Citrus Chicken with Garlic-Parm Potatoes and Steamed Greenbeans

I have decided to start a new on the whole food blogging thing. I've been doing so many different things in my kitchen lately that it just makes sense.

Expect lots of great things to come! Including, but not limited to, recipe sharing, cooking/kitchen tips, food reviews and my ramblings about all things foodie.

Let's start with a recipe!

Citrus Rubbed Chicken

(served with garlic-parm potatoes and steamed organic green beans)

This is a recipe I found via pinterest. For the original, visit Eatsy. 

Ingredients:

Chicken pieces, at least the equivalent of a whole chicken, but you can generally fit two whole chickens in a large pan. I used Simple Truth free range chicken, but you can use any you like. 

1 tablespoon of salt (we just used the basic table salt)

2 teaspoons of paprika (or more/less to taste)

1 teaspoon black pepper (or to taste)

2 lemons (to zest and juice)

1 large orange (to zest and juice)

Instructions:

Preheat your oven to 400 degrees

Mix together your citrus zests with the paprika, salt and pepper. Combine well. It will be a bit "sticky"

Clean your chicken and place in a baking pan. It will cook better if the pan is packed pretty full. 

Apply your zest mixture to the top/sides of your chicken. Rub in the best you can. 

Cut the lemons and orange into wedges, and squeeze a bit of juice over the top of the chicken. Place the wedges in the pan and under the chicken for added flavor.

If desired, let the chicken marinate for an hour or so.

Roast your chicken in the oven at 400 degrees for about an hour, or until it is no longer pink all the way through (165 degrees is a good temperature). The fuller the pan, the longer it will take to cook (ours took about 90 minutes).

Remove from oven and let it cool a bit before serving.

The chicken should juice up pretty well as it cooks, this juice is great spooned on top as you eat, as well as squeezing more oranges/lemons on top.

Nutrition info:

(per serving, serving size: 1/4 chicken)

44 calories 

1 g fat

18 mg cholesterol

2546 mg sodium

91 mg potassium

2 g carbs

2 g fiber

0 g sugar (unless you count small amount from juicing)

7 g protein

13% daily vitamin a

15% daily vitamin c

2% daily calcium

4% daily iron

If you're looking for a great full meal, I highly recommend my go-to Parmesan potatoes recipe. If you use fresh grated parm and good quality olive oil, they turn out superb. For veggies, you can't go wrong with organic steamed green beans or broccoli.

I hope you enjoyed my first new post. I can't wait to share more amazing food adventures with you all!

~Lisa