Sheet-Pan Chicken With Potatoes, Arugula and Garlic Yogurt
Updated July 22, 2024
- Total Time
- 1 hour, plus marinating
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Ingredients
- 1½pounds chicken thighs and drumsticks
- 1¼pounds small Yukon Gold potatoes, halved and cut into ½-inch slices
- 2½teaspoons kosher salt, more as needed
- ½teaspoon black pepper, more as needed
- 2tablespoons harissa (or use another thick hot sauce, such as sriracha)
- ½teaspoon ground cumin
- 4½tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, more as needed
- 2leeks, white and light green parts only, halved lengthwise and thinly sliced
- ½teaspoon lemon zest (from ½ lemon)
- ⅓cup plain yogurt (do not use Greek yogurt)
- 1small garlic clove
- 2ounces baby arugula
- Chopped fresh dill, as needed
- Lemon juice, as needed
Preparation
- Step 1
Combine chicken and potatoes in a large bowl. Season with salt and pepper. In a small bowl, whisk together harissa, cumin and 3 tablespoons oil. Pour over chicken and potatoes and toss to combine. Let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes, or up to 8 hours in the refrigerator.
- Step 2
Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine leeks, lemon zest, a pinch of salt and the remaining 1½ tablespoons oil.
- Step 3
Heat oven to 425 degrees. Arrange chicken and potatoes on a large rimmed baking sheet in a single layer. Roast 15 minutes. Toss potatoes lightly.
- Step 4
Scatter leeks over pan. Roast until chicken and potatoes are cooked through and everything is golden and slightly crisped, 25 to 30 minutes longer.
- Step 5
While chicken cooks, place yogurt in a small bowl. Grate garlic over yogurt and season to taste with salt and pepper.
- Step 6
To serve, spoon yogurt over chicken and vegetables in the pan. Scatter arugula and dill over mixture. Drizzle with oil and lemon juice and serve.
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Comments
Very good. Had to substitute spinach for arugula and am eager to try when I have arugula. Otherwise all worked well according to the recipe. I have a tip for the dill: you can freeze fresh dill. Just snip it as you would for a recipe and spread on a sheet of plastic wrap, with wide margins. Roll the plastic up like a jelly roll and close the ends with twist ties. It's easy to remove just what you need for a dish. It's almost as good as fresh and certainly better than dried.
Fantastic! I double up on the chicken, using skinless/boneless breasts, so I have leftovers to throw into pasta, salads, tacos throughout the week. I also use baby spinach in place of arugula. Throw it UNDER the chicken & potatoes after you take the pan out of the oven and it just wilts and absorbs the marinade and chicken juices. Mmm.
Sublime! I substituted a baking sheet for a sheet pan. The lack of a ridge on the sheet meant that oil dripped to the bottom of the oven, causing a grease fire which I extinguished with 2.5 to 3 cups of water (this amount may vary based on the size of your oven and the intensity of the fire). I found that the fire added a delightful smokiness to the potatoes while the water used to extinguish it created steam in the oven, resulting in deliciously moist chicken. Would recommend!
First of all this is the most delicious thing I’ve ever eaten. But I have some questions. So you bake the potatoes in a single layer so they get crispy, but then cover with the leeks and they soften up? Should we be doing the potatoes and thighs on different sides of pan and just covering chicken with leeks? Are there some other options for the leeks to preserve potatoes crispness or dos it just not matter? The chicken juices also kind of soften the potatoes too, so maybe it doesn’t matter anyway? Thanks in advance.
I used boneless/skinless chicken breast because that’s what I had on hand and it worked great! I did slice the chicken breast length wise to make them thinner so they would cook with the potatoes better. I ended up using leftovers in a gran now with some farro, a spicy mustardy vinaigrette, more arugula, and Parmesan. YUM!
The perfect recipe. Simple, flavorful and flexible, if you're into making substitutions. Used sriracha because I didn't have harissa, and it wasn't too hot for a crowd that prefers mild spice levels. Added a little extra lemon zest to the leeks and definitely added lemon juice to the yogurt. A real crowd pleaser!