Chicken, Sausage, Peppers, and Potatoes

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Description

You’ll need a large, heavy-duty roasting pan (or a couple of smaller ones) and a very hot oven for this delicious dish. The long oven time makes everything beautifully caramelized and the chicken fork tender.

Ingredients

  • 4 large links hot Italian sausage
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil, divided
  • 6 bone-in, skin on chicken thighs
  • ½ pound assorted sweet peppers, seeded
  • 1 small red onion, sliced
  • ½ yellow onion, sliced
  • 4 large Yukon Gold potatoes, quartered
  • 2 teaspoons dried Italian herbs
  • 2 teaspoons kosher salt, plus more as needed
  • Freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • 1 tablespoon Chopped fresh Italian parsley

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 450 degrees F (230 degrees C).
  2. Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Cook sausage links until browned and oil begins to render
  3. about 3 minutes per side. While sausages are cooking
  4. pierce them lightly here and there with the tip of a sharp knife so some fats and juices are released. Remove from heat and let cool slightly.
  5. When sausages are cool enough to handle
  6. cut them into serving pieces
  7. about 2-inch slices. Transfer back to pan along with any accumulated juices from the cutting board.
  8. Cut two slashes down to the bone on the skin side of each chicken thigh.
  9. Depending on the size of the peppers
  10. halve or quarter them and place in a large mixing bowl. Add the sliced red and yellow onions and potato chunks. Add chicken thighs and sausage pieces with pan juices.
  11. Season with kosher salt
  12. black pepper
  13. and Italian herbs. Drizzle with a tablespoon of olive oil.
  14. Mix with your hands until all ingredients are coated in oil
  15. 3 or 4 minutes. Transfer to large
  16. heavy-duty roasting pan. Evenly space the chicken thighs skin side up. Position potatoes near the top.
  17. Place in preheated oven until chicken is cooked through and everything is caramelized
  18. about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C). Sprinkle with chopped fresh Italian parsley
  19. if desired.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Cook Time: 1 hr 10 mins

Total Time: 1 hr 30 mins

Servings: 6

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