Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Tonights Dinner

One of the first meals my mom ever taught me is one of the easiest meals in the world to make and its delicious !

Oven Roasted Chicken with Italian Dressing Marinade
This recipe works with any cut of chicken that you wish to use .
you will need : Chicken of your choosing  " one pound"
                       One Bottle of Italian Dressing
                       Three Medium size potatoes
                       Cooking bag or Aluminum foil
                       Quart Size Baking dish
                        1 Large freezer bag

Preheat oven to 400 degrees
wash chicken " skin if you want"
put chicken and Italian dressing in large freezer bag  press out as much air as you can
 place in the fridge for 20-30 mins
"longer you marinade chicken better the flavor feel free to do so long before you start cooking"

wash & cut potatoes into 1 1/2 inch  in cubes
you can peal potatoes if you want

Place chicken and potatoes in baking dish and cover with foil. bake for 30-40 mins
"chicken thighs and wings should be cooked to a internal temp of 180 . breast 170 degrees
or till when you poke into the thickest part of the chicken to the bone and the juices run clear "
"if your cooking skin on chicken take foil off and bake for 5-6 mins or till skin turns a golden brown"
after roasting chicken remove from oven and let rest for 5-8 mins. letting the juices settle


goes great with salad of your choosing , steamed vegetables and dinner rolls!

1 comment:

  1. Ok I finally made this tonight and it was so good! I added parsips and carrots and next time I would add some big chunks of onions too. I used thighs that were pretty big and it took almost 50 minutes.. but I also think my oven wasn't quite at 400. Thanks Portia!

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