven is different. Good luck! Thanks for your question.
Not understanding where the crushed garlic goes. It says crushed in the ingredients list but then u write to wedge whole cloves on between the chicken. Thanks!
Hi, Jessica! Yes, you just crush the garlic cloves. You aren’t chopping them or anything, so they release their flavors and soften as they cook. Just wedge them in between the pieces of chicken. You’ve got this!