Are you ready for this!? LITERALLY The Best Greek Chicken and Potatoes
 ever and you will never need another Roast Chicken Recipe as long as you live! This is probably the most beloved recipe on my entire site and hundreds of people agree! It was originally posted in April of 2011 and it was so popular that it even found a home in my first book and has been a staple meal in our house for a solid ten years.

Greek Chicken and Potatoes

Any of you who are long time readers (thank you!!) you will have probably heard me wax poetic about this recipe at some point or another- maybe you have even made it yourself!? So I just had to make a video about it, right?!

Perfect for entertaining, I will often do a double recipe of this Chicken and Potatoes for a crowd when I need something really easy. Since there is only a bit of prep before you just roast for 90 minutes, you have plenty of time to make a great salad and a veg in the meantime. You could even squeeze in a dessert before you pull the chicken out of the oven!

Greek Chicken and Potatoes
OK. Also, even though I am updating this post, I couldn’t bare to scrap this excerpt from a funny story that lived here from December a few years ago, so I will just leave it below for your enjoyment.

“Stuff is funny around here. The elf Toto (on the shelf) finally showed his face in an amazon express box after his predecessor somehow disappeared in our house work this last year. But seems like someone (ahem, ME) was a little rusty in moving that little bugger around each night. I get up really early and was sitting checking email and having a nice hot cup of tea at 5:30AM when I remembered that I never moved the elf. I ran into the living room and grabbed him. Just then, I hear Pia saying “mom, what are you doing?” but I realize it is so dark that she can’t see me yet. So I chucked the elf.

She came in and turned the lights on. I froze, red faced and the lies started pouring out. “I came in here to turn on the fire place because your dad had the nerve to turn it off last night and well, it’s just freezing! Help me find the matches in the other room” blah, blah, blah. Then she screamed- “mommy!! Look!”

That elf had landed just like this in a highball glass on our bar cart. Go figure. Toto likes the booze. And is surprisingly athletic.”- December 2014

Greek Chicken and Potatoes

Step by step photos and original post from 2011 HERE.

Greek Chicken and Potatoes

 

Recipe: The Best Greek Chicken and Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 2 lemons
  • 11 garlic c loves, minced
  • 2 Tbs dried greek oregano
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 6 medium Yukon gold potatoes
  • Kosher salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Trim the tips of the chicken wings and any extra fat. Split the chicken in half with a sharp chefs knife, and place both halves, bones down, on a sheet pan.
  3. Squeeze all of the juice of one lemon on the chicken. Rub the halves on both sides of the chicken. Pour ¼ cup of olive oil.
  4. Generously season the chicken with salt and pepper and half of the oregano. Add about 5 cloves of the garlic to the chicken.
  5. Peel the potatoes and cut them into quarters. Place in a bowl.
  6. Add the remaining olive oil, oregano, lemon juice and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and toss the potatoes with everything until well coated.
  7. Pour the potatoes out onto the sheet pan with the chicken and all of the sauce.
  8. Roast the chicken at 350 degrees for about an hour and fifteen minutes or until the chicken and potatoes are golden and crispy.
  9. Serve the chicken and potatoes with the extra sauce poured over, and fresh lemon wedges. (Be sure to scrape up all of the browned up bits- those are the very best parts!)

Preparation time: 30 minute(s)

Cooking time: 1 hour(s) 30 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 6

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Are you ready for this!? LITERALLY The Best Greek Chicken and Potatoes
 ever and you will never need another Roast Chicken Recipe as long as you live! This is probably the most beloved recipe on my entire site and hundreds of people agree! It was originally posted in April of 2011 and it was so popular that it even found a home in my first book and has been a staple meal in our house for a solid ten years.

Greek Chicken and Potatoes

Any of you who are long time readers (thank you!!) you will have probably heard me wax poetic about this recipe at some point or another- maybe you have even made it yourself!? So I just had to make a video about it, right?!

Perfect for entertaining, I will often do a double recipe of this Chicken and Potatoes for a crowd when I need something really easy. Since there is only a bit of prep before you just roast for 90 minutes, you have plenty of time to make a great salad and a veg in the meantime. You could even squeeze in a dessert before you pull the chicken out of the oven!

Greek Chicken and Potatoes
OK. Also, even though I am updating this post, I couldn’t bare to scrap this excerpt from a funny story that lived here from December a few years ago, so I will just leave it below for your enjoyment.

“Stuff is funny around here. The elf Toto (on the shelf) finally showed his face in an amazon express box after his predecessor somehow disappeared in our house work this last year. But seems like someone (ahem, ME) was a little rusty in moving that little bugger around each night. I get up really early and was sitting checking email and having a nice hot cup of tea at 5:30AM when I remembered that I never moved the elf. I ran into the living room and grabbed him. Just then, I hear Pia saying “mom, what are you doing?” but I realize it is so dark that she can’t see me yet. So I chucked the elf.

She came in and turned the lights on. I froze, red faced and the lies started pouring out. “I came in here to turn on the fire place because your dad had the nerve to turn it off last night and well, it’s just freezing! Help me find the matches in the other room” blah, blah, blah. Then she screamed- “mommy!! Look!”

That elf had landed just like this in a highball glass on our bar cart. Go figure. Toto likes the booze. And is surprisingly athletic.”- December 2014

Greek Chicken and Potatoes

Step by step photos and original post from 2011 HERE.

Greek Chicken and Potatoes

 

Recipe: The Best Greek Chicken and Potatoes

Ingredients

  • 1 whole chicken
  • 2 lemons
  • 11 garlic c loves, minced
  • 2 Tbs dried greek oregano
  • 1 cup olive oil
  • 6 medium Yukon gold potatoes
  • Kosher salt and pepper

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
  2. Trim the tips of the chicken wings and any extra fat. Split the chicken in half with a sharp chefs knife, and place both halves, bones down, on a sheet pan.
  3. Squeeze all of the juice of one lemon on the chicken. Rub the halves on both sides of the chicken. Pour ¼ cup of olive oil.
  4. Generously season the chicken with salt and pepper and half of the oregano. Add about 5 cloves of the garlic to the chicken.
  5. Peel the potatoes and cut them into quarters. Place in a bowl.
  6. Add the remaining olive oil, oregano, lemon juice and garlic. Season with salt and pepper and toss the potatoes with everything until well coated.
  7. Pour the potatoes out onto the sheet pan with the chicken and all of the sauce.
  8. Roast the chicken at 350 degrees for about an hour and fifteen minutes or until the chicken and potatoes are golden and crispy.
  9. Serve the chicken and potatoes with the extra sauce poured over, and fresh lemon wedges. (Be sure to scrape up all of the browned up bits- those are the very best parts!)

Preparation time: 30 minute(s)

Cooking time: 1 hour(s) 30 minute(s)

Number of servings (yield): 6