Instead of getting take-out, an easy dinner is within reach! This easy chicken and potatoes recipe is a must for you if you are a home cook. It is a no-fuss dinner, which is so necessary at the end your day.

Chicken visuvio is an Italian baked chicken and potatoes dish flavored with olive oil, garlic, herbs, and wine. It’s super easy to put together and is so satisfying and filling. Once you try this chicken visuvio recipe, your life will be changed.

Want other easy weeknight dinner ideas?

Try this quick and easy creamy shrimp with leek dish.

Delish.com also has an amazing list of weeknight dinner ideas.

What kind of wine to use for cooking

Cooking with wine really elevates your home cooking. It intensifies the flavor of your dishes and changes them from ordinary to extraordinary.

For savory dishes, you want to use a dry wine, which is a wine that has less sugar.

Red wine: perfect for beef, lamb, tomato sauces, meat stews

White wine: perfect for chicken, seafood, light soups, and vegetable dishes

Sherry wine: a white wine fortified with grape brandy; goes well with a variety of meat dishes; you can use sherry wine to make this chicken and potatoes dish.

Bourbon: Technically, it is not a wine. Bourbon is a whiskey that works really well for desserts such as bread pudding and bananas foster

How to Get Crispy Baked Chicken

• Pat dry chicken skin with a towel before cooking
• Rub with generous amounts of oil
• Use high heat in the oven, e.g., broil setting or at least 500 degrees F

Price Comparison

A roasted chicken entree at a mid-level restaurant costs anywhere between $17-25. I spent the following on my ingredients: chicken thighs ($3), potatoes ($1), olive oil ($1), sherry wine ($.50), garlic ($.33). This made enough for 2 servings.

Restaurant ($8.50-12.50) vs. Home-made ($2.92). You are paying a huge mark-up for a chicken and potatoes dish at a restaurant. Try making it yourself at home for extra savings. Not only is this dish easy, it is so crispy and delicious that it will taste like restaurant food!

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Chicken Visuvio-with Sherry and Garlic Sauce

An easy and satisfying roasted chicken and potatoes dish with sherry wine, olive oil, garlic, and herbs.

Course Main Course

Cuisine Italian

Keyword baked chicken, chicken and potatoes, chicken visuvio

Prep Time 5 minutes minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

Servings 2 people

Ingredients

• 2 bone-in chicken thighs with skin
• 1 russet potato peeled and cut into thin wedges
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 pinch red pepper flake
• 1 pinch black pepper
• 1 pinch oregano
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 5 cloves garlic minced
• 2 tbsp sherry wine

Instructions

• Preheat oven to broil or highest temperature.
• Peel russet potato and cut into thin long wedges.
• Place chicken thighs and potato wedges onto a baking tray. Season chicken thighs and potato wedges with salt, red pepper flake, black pepper, and oregano.
• Coat chicken and potato wedges with olive oil, chopped garlic, and sherry wine. Mix until chicken and potatoes are evenly coated. Make sure chicken thighs are facing skin side up.
• Place chicken and potatoes into the oven 10 inches away from the top heat source. Broil chicken for ~20-25 minutes or until the chicken juices run clear and potatoes are tender.

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