Roasted Cut up Chicken and Vegetables

WiGal's Note:

A complete meal from Pillsbury cookbook that roasts on a jelly roll pan. It has sweet potatoes/carrots/ onion and dried thyme, so it is a nice combination of flavors.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 30 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 1 hrs 10 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 1/4 cup chicken broth
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon thyme, dried
• 1/2 teaspoon pepper
• 2 sweet potatoes, medium sized, peeled and cut into 8 pieces each
• 1 1/2 cups baby carrots, cut in half lengthwise
• 1 onion, large, cut into 8 wedges
• 8 garlic cloves, finely chopped
• 3 -3 1/2 lbs roasting chickens, cut up

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Use a large bowl, mix broth, oil, salt, thyme, pepper, vegetables, and garlic; toss to coat.
3. Remove vegetables with slotted spoon and put onto 15X10X1 inch pan which is not greased, spreading on half of the pan.
4. Add chicken pieces to remaining broth mixture in the large bowl, turning chicken over to coat all sides.
5. Place chicken pieces, skin side down, onto other half of pan; placing the legs and thighs along edges of pan.
6. Bake for 30 minutes.
7. Stir vegetables and turn chicken pieces.
8. Bake another 30-40 minutes longer or until vegetables are tender and juice of chicken is clear when thickest piece is cut to bone (170 degrees for breast, 180 degrees for thighs and legs).

Reviews

[luv2run1]

This was awesome! My 15 year old daughter (who hates everything) loved this and said it was the best meal ever! I used the pan drippings to make a gravy and served with mashed potatoes.

[Charlotte J]

This was very good! The dipping broth has just the right blends of ingredients to help add flavor to the veggies and chicken. I loved the sweet potatoes baked this way. I think they would taste great at Thanksgiving. My veggies were perfect after 30 minutes of baking and some where crunchy after the last half hour. I think I'll wait to put them in the last 40 minutes of baking next time. Thanks for a great Sunday dinner. Made for Please Review My Recipe tag game from October 13th, 2010

[Sweet Baboo]

An excellent one pan meal. I cooked mine on a stoneware baking sheet, so the vegetables absorbed the meat flavours while getting beautifully browned on the bottom. I think this would lend itself to also using other herbs for variety, but the roasting method is perfect.