Lemon-Garlic Chicken, Potatoes, and Green Beans

Hey Everyone!

For dinner last night Andrew and I had one of our favorite meals, Lemon-Garlic Chicken, Potatoes, and Green Beans.  It's so fresh and tasty, and also SO easy to make.  I found the recipe here.

^Again, not my picture.  But it looks tasty, eh?

Ingredients- Serves 4

6 Tbsp. olive oil

2 lemons, 1 thinly sliced, 1 juiced

4 cloves garlic, minced

1 tsp. kosher salt

1/2 tsp. black pepper

3/4 pound trimmed green beans

8 small red potatoes, quartered

4 chicken breasts (bones left in, with skin, about 3 1/4 pounds)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees.  Coat a large baking dish or cast-iron skillet with 1 tablespoon of the olive oil.  Arrange lemon slices in a single layer in the bottom of the dish or skillet.

2. In a large bowl, combine the remaining oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper; add the green beans and toss to coat.  Using a slotted spoon or tongs, remove the green beans and arrange them on top of the lemon slices.  Add the potatoes to the same olive oil mixture and toss to coat.  Using a slotted spoon or tongs, arrange the potatoes along the inside edge of the dish or skillet on top of the green beans.  Place the chicken in the same bowl with the olive oil mixture and coat thoroughly.  Place the chicken, skin-side up, in the dish or skillet.  Pour any of the remaining olive oil mixture over the chicken.

3. Roast for 50 minutes.  Remove the chicken from the dish or skillet.  Place the beans and potatoes back in the oven for 10 minutes or until tender.  Place a chicken breast on each of 4 serving plates; divide the green beans and potatoes equally (or not :)).  Serve warm.

Easy right?  And pretty darn healthy too.

I half the recipe since I only need to cook for 2 people.  I also make other changes to suit what ingredients we have in the house.  I use whatever potatoes we have, and I usually cut them smaller so they take less time to become soft.  I don't use chicken breasts with the bone in, I just use regular, trimmed chicken breast.  I also try to use less chicken and more green beans and potatoes.  We REALLY like our meat over here in the Brandt house, so I feel like we are constantly buying meat from the store, beef and chicken.  So to try to save money we try to eat a little less meat with our meals and more vegetables.  It also saves our bellies... cause too much meat isn't great. (Unless it's a nice, big steak cooked on a smoking hot grill smother in some steak sauce... then it's ok)

So there's an easy week-night meal!  Toss it all in one pan and you're good to go! And it's chicken, potatoes, and green beans... what kid (or adult) doesn't like that stuff?  Good for the whole family!