Best Provençal Roast Chicken Recipes

PROVENçAL ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F. Place chicken, breast side up, in ungreased shallow roasting pan.
• Grate peel from lemon; squeeze juice. In small bowl, mix lemon peel, lemon juice and oil. Drizzle half of lemon mixture over chicken; pat herbes de Provence and pepper on skin of chicken. Place squeezed lemon halves inside chicken cavity.
• In large bowl, toss potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes, olives and remaining lemon mixture. Arrange vegetables around chicken in roasting pan. Insert ovenproof meat thermometer in chicken so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh and does not touch bone.
• Bake 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours or until thermometer reads 180°F, legs move easily when lifted or twisted and vegetables are tender.

ROAST PROVENçAL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475°. Mix garlic, herbes de Provence, oil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Rub mixture all over inside and outside of chicken. Place on a wire rack set inside a roasting pan.
• Roast chicken until skin begins to brown, 25-30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thigh registers 165°, 25-30 minutes longer. Let rest 10 minutes before carving. Serve with lemon wedges.
• DO AHEAD: Chicken can be made 2 days ahead. Let cool. Cover and chill; bring to room temperature before serving.

PROVENçAL CHICKEN AND TOMATO ROAST

Steps:

• Put a 17-by 11-inch heavy 4-sided sheet pan in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 475°F.
• 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.
• 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.
• Roast 20 minutes. Turn chicken over and roast chicken and vegetables 15 minutes more.
• Scatter grape tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, and olives over vegetables in pan.
• Drizzle water over vegetables, then roast until chicken is golden and cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes more. Serve chicken with vegetables.

PROVENCAL ROAST CHICKEN

Steps:

• 1. Heat oven to 400 degrees F. Place chicken, breast side up, in ungreased shallow roasting pan.
• 2. Grate peel from lemon; squeeze juice. In a small bowl mix lemon peel, lemon juice and oil. Drizzle half of lemon mixture over chicken; pat herbes de Provence and pepper on skin of chicken. Place squeezed lemon halves inside chicken cavity.
• 3. IN large bowl toss potatoes, zucchini, tomatoes, olives and remaining lemon mixture. Arrange vegetables around chicken in roasting pan. Insert oven proof meat thermometer in chicken so tip is in thickest part of inside thigh and does not touch bone.
• 4. Bake 1 hour 45 minutes to 2 hours or until termometer reads 180 degrees F, legs move easily when lifted or twisted and vegetables are tender.

PROVENCAL ROAST CHICKEN WITH VEGETABLES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 400 degees F. Spray a large shallow roasting pan with nonstick spray.
• 2. Chop 1 of the garlic cloves and combine the chopped garlic, rosemary, thyme, tarragon, oil and 1/4 tsp. salt in a small bowl and make a paste. Gently loosen the skin from the breast and leg portions of the chicken and rub the paste evenly under the skin.
• 3. In the cavity of the chicken, place the lemon and tuck the wings under the back and tie the legs together. Place the chicken skin side up in the pan.
• 4. Take the remaining garlic cloves, potatoes (if medium size, you might want to cut them in half), onions, tomatoes, oregano and the remaining salt in a large bowl. Toss with a little bit of olive oil.
• 5. Arrange the vegetables around the chicken. Roast, stirring the vegetables occasionally about 45 minutes. Add the zucchini, yellow squash and olives to the vegetables in the pan and toss well. Continue roasting until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the inner thigh registers 180 degrees F and the vegetables are tender - approx. 20 - 25 minutes longer.
• 6. Transfer the chicken to a platter and let it rest approx. 10 minutes. Remove skin (if desired) and carve. Serve the chicken wit the vegetables.

PROVENçAL CHICKEN AND TOMATO ROAST RECIPE | EPICURIOUS.COM

Steps:

• Put a 17-by 11-inch heavy 4-sided sheet pan in upper third of oven and preheat oven to 475°F.
• 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.
• 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.
• Roast 20 minutes. Turn chicken over and roast chicken and vegetables
• minutes more.
• Scatter grape tomatoes, sun-dried tomatoes, and olives over vegetables in pan.
• Drizzle water over vegetables, then roast until chicken is golden and cooked through, 10 to 15 minutes more. Serve chicken with vegetables.

ROAST PROVENCAL CHICKEN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475°. Mix garlic, herbes de Provence, oil, salt, and pepper in a small bowl. Rub mixture all over inside and outside of chicken. Place on a wire rack set inside a roasting pan. Roast chicken until skin begins to brown, 25–30 minutes. Reduce heat to 350° and roast until an instant-read thermometer inserted into thigh registers 165°, approximately 25 to 30 minutes longer. Let rest 10 minutes before carving. Serve with lemon wedges. DO AHEAD: Chicken can be made 2 days ahead. Let cool. Cover and chill; bring to room temperature before serving.