Greek Lemon Chicken With Potatoes

Total Time: 2 hrs 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 2 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 large chicken
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 3/4 tablespoon dried oregano (if you can get the greek stuff, you're really cooking!)
• 3/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 5 -6 large potatoes, peeled and cut into big wedges (probably 1/4s)
• 1 lemon, juice of
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 tablespoon dried oregano
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 2 -3 minced garlic cloves

Recipe

• 1 (i often add about 1 tsp of crumbled, dried rosemary to the potatoes and 1/2 a teaspoon to the chicken- this is fantastic and it then becomes oregano-rosemary-lemon-garlic chicken).
• 2 wash the chicken well and pat dry.
• 3 combine all the remaining ingredients and massage the chicken, inside and out, with this mixture. put the chicken in a big bowl and put in the fridge while you prepare the potatoes.
• 4 put the potatoes and all remaining ingredients into a large baking pan. wash your hands and put them in the pan and toss the potatoes around to coat with other ingredients.
• 5 put in the oven and crank up the heat to 250°c (480f).
• 6 start roasting the potatoes and when they're golden-brown, stir them to bring the sides up and push to the side of the pan to make room in the middle for the chicken.
• 7 if all the water has evaporated, and potatoes have started to stick to pan, add 1/2 cup more.
• 8 add the chicken, breast-side down, and pour any juices that have accumulated in bowl over.
• 9 return to very hot oven and roast until chicken is golden-brown.
• 10 turn over, breast-side up and continue roasting until chicken is nearly as golden-brown on other side.
• 11 at this point, i turn the oven off- don't open it- and leave the chicken in for another 1/2 an hour. i like to think i'm saving energy this way, but it also cooks the chicken beautifully.
• 12 in all, i'd say from when you put the potatoes into the cold oven to when you remove the chicken to carve after sitting in off oven for 1/2 an hour, we're talking 2 hours.
• 13 serve with pan juices.