Chicken Vesuvio
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Fingerling Potatoes, cut in half
- 4 lbs Trucchi’s Chicken Drumsticks
- ½ cup Olive Oil
- Salt
- Pepper
- 3 tsp Dried Oregano
- 15 Garlic Cloves
- 1 )nion, sliced finely
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 5 cup Chicken Stock
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 3 cups Peas (frozen is fine)
- 5 tbsp Butter
- 3 tbsp Fresh Parsley
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 450°
- Toss potatoes with a drizzle of Olive Oil, Salt, Oregano, Pepper.
- Roast potatoes on a parchment-paper lined baking sheet for about 20 minutes. Turn heat down to 375.
- Pat chicken pieces dry and season with Salt, Black Pepper, and Oregano.
- Add Olive Oil to a frying pan and sear chicken (skin side down) for 5 minutes, then on the other side until browned.
- Place finished chicken in a large roasting pan skin side up.
- After Chicken is done searing, reduce the heat of the frying pan. Add olive oil, onions, and garlic, sauteeing until golden.
- Add Dry White Wine and Chicken Stock. Turn the heat to high and reduce sauce to about half. After about four minutes, add in lemon juice.
- Pour the sauce into the large roasting pan with the chicken. Nestle all of the potatoes around the chicken. Bake at 375 for about 20-30 minutes.
- Transfer the Chicken and Potatoes to a serving platter, and add sauce to a pan.
- Cook sauce with Peas, Butter, and season to taste. Pour over Chicken and Potatoes and serve with Parsley.