Roast Chicken New Potatoes And Asparagus

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 1/2 lbs new potatoes, cut into 3/4 inch pieces
• 10 garlic cloves
• 3 1/2 tablespoons cooking oil
• salt
• 4 bone-in chicken breasts
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• black pepper
• 1 tablespoon butter, cut in quarters
• 1 lb asparagus, trimmed and cut in 1 inch pieces
• 1/2 teaspoon lemon zest

Recipe

• 1 heat the oven to 425. in a large roasting pan, toss the potatoes and garlic with 1 ½ tablespoons of the oil and ½ teaspoon salt.
• 2 put the pan in the upper third of the oven and cook, stirring once, for 15 minutes.
• 3 meanwhile coat the chicken with 1 tablespoon of the oil; arrange the pieces, skin-side up, in a smaller roasting pan.
• 4 sprinkle the chicken with lemon juice, ¼ teaspoon salt and ¼ teaspoon pepper.
• 5 top each piece of chicken with a piece of the butter.
• 6 stir the potatoes. put the chicken in the oven with the potatoes and cook for 10 minutes.
• 7 add the asparagus, the remaining 1 tablespoon oil, and 1/8 teaspoon each salt and pepper to the potatoes.
• 8 stir and continue to cook until the chicken, potatoes and asparagus are done, 10-15 minutes longer.
• 9 remove both pans from the oven. toss the potatoes and asparagus with the lemon zest. serve with the chicken.