Baked Greek Chicken Maryland
May 14, 2020
Greek style lemon and olive oil baked chicken maryland with potatoes and herbs.
One pot meal has always been a favourite of mine.
For obvious reason, its easy to prepare, clean and less washing up after!
This baked Greek chicken is one of those one pot meal or one tray meal that I would bake many times over.
The Best Chicken Marinade
Nothing can go wrong with lemon, olive oil and rosemary as the main ingredients in any marinade.Flavours of mediterranean in one baking dish, hits all the right notes.
And the potatoes just melt in the mouth, so to speak :D.
You can either use chicken breast pieces, drumsticks or wings for this recipe, but I opt for chicken maryland.
How to prepare Greek chicken?
Ingredients and method are listed in the Recipe Card below.
1) Clean chicken pieces and place in a mixing bowl.
2) Add 1/2 cup of lemon juice
3) Add 1/2 cup of olive oil
4) Add rosemary and oregano
5) Add minced garlic
6) Add salt and cayenne pepper
7) Mix and rub in the spices and ingredients above on to the chicken maryland then add cut up potatoes.
You can either leave marinated chicken in the mixing bowl but I transfer them to a zip lock bag.
Refrigerate overnight.
8) Baked to golden perfection!!!
How long should I marinate the chicken?
Do note that you can either marinate for 3 hours prior to cooking (especially with chicken breast), again I opt to marinate overnight since I am using chicken maryland.By marinating these chicken maryland pieces overnight, I find that the flavours of lemon, olive oil, herbs are more intense on the meat and potatoes.
What to serve with Greek Chicken?
Its almost a complete meal, with potatoes added to the pan.We have protein and carb!
The only thing to add to be a complete meal is some steamed or roast vegetables.
Garlic and Parmesan roasted broccoli would be nice to add to complete this meal.
Otherwise, another suggestion is to steam any vegetables!
Enjoy :D
Menu Suggestion for the day
I thought it would be fun to complete our meal with a complete Mediterranean food theme (well almost :P)!!!a) For starter
b) Vegetables
c) Dessert
A quick video on How To Bake Greek Chicken Maryland
Temperature conversion here appears to be wrong? 425F = 220 C.
ReplyDeleteSo should it be 425/220, or 375/190?
Hi John,
DeleteThank you for highlighting my mistake.
It has been corrected :)
:-))
DeleteHi busted wanted to say thanks for your recipe, I hadn’t considered or come across idea of taking out the chicken 10 mins prior to allow crisping the potatoes, normally I cooked the protein separate in the oven but trying expand my skills. I had already bought some pre-marinated herb and garlic chicken Maryland’s for tonight, boiled the potatoes a little before sticking everything together in one pan. I will definitely give your recipe marinade a go next time. We have been using a pressure cooker a lot recently to cook mainly rice with different proteins added straight on top and the enhanced flavour of cooking together inspired me to try it out. My partner was getting a bit tired of pressure cooked meals haha. I’m using a bunch of my home grown rosemary and a couple pineapple sage stalks in oil to baste the chicken and the marylands to help develop flavours more. Will let you know next time how this goes, along with your recipe.
ReplyDeleteHiya,
DeleteLooking forward to your feedback :)
Oh my goodness. I can almost taste your delightful Lemony Greek Chicken Maryland while watching you cook it. Yum.
ReplyDeleteThank you :D
DeleteHi Lisa thanks for the recipe I'm trying it tonight. My only query is the amount of salt. It says to use a tablespoon of salt which seems to be a lot. Just wondering.
ReplyDeleteHi Kathy,
DeleteIt seems a lot but it will flavour the chicken better (brining).
You can reduce the amount at the marinating stage and adjust the salt level later.
Cheers :D