Chicken pieces with potatoes in the oven

A hot dish that can satisfy the whole family, made from the most accessible and popular products - chicken pieces with potatoes in the oven. You can use any parts of the carcass, cut into portions, and they are baked simultaneously with the potatoes, which significantly reduces the labor and cooking time.

Yield: 6 servings.

Cooking time: 1 hour 20 minutes.

Caloric content: 158 kcal per 100 grams of the dish.

Ingredients

• potatoes - 900 g;
• chicken thighs - 600 g;
• thick mayonnaise - 120 g;
• garlic - 5 cloves;
• spices for chicken - to taste;
• salt, pepper - to taste;
• turmeric - 1 tsp (optional).

Preparation

1. Prepare the ingredients for cooking chicken pieces with potatoes in the oven. Thighs or other parts are best taken from broiler breeds of chicken - they are more tender and cook quickly. Turmeric is needed to give the potatoes a brighter color, and can be replaced with paprika if desired.

2. Rinse the thighs and dry them with a paper towel. Add most of the mayonnaise (about 2/3) to them.

3. Add salt, pepper, seasoning.

4. Squeeze 3 garlic cloves through a press into the mixture.

5. Mix everything well by hand, rubbing the marinade into each piece of chicken.

6. Cover the preparation with film and leave it to marinate for half an hour just on the table. You can make this preparation the night before and then it should be placed in the refrigerator overnight, although half an hour is quite enough.

7. Before starting to bake, cut the potatoes into fairly large pieces, as they will cook simultaneously with the meat and should not turn into mush.

8. Add the remaining mayonnaise to a bowl with the cut pieces.

9. Squeeze garlic into this mixture as well.

10. Add salt, seasoning.

11. Optionally color the potatoes with turmeric or paprika and mix everything, evenly distributing all the ingredients.

12. Line the baking sheet with foil or parchment paper. Place the potatoes there (no need to oil the bottom - the pieces are sufficiently soaked in fat). Place the thighs on top. Send the baking sheet to the middle level of the oven. If it operates in convection mode, set the temperature to 180 degrees. If using the regular mode without blowing, increase the temperature to 190 degrees.

13. To create a beautiful golden crust, bake the preparation for 50 minutes. During this time, the potatoes will become soft but will not fall apart, and the meat will be fully cooked, retaining its juiciness and looking very appetizing.

Such chicken pieces with potatoes in the oven can not only feed the family well but also come in handy when unexpected guests arrive. Fresh vegetables will perfectly complement this dish.