Chicken and Potato in lemon and garlic sauce Tray-bake (Lebanese style)

Name: Chicken and Potato in lemon and garlic sauce Tray-bake (Lebanese style)
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 0.5 kg chicken thighs; (Cinnamon stick, bay leaf, cardamom pods, whole cloves, onion, dried lime…); Juice of 2 or 3 lemons; 7 garlic cloves, roughly crushed or chopped; 3 medium potatoes, thick cut; 2 tablespoons vegetable oil; Cardamom powder; Chili powder; Cumin; Cinnamon powder; Paprika; Turmeric; Salt and black pepper

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

My first dish of 2022! 🎉
This my grandma’s recipe, and my mom cooks it back home at least once every month. Definitely one of my favourites!

Linda L. @lindzi

Lebanese

My first dish of 2022! 🎉
This my grandma’s recipe, and my mom cooks it back home at least once every month. Definitely one of my favourites!

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Ingredients

2 servings

0.5 kgchicken thighs
To boil the chicken (see attached recipe)
(Cinnamon stick, bay leaf, cardamom pods, whole cloves, onion, dried lime…)
How to boil chicken and get tasty broth
Juice of 2 or 3 lemons
7garlic cloves, roughly crushed or chopped
3medium potatoes, thick cut
2 tablespoonsvegetable oil
Spices - pinch of
Cardamom powder
Chili powder
Cumin
Cinnamon powder
Paprika
Turmeric
Salt and black pepper

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Steps

1

Preheat the oven (180C)
2

Place the potato slices on a baking tray with 2 tablespoon of vegetable oil and a pinch of salt. To the oven.
3

While the potato is in the oven, cook the chicken in boiling water with the cinnamon stick, onion, bay leaves, cardamon pod and whole cloves… for 30 minutes (see attached tip)

How to boil chicken and get tasty broth
4

With a pestle and mortar crush the garlic (don’t overdo it)
I had two cloves of smoked garlic so I used them that’s why some pieces look yellowish
5

Squeeze two or three medium lemons and add the juice to the garlic
6

After 30 minutes in the oven the potatoes should now be a bit soft (not fully cooked). Take them out but leave the oven on
7

Drain the chicken and leave its water aside. Place the chicken in the same baking tray with the potatoes
8

Sprinkle a pinch of the spices on the chicken and potatoes (cardamom powder, cinnamon powder, turmeric powder, cumin powder, paprika and chili powder)
9

Add 1/2 teaspoon of salt to the chicken broth. Pour it over the chicken and potatoes along with the lemon juice and crushed garlic.
10

Cook in the oven for another 30 minutes + 5 minutes to grill the top
11

Serve with rice on the side or flat bread.