Description
This chicken vesuvio dish cooks in a luscious white wine sauce. It starts on the stovetop and completes baking in the oven. For even faster preparation, use an oven-safe skillet.
Ingredients
- 10 skin-on, bone-in chicken thighs
- 1 ½ teaspoons dried oregano, divided
- 1 ½ teaspoons garlic powder, divided
- 1 teaspoon salt, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1 tablespoon grapeseed oil, or more as needed
- 1 ½ pounds baby potatoes, halved
- 2 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 ½ cups white wine, divided
- 1 ½ cups chicken broth, divided
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
- ½ cup whipping cream
- 1 small lemon, juiced
- 1 cup frozen peas
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Season chicken thighs with 1 teaspoon oregano
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- salt
- and pepper.
- Heat a large
- heavy skillet over medium-high heat and add grapeseed oil. Brown chicken in the hot oil
- 5 to 7 minutes. Transfer chicken pieces to a plate.
- Sprinkle potatoes with remaining 1/2 teaspoon oregano and 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder. Add potatoes to the hot skillet and cook over medium-high heat
- stirring occasionally to ensure all sides are browned
- 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer potatoes and chicken to a large roasting pan.
- Cook minced garlic in the hot skillet over medium-high heat until golden brown
- 1 to 2 minutes. Pour 1 cup white wine into the pan and bring to a boil while scraping the browned bits off the bottom of the pan using a wooden spoon. Add 1 cup chicken broth. Allow sauce to reduce
- 7 to 10 minutes. Pour over chicken and potatoes.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour.
- During the last 25 minutes of baking
- melt butter in a saucepan over medium-low heat. Add flour and stir to create a roux. Add remaining 1/2 cup wine
- 1/2 cup chicken broth
- and whipping cream. Stir until sauce has incorporated and thickened slightly
- 7 to 10 minutes. Add lemon juice. Set sauce aside.
- Stir peas into the roasting pan and continue baking until peas are heated through and chicken is no longer pink at the bone
- about 15 minutes more. Remove from oven and pour sauce over chicken.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr 55 mins
Servings: 6