Baked Chicken with Feta, Cherry Tomatoes and Roast Potatoes

Baked Chicken with Feta, Cherry Tomatoes and Roast Potatoes

Ready in 40 minutes Serves 4-5
This dish most recently appeared in My Family (5 Nights For 4) on Sunday, May 14, 2017.

A warming and comforting chicken dish, perfect for an autumn evening.


Ingredients

ROAST POTATOES

  • 600g baby potatoes, diced 2cm

BAKED CHICKEN WITH FETA AND CHERRY TOMATOES

  • 550g chicken thighs
  • 100g feta cheese
  • ½ punnet cherry tomatoes, cut in half
  • 1½ tablespoons roughly chopped oregano leaves
  • Zest of ½ lemon
  • Juice of ½ lemon (optional, adults)
  • 1½ tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

GREENS

  • ½ bunch broccolini, ends trimmed
  • 250g frozen peas

TO SERVE

  • ½ tablespoon roughly chopped oregano leaves

Steps

  1. oven to 200°C. Line an oven tray with baking paper. Bring a medium pot of salted water to the boil.
  2. Toss potatoes with a drizzle of olive oil on prepared tray. Season with salt and pepper and roast for 25-30 minutes, until crispy. Turn once during cooking.
  3. Pat chicken dry with paper towels. Arrange chicken thighs in a large baking dish, smoothside-up, so they cover the base of the dish. Finely crumble feta over chicken.
  4. Scatter cherry tomatoes and first measure of oregano evenly over feta. Sprinkle lemon zest evenly over top and squeeze over lemon juice (if using). Drizzle with extra-virgin olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Bake (on rack below potatoes) for 25-30 minutes, until chicken is just cooked through.
  5. Halfway through cooking, spoon cooking juices from bottom of baking dish over chicken. While chicken is cooking, dice broccolini 1cm. Cook broccolini and peas in pot of boiling water for 2 minutes. Drain and return to pot.
  6. When chicken has finished cooking, turn oven grill to high and place chicken on highest oven rack to grill for 2-3 minutes, until slightly golden. Once grilled, remove from oven and sprinkle over remaining oregano.
  7. divide potatoes and chicken between plates and top with tomato, feta and oregano mixture. Drizzle over any remaining juices from the baking dish. Serve broccolini and peas on the side.

Nutritional Information

Energy 2017 kj
482 kcal
Protein 32.3g
Carbohydrate 25.9g
Fat 26.9g