Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs With Sausage And Potatoes
Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs With Sausage And Potatoes is the perfect meal for a cold day, and an easy and delicious dish to serve to guests. The hearty dish is complimented with surprising flavors like oregano and orange zest, which blend to create an amazingly flavorful dish.
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoon olive oil
- 3 lbs chicken thighs, bone in with skin on (about 6 pieces)
- 4 hot Italian sausages, sliced into 14 inch rounds
- 2 lbs yukon gold potatoes, cut into 1 inch pieces
- 1 large onion, quartered, and divided
- 4 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- 1 tablespoon dried or fresh oregano
- ½ tablespoon dried thyme
- zest of 1 orange
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
- Line a sheet pan with parchment paper. Pour 2 Tablespoons of olive oil onto each sheet pan. Rub the chicken in the oil to coat on both sides, then place skin up on the pan. Season with salt.
- Add the potatoes, sausage rounds, quartered onions, and chopped garlic to the two pans, divided evenly.
- Sprinkle the oregano, thyme and grated orange zest over the pans.
- Cook for 25 minutes, then rotate the pan in the oven and cook for an additional 20-25 minutes, or until chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are crisp.
- Transfer the contents of the sheet pan to a platter, sprinkle additional oregano on top, and serve immediately.
Notes
- Bone-in chicken. Use bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs if you can - the meat will be so much more tender and flavorful.
- Try other cuts of chicken. Chicken drumsticks work great with this recipe too. And chicken breasts will work too, although they may be a bit direr than the dark cuts.
- Spread the ingredients across the pan and mix it up. This helps the flavor blend together and complement each other.
- For crispier veggies, don’t crowd the pan. You may even want to spread all the ingredients into two pans for optimal crispiness. Just be sure to rotate the pans from top to bottom racks halfway through cooking to make sure both pans cook evenly.
- Don’t skip the orange zest or oregano! These two ingredients make the dish and add so much flavor!
Nutrition
Calories: 872kcalCarbohydrates: 31gProtein: 45gFat: 63gSaturated Fat: 18gPolyunsaturated Fat: 10gMonounsaturated Fat: 29gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 246mgSodium: 705mgPotassium: 1269mgFiber: 4gSugar: 2gVitamin A: 181IUVitamin C: 33mgCalcium: 75mgIron: 4mg
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