Everyday Dorie: Balsamic Chicken with Baby Potatoes and Mushrooms (Sheet-Pan Supper)

February 28, 2020 at 8:45 am | Posted in cook the book fridays, everyday dorie, groups, other savory, savory things | 6 Comments
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Balsamic Chicken with Baby Potatoes and Mushrooms is a recipe that’s right up my alley. I make some sort of sheet pan supper or tray bake with chicken thighs or sausages and veg quite often. It’s easy (basically hands off after you toss everything together), there’s little to wash up and, my gosh, is roasted stuff good.

Here, you toss together little potatoes, mushrooms, garlic cloves and a shallot with thyme, rosemary, olive oil, balsamic vinegar and s&p. Scatter that stuff over a sheet tray and then do the same with some chicken legs, nestling them among the veggies. Then it’s everyone in the oven for 45 minutes while you have a glass of red wine and a snack. I actually just used chicken thighs and not legs (with drumsticks attached) for this. And I didn’t oil the thighs before I put them on the tray. I simply seasoned them and coated them in the vinegar, because I feel like chicken thighs render out quite a lot of fat on their own. I did go into the oven at the halfway point to turn the mushrooms and potatoes, but I put the chicken on the tray skin side up and left it that way for the whole bake to get a sweet and crispy skin.

This was really good. I’m glad my husband isn’t into noticeable garlic pieces because, to me, the whole roasted cloves were a prize. I squeezed them out onto my plate and mixed the sweet garlic goo into everything else. Yum.

For the recipe, see Everyday Dorie by Dorie Greenspan (it’s also here), and head over to Cook the Book Fridays to see how the group liked this one.

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I love this recipe so much. We’ve made it so many times and for guests as well who are always impressed too!

Comment by Mardi (eat. live. travel. write.)— February 28, 2020 #

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We love this! Delicious!

Comment by joycekitchenflavours— February 29, 2020 #

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An absolutely easy way to cook, I loved the whole recipe. Definitely worth making for a crowd.

Comment by Chez Nana— February 29, 2020 #

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You are correct roasting is good stuff. This is a keeper for sure.

Comment by Diane Zwang— February 29, 2020 #

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In retrospect, I should have used the whole chicken thighs due to this high oven temperature. Yes, the roasted garlic is spectacular, but hard to dig out.

Comment by Shirley @ EverOpenSauce— March 1, 2020 #

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You are right…roasting is always good!

Comment by isthisakeeper— March 2, 2020 #

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