Skillet meals are one of the easiest ways to feed a family. Chicken, potatoes, lemon, and fresh rosemary are added to one skillet, then cooked in the oven for a delicious dinner.
There's something appealing about a one dish meal (to be fair this one needs a pot of boiling water for the potatoes too...). Something magical about a skillet that can get tossed into the oven. And something quite spiffy about delicious hearty dinners at this time of year. Well, being honest, I don't think there's a time of year when I wouldn't skip breakfast or lunch for a good dinner. When all of the above combine, we can take a bite of rosemary scented heaven and relax after a long day.
This skillet chicken dinner can satisfy a hungry family on a weeknight, or easily impress guests with minimum effort.
However or whoever you want to serve it to, rush off into your kitchen and get this skillet rosemary chicken cooking as quick as you can.
Skillet Rosemary Chicken
From Food Network Magazine
Ingredients
- ¾ pound small red-skinned potatoes, halved, or quartered if large
- Kosher salt
- 2 sprigs fresh rosemary, plus 1 tablespoon leaves
- 1 clove garlic, smashed
- Pinch of red pepper flakes
- Juice of 2 lemons (squeezed halves reserved)
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- 4 skin-on, bone-in chicken breasts (6 to 8 ounces each)
- 10 ounces cremini mushrooms, halved
Preparation:
Preheat the oven to 450. Cover the potatoes with cold water in a saucepan and salt the water. Bring to a boil over medium-high heat and cook until tender, about 8 minutes; drain and set aside.
Pile the rosemary leaves, garlic, 2 teaspoons salt and the red pepper flakes on a cutting board, then mince and mash into a paste using a large knife. Transfer the paste to a bowl. Stir in the juice of 1 lemon and the olive oil. Add the chicken and turn to coat.
Heat a large cast-iron skillet over medium-high heat. Add the chicken, skin-side down, cover and cook until the skin browns, about 5 minutes. Turn the chicken; add the mushrooms and potatoes to the skillet and drizzle with the juice of the remaining lemon.
Add the rosemary sprigs and the squeezed lemon halves to the skillet; transfer to the oven and roast, uncovered, until the chicken is cooked through and the skin is crisp, 20 to 25 minutes.
Katrina @ In Katrina's Kitchen says
I LOVE rosemary and chicken together!
Tanya C. says
Beautiful dish! This looks wonderful!
Blog is the New Black says
I love a good one dish meal... as well as rosemary and chicken together! YUM!
Belinda @zomppa says
One pot dishes are so awesome - especially skillet ones - so a home-y feel.
Kiri W. says
What a gorgeous one-pot dish! It looks healthy, wholesome and incredibly flavorful. Rosemary must be one of my favorite spices ever! I need to get myself a cast-iron skillet, if only I had more space in my tiny one-bedroom apartment kitchen...
Grubarazzi (@Grubarazzi) says
This is my kind of meal. Simply gorgeous!
Angie @ Bigbearswife says
beautiful dish!!!
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says
I need a cast iron pan!!! Or just one that could easily go in the oven. I'm positive our crappy nonstick one won't due. This looks seriously fantastic. 🙂
Ann says
Delicious! Lemon & rosemary are very good friends with potatoes and chicken! I like that this one is a one-pan meal! Yummy!
Carol Egbert says
This looks like a perfect chilly night dinner.
Curt says
This sounds delicious. And such a great presentation all in the skillet together.
jules says
I've saved this recipe as it looks really wholesome and perfect for autumn. My skillet hates me though and insists on clinging on to my food - non stick for me I think.
Jenn@BakingJenn'sBlog says
I love rosemary chicken. I bet it's delicious made like this.
Stephanie @ Eat. Drink. Love. says
This looks so delicious, Kita! Chicken, lemon, and rosemary is my favorite! I need to get a new cast iron skillet immediately!
Laurie @SimplyScratch says
Kita! This is exquisite!! Dinner is soooo where its at!
Dionne Baldwin says
MMM rosemary and chicken. This is a really good one! Dinner is the most important meal of the day to me and all else is merely a vehicle to get me to that point. 🙂
ping says
Magic words! ... One Pot. I'm at a blogging low at the moment and that also means a cooking low. This is perfect!
Baker Street says
I love rosemary and chicken! Potatoes make it even more perfect!
Emily @ Life on Food says
I made this almost exact dish as a whole roasted chicken on Sunday. Great flavors. I think your method might be a bit more practical as mine took a long time to cook. Purely a weekend dinner.
Natalie says
Printing this recipe right now! It looks amazing and has such great flavours!
Eliot says
I love one dish means and using rosemary and chicken and lemon together!
easyfoodsmith says
Your post looks delicious...Will definitely try making since I have never tried cooking chicken with rosemary...
Tori @ The Shiksa in the Kitchen says
Fabulous Kita! I'm keeping this one on file, it looks like a perfect fall meal.
Tori @ The Shiksa in the Kitchen says
And I'm pinning it too. 🙂