Chicken and potatoes 

Chicken thighs are often on offer at the supermarket or in butcher shops, with a few dollars you can bring to the table a tasty and simple dish to prepare, following a few tricks. Baked chicken and potatoes are a classic second course of Italian cuisine, but appreciated by everyone, young and old. A perfect dish for the classic Sunday lunch or a family celebration. Preparing baked chicken with potatoes is very simple, just follow some small precautions to get a soft and juicy meat inside, irresistibly crunchy on the outside and to be accompanied with a side of golden potatoes.

The secret to a soft and non-dry meat, in fact, lies in respecting the cooking times. Before removing the pan from the oven, however, make sure that the chicken is well cooked: the internal temperature of the thigh must be about 72 ° C; In case you do not have a kitchen thermometer, skewer the meat with a wooden toothpick and check that no pink liquid comes out.

For a tasty dish, prefer a free-range chicken and yellow or new potatoes. You can customize the recipe using other parts of the chicken, herbs or replacing the potato side dish with one based on vegetables such as peppers or onions. 

INGREDIENTS

1 chicken thigh per head

1 or 2 medium potatoes per person

1 clove of garlic

olive oil

rosemary

white wine

Preparation

The best potatoes are those with yellow paste have an excellent yield and lend themselves to this type of preparation. First we take the thighs and put them to macerate for half an hour, for maceration we use: 1 tablespoon of white wine for each thigh, a teaspoon of oil, salt and a sprig of chopped rosemary. Meanwhile, wash, peel and cut the potatoes into more or less equal pieces to ensure uniform cooking. Season the potatoes in a bowl with oil, salt, garlic and rosemary, pour them into a baking dish, covered with baking paper, add the thighs with the part of the skin facing up. We cook at 200 ° C degrees for 45/55 minutes, it depends a lot on your oven, but for uniform cooking the ideal temperature is this. Enjoy your meal 😀