Δευτέρα 22 Φεβρουαρίου 2016

Chicken with Potatoes (Or Sunday Roast)

People seem to really enjoy this meal so here is another (initially) mommy recipe. The quantity I make is for 3-4 people.

I'd use:

  • chicken (Thanks, Captain Obvious!)
  • 6 potatoes 
  • 1 lemon
  • 1 cube or stock pot
  • mustard (absolutely necessary in this food- the more the better)
  • salt, pepper, oregano, paprika
  • mixed mediterranean herbs (thyme, sage e.t.c.)
  • rosemary (doesn't have to be the bloody romantic one from Waitrose, normal would do as well)
  • fresh sage from your village on the mountain (optional)





















First of all I wash the chicken really really really well. I cannot stress how well. Even with vinegar. Not sure if the salmonella issue is an urban legend but better to be safe than sorry.
You can also marinate it before, but I wouldn't go in such a bother.

Then I make my famous sauce as such:  I boil water and fill a cup. In there I dissolve the cube or stock pot, the juice of the lemon, 1 tablespoon of mustard if it's the hot one  or 2-3 if it's mild, 1 teaspoon of garlic, as much mixed herbs as you like, rosemary and lot's of paprika. Oh and olive oil of course. I want everyone to be free to add the herbs and spices in the amount he/she likes. No food tastes the same in this way and this is the magic. Anyway, I mix everything and stir and voila, THE SAUCE.

Keep THE SAUCE, aside and peel the potatoes. Cut them in smaller pieces and put them along with the chicken in the tray. Pour THE SAUCE on top and sprinkle with more paprika, salt and pepper.

You have something that looks like this:



Pour some olive oil on top of everything and put in the oven. It needs approximately 1 hour in 200 degrees let's say. You have to check on it regularly though and turn around the potatoes and chicken if they get more brownish on the top.

By the end you have something that looks, hopefully, better than this:



But the taste...Oh the taste.

Enjoy! (Best served with feta or another sauce)

Bonus: The another sauce
Mix greek yogurt with mustard and paprika. You have a sauce that goes amazingly well with this food.

 Double Bonus: The Music That Goes Amazingly Well with this food

  1. Simon and Garfunkel - Scarborough Fair
  2. Nick Drake - River Man
  3. Vashti Bunyan - Train Song
  4. Espers - Rosemary Lane
  5. Jackson C. Frank - Milk and Honey
  6. Sibylle Baier - Tonight
  7. Bonnie "Prince" Billy - All the Trees of the Field Will Clap their Hands
  8. Scout Niblett - Kiss
  9.  Bill Callahan - River
  10. Mariee Sioux - Wizard Flurry Home
  11. Hem - Half Acre
  12. First Aid Kit- Emmylou
  13. Johnny Cash - Redemption Day




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