Oven Roasted Chicken, Sausage and Potatoes
This oven roasted chicken dinner is delicious and very easy to assemble! Marinated skin-on chicken pieces are cooked in the same pan with sausage, potatoes and onions, making this dish perfect for even the busiest weeknights.
Ingredients
- 3 pounds chicken pieces, a combination of thighs, drumsticks and bone-in breasts
- 1/2 cup Brazilian sofrito
- 8 ounces bacon, cubed
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup white wine
- 20 ounces pearl onions, peeled
- 2 pounds baby potatoes
- 1 pound sausage, I use calabresa sausage, but you can use whatever kind you like, cut into 2-inch pieces
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- 1/4 cup chopped parsley
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine the chicken with the sofrito. Cover and refrigerate for 12-24 hours.
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a large skillet, over medium heat, cook the bacon until golden brown, about 8 minutes. Add the butter and cook until melted. Then, add the white wine and cook, scraping the browned bits from the bottom, until the wine is reduced by half. Reserve this mixture.
- Remove the chicken from the marinade and arrange, skin side up, in a deep baking dish.
- Add the baby potatoes to the chicken marinade, mixing well so they get coated. Transfer the potatoes and marinade to the baking dish, with the chicken.
- Arrange the sausages and onions around the chicken.
- Pour the wine mixture with the bacon over the chicken, sausage and potatoes.
- Cover with foil and roast in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Then, remove the foil, turn the sausages so they cook evenly, and continue roasting for 30 minutes, basting at least once with the juices, or until golden brown. You can also broil for a couple of minutes if you want a deeper golden brown color.
- Garnish with chopped parsley and serve!
Notes
SUBSTITUTIONS:
- Chicken - You can omit whichever chicken part you don't like. This dish can be made with all thighs, drumsticks and/or breasts. Just keep a closer eye at the cooking time.
- Sausage - Use whatever sausage kind you like. This dish works great with Brazilian linguiça calabresa, chorizo, kielbasa and Italian sausage.
- Onions - If you can't find pearl onions - or don't wanna go through the hassle of peeling them - you can use 3 or 4 quartered sweet onions instead.
- Potatoes - Likewise, if you don't have baby potatoes, use the same amount of halved or quartered Yukon Gold or Red potatoes instead.
- Alcohol - If the wine is an issue, just omit or use chicken broth instead.
- Sofrito - If you don't have pre-made sofrito, you can grate an onion and mix with about 4 crushed cloves of garlic, 1/4 cup oil, chopped herbs, salt and pepper for the marinade.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g, Calories: 870kcal, Carbohydrates: 33g, Protein: 67g, Fat: 50g, Saturated Fat: 17g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 26g, Cholesterol: 276mg, Sodium: 1300mg, Fiber: 4g, Sugar: 5g