Sheet Pan Chicken with Lemon, Potatoes, and Asparagus by From Pasta to Paleo

 Sheet-Pan Chicken with Lemon, Potatoes + Asparagus

This healthy, sheet-pan lemon chicken with potatoes is an easy, one-pan meal. All you need to do is add tomatoes, lemon, and asparagus at the end!

Prep Time 5 minutes  Cook Time 40 minutes  Passive Time 40 minutes

INGRDIENTS

8 chicken thighs bone-in, skin-on

12 fingerling or baby potatoes cut in half, lengthwise

18 stalks asparagus trimmed

2 tbsp avocado oil or olive oil

1 whole lemon zested first, and then sliced

1 clove garlic finely diced, or 1 tsp garlic powder

1 tsp fennel seeds or 1 tsp dried rosemary/oregano

1/2 + 1/2 tsp kosher salt

1/2 + 1/2 tsp ground pepper

1/2 cup cherry tomatoes

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Preheat oven to 425F.

2. In a medium bowl, stir together 2 tbsp avocado oil, lemon zest, garlic, fennel seeds and 1/2 tsp kosher salt and pepper. Add halved potatoes and stir to coat.

3. Prepare chicken by sprinkling with remaining salt and pepper on both sides. Place all the chicken skin-down on half-sheet pan, if your chicken thighs are particularly big, you may prefer to use two half-sheet pans.

4. Remove potatoes from lemon-fennel oil and scatter between the chicken, making sure each potato is in a flat layer. Place trimmed asparagus and cherry tomatoes and 8 halved lemon slices in the lemon-fennel-oil to marinade.

5. Roast in the oven for 25 minutes. After 25 minutes, add aspargus, lemon and cherry tomatoes to the sheet-pan. The asparagus, lemon tomatoes do not need to be flat on the pan, but can overlap the other ingredients, if need be. Roast for 15 minutes. If you are using two sheet-pans, rotate the pans on the oven racks so that the one on the bottom rack is now on the top rack, and vice versa.

6. Remove sheet-pan from the oven, and using a thermometer, ensure chicken is cooked to 165F. 

Serve and enjoy!

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