Sunday Night Supper (on a Thursday): Crockpot Garlic Lemon Chicken & Garlic Oven Roasted Potatoes

If you don't already own a crockpot, I suggest you go buy one. It's especially helpful when you're working all day and don't want to come home and cook a meal. It's also AMAZING in the summer months. That's right A M A Z I N G. My place doesn't have a/c and tends to get really hot when it's warm outside so turning on the stove or oven can sometimes become a chore. This is where the lovely crockpot comes in handy. I'm always looking for delicious recipes to cook up and I recently had a craving for lemon garlic chicken and was flipping through the notes on my phone when I found the recipe I had saved a year in a half ago. I decided to pair the chicken with garlic oven roasted potatoes and I'd steam broccoli and carrots. It's safe to say this dish was a hit. It was a light healthier dinner and the amount of time I spent using the oven and stove was minimal so I wasn't getting overheated while trying to put together a meal. 

Ingredients:

2lbs chicken pieces (i used breasts) 

1 teaspoon dried oregano

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon pepper

2 tablespoons olive oil

1/3 cup water

4 tablespoons lemon juice (I used cut up lemons instead) 

4 garlic cloves, minced 

Step 1: Rinse chicken and dry on paper towels. (this was the least fun part for me since I don't do well raw meat)

 
Step 2: In a small bowl combine the oregano, salt, and pepper

Step 3: sprinkle the oregano, salt and pepper onto chicken

Step 4: In a large skillet put in the olive oil and brown the chicken

Step 5: Once the chicken is brown, transfer it into crockpot

Step 6: Add water, lemon juice and garlic and pour over the chicken. Cook on low for 5 to 6 hours or on high for 2 1/2 to 3 hours.

**I cut up lemons and squeezed two lemons to make lemon juice then I cut up lemons and let them cook with the chicken and garlic. I thought it gave it a better taste.

Garlic Oven Roasted Potatoes 

Ingredients: 

3 pounds small red or white potatoes 

1/4 cup olive oil

1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt

1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

2 tablespoons minced garlic (i used garlic powder instead)

Directions:

Step 1 - Preheat oven to 400 degrees 

Step 2 - Cut potatoes in half or quarters and place in bowl 

Step 3 - Add olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic and toss potatoes around in it. Make sure they're well coated

Step 5 - Transfer potatoes to a sheet pan and spread out so they aren't on top of one another

Step 6 - Roast in oven for 45 minutes to an hour (or until they're brown). Remember to flip them every now and then while they're roasting.