Ah yes 🍗🥔🥬 — Chicken with Green Beans and Potatoes is a classic, simple, and comforting one-pan meal. Everything cooks together, soaking up flavors, and you get tender chicken, crispy-on-the-outside potatoes, and perfectly cooked green beans. Perfect for a weeknight dinner!
Here’s a detailed recipe:
🍗 Chicken with Green Beans and Potatoes
Ingredients (Serves 4)
- 4 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (or breasts if preferred)
- 1 lb baby potatoes, halved or quartered
- 1 lb fresh green beans, trimmed
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp dried thyme (or rosemary)
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Optional: lemon wedges for serving
Instructions
1. Preheat Oven
- Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C).
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or lightly grease a roasting pan.
2. Prepare Chicken & Potatoes
- In a large bowl, toss potatoes with 1–2 tbsp olive oil, paprika, thyme, salt, and pepper.
- Rub the remaining olive oil, salt, and pepper on the chicken.
3. Roast Chicken & Potatoes
- Arrange chicken and potatoes on the baking sheet, making sure potatoes are in a single layer.
- Roast 25–30 minutes, flipping potatoes halfway through, until chicken is almost cooked through and potatoes are tender.
4. Add Green Beans
- Toss green beans with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper. Add to the pan around the chicken and potatoes.
- Roast for an additional 10–12 minutes, until chicken reaches an internal temperature of 165°F (74°C), potatoes are golden, and green beans are tender-crisp.
5. Serve
- Remove from oven. Optionally squeeze fresh lemon over everything for brightness.
- Serve hot, straight from the pan.
🔥 Tips & Variations
- Crispier chicken: Broil for 2–3 minutes at the end to crisp the skin.
- Flavor boost: Add halved cherry tomatoes or sliced onions during the last 10 minutes.
- One-pan shortcut: Use frozen green beans; add them 5 minutes before the end of cooking.
- Herbs & spices: Swap thyme for rosemary, oregano, or Italian seasoning.
- Creamy twist: Toss roasted potatoes and green beans with a little butter and garlic before serving.
If you want, I can give a “gourmet sheet-pan chicken with green beans and potatoes” version where the chicken is perfectly golden, potatoes are crispy on the outside, green beans are roasted with garlic and herbs, and there’s a light pan sauce drizzled over everything — basically a restaurant-level meal 😏.
Do you want me to do that version?
