Baked Chicken and Potatoes

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Baked Chicken and Potatoes
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Difficulty:
easy
Difficulty
Preparation:
1 hr
Preparation

Ingredients

for
4
Ingredients
1 Roasted Chicken (about 1.2 kg; ready to cook)
salt
freshly ground peppers
800 grams small, waxy Sweet potato
5 garlic cloves
8 sprigs fresh thyme
3 sprigs rosemary
2 bay leaves
2 tsps fennel seeds
2 lemons (Juiced)
3 centiliters Raki (or other anisette)
4 Tbsps olive oil
Lemon wedge (for garnishing)
How healthy are the main ingredients?
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Preparation steps

1.

Rinse and pat dry chicken, cut into 8 serving pieces. Season with salt and pepper. 

2.

Peel and halve potatoes. Peel garlic. Rinse thyme and rosemary sprigs, shake dry and tie with bay leaves into a bouquet.

3.

Combine lemon juice with fennel seeds, raki, salt and pepper.

4.

Heat oil in a roasting pan and brown chicken on all sides. Add potatoes and garlic cloves  and saute for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Pour raki mixture over and add bouquet garni.

5.

Bake in preheated oven at 200°C (approximately 400°F) for about 30 minutes, increase oven temperature to 225°C (approximately 425°F) and bake for 15 more minutes or until potatoes and chicken are golden brown. 

6.

Arrange potatoes and chicken on plates, garnish with lemon wedges and serve.