Greek Chicken with Lemon Potatoes

SEPTEMBER 1ST, 2009

4.5 stars (out of 5 - quick and easy chicken; easy (but not quick) potatoes)

Ingredients:

Lemon Potatoes

3-4 medium potatoes
1/3 cup lemon juice
1/2 cup water
2 tbsp dried oregeno
garlic

1. First, I cut the potatoes into quarters and added them to boiling water for about 8 minutes. I did this to speed up the cooking process, as my convection oven apparently hates cooking potatoes.

2. I then added the potatoes to a greased casserole dish. I used this one because I was not making a big quantity of potatoes; however, if you are making many, remember not to layer them and just use a larger dish.

3. I then added the garlic (to your liking) and the oregano to the potatoes.

4. And then added the water and lemon juice. They should be pretty much covered with the liquid.

5. I then put them in the over for 45 minutes at 400F (until cooked), stirring them occasionally so that they didn't burn. These are excellent served with fish (or anything that goes well with lemon), but my favourite is to serve them with the chicken recipe below and a greek salad.

Greek Chicken

1/2cup sour cream
1/3 cup mayonnaise
3 tbsp green onion
1.5 tsp ground cumin
1.5 tsp ground coriander
2 tbsp fresh coriander*
2 chicken breasts (or chick'n), cut into bite-size chunks
Pita bread (optional)

{Note. I reduced this because SB doesn't really like it.}

1. First I cut the chicken breasts into bite size chunks (or had SB do it, as it kinda grosses me out). I headed a frying pan and started the chicken. Just remember that the chicken cooks fairly quickly! If I'm worried about timing, I make the greek dressing and the greek salad (without dressing) first and refrigerate. That way, I can just pull it all out once the chicken is cooked.

2. I then added the mayo and sour cream to a medium sized bowl and stirred.

3. I added the spices. The good thing about this recipe is that you can really taste-as-you go... make it to your own liking!

4. Finally, I added the green onion and coriander.

5. I then added the chicken...

6. ...and stirred everything together, coating the chicken well.

7. I served it with the lemon potatoes and greek salad. This is SB's chicken version:

8. My Chick'n version (with peppers in the salad):

Overall, I love this chicken recipe. It is sooo easy and it's quite good. Just a head's up, the chicken is served kinda cool, as the dressing is cold. I think it's delicious and different, but perhaps some people wouldn't like it. I also like paring it with a greek salad and I think it has a nice presentation. I have done this recipe several times, and you really can't go wrong!