This skillet chicken and potatoes dinner comes together quickly. You just need chicken, potatoes and few pantry ingredients. This recipe can be customized with lots of flavors from different cuisines, giving it a different flavor profile each time.
Add potatoes in a pot of water, boil until you can start piercing them with a fork. Remove potatoes from boiling water and add them to a bowl with ice water to stop the cooking process but also to make it easier to handle the potatoes and cut them. Drain, set aside.
Cut potatoes in bite size pieces add them to a glass mixing bowl. Drizzle couple of tbsps of olive oil, juice from half a lemon, 1 tablespoon oregano, 1 teaspoon parsley, half teaspoon paprika, sea salt and black pepper to taste. Mix well to incorporate the flavors.
In another glass bowl add chicken breasts. If they're too big, cut them in half so they're thinner. Add 2 tablespoon olive oil, juice of half a lemon, 1 teaspoon za'atar, 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning, sea salt and black pepper to taste. Mix to incorporate and covel bowl. You can place bowl in refrigerator to chill while you start cooking the potatoes.
Add skillet over medium heat. Drizzle olive oil. Once oil is shimmery, add potatoes and don't overcrowd. If you're cooking too many potatoes, cook in batches. Cook until potatoes become golden brown, flip with a fork and let cook on the other side as well. Remove potatoes with a slotted spoon and set them aside
Add chicken in same skillet. If there's on oil visible on the surface of the skillet add a drizzle of olive oil. Place chicken breasts so they don't overlap. Again, cook in batches if you're cooking more food or your skillet is small. Cook for 3-4 minutes on one side until golden brown, then flip and cook for same amount of time on the other.
Turn heat off. Push the chicken on one side, add all the potatoes in the skillet. Cover and let the food cool down as you prepare a small salad or broccoli etc.
When ready to serve, garnish with fresh parsley and add lemon slices over chicken. Enjoy dinner:).
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Tsp = teaspoon
Tbsp = tablespoon
Make sure to cook chicken thoroughly. I usually cut chicken breasts in half so they're thinner, they cook faster but also I can ensure a more thorough cooking this way.
If you have harissa powder, add some to both potatoes and chicken. It's definitely a favorite seasoning of mine!