Name: Provençal Chicken and Tomato Roast
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 1 hr
Ingredients: 2 chicken legs, separated into thighs and drumsticks; 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided; 2 plum tomatoes, each cut lengthwise into 4 slices; 2 celery ribs, cut into 1-inch pieces; 1 large boiling potato (about 10 ounces), cut into 1/4-inch-thick half-moons; 3/4 cup halved grape or cherry tomatoes; 2 pieces sun-dried tomato (packed in oil), thinly sliced (about 1 tablespoon); 10 brine-cured black olives such as Kalamata; 1/4 cup water

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Provençal Chicken and Tomato RoastRomulo Yanes

Here, chicken thighs and drumsticks roast on one side of a sheet pan while, on the other, a trio of tomatoes (plum, grape, and sun-dried) intensifies in flavor along with crusty potato and briny olives.

Recipe information

Total Time
1 hr

Ingredients

2 chicken legs, separated into thighs and drumsticks

3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided

2 plum tomatoes, each cut lengthwise into 4 slices

2 celery ribs, cut into 1-inch pieces

1 large boiling potato (about 10 ounces), cut into 1/4-inch-thick half-moons

3/4 cup halved grape or cherry tomatoes

2 pieces sun-dried tomato (packed in oil), thinly sliced (about 1 tablespoon)

10 brine-cured black olives such as Kalamata

1/4 cup water

Preparation

Step 1
Put a 17-by 11-inch heavy 4-sided sheet pan in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 475°F.
Step 2
Toss chicken with 1 tablespoon oil and season with a slightly rounded 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper. Place chicken, skin side down, to one side in hot sheet pan.
Step 3
Toss plum tomatoes, celery, and potato with remaining 2 tablespoon oil and spread in empty side of pan in 1 layer, without crowding. Season vegetables with 1/4 teaspoon each of salt and pepper.
Step 4
Roast 20 minutes. Turn chicken over and roast chicken and vegetables 15 minutes more.
Step 5
Scatter grape tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, and olives over vegetables in pan.
Step 6
Drizzle water over vegetables, then roast until chicken is golden and cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes more. Serve chicken with vegetables.

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