This Italian Chicken Bake with Creamy Parmesan Potatoes is super easy to make, and best of all, it's baked in one tray. The bottom layer of this chicken bake is a creamy potato bake, and the top is juicy Italian flavoured chicken thighs.
Creamy potato bake is what I call comfort food! It goes with just about everything and who knew that you could bake an all in one potato bake meal? I'm so glad I tried it, and my entire household LOVED it, so it will now be on my family friendly meal plan rotation.
Ingredients
- chicken thigh or breasts
- chicken stock
- thickened cream
- potatoes
- baby spinach
- butter
- garlic minced
- Italian herb mix
- onion powder
- garlic powder
- flour
- lemon juice
- salt & pepper
See the recipe card for quantities.
Instructions
Although you bake this chicken meal in the oven, you will need to brown the chicken in a frypan and make the sauce.
Season the chicken with olive oil, Italian seasoning and a dash of salt and pepper. In a large frypan on a medium high heat, add oil and fry chicken on both sides until golden (around 4 minutes per side). Remove the chicken, and don't wash the frypan.
Melt the butter and add minced garlic. Once the butter starts to bubble (around 1 minute), add the flour and whisk it together until thick. Add the chicken stock slowly and whisk (approx 1 minute).
Add the cream and whisk until thick and creamy. Add the baby spinach, onion powder, garlic powder, lemon juice, cheese, salt and pepper to the sauce and simmer for 4-5 minutes. Add the diced potatoes to the bottom of the baking dish and pour over the cheese sauce. Add the chicken on top of the potato and cover with foil.
Place dish in the oven (with foil) for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove the foil and place it back in the oven for a further 20 minutes. Using a fork, check that the potatoes are cooked through and serve. If potatoes aren't cooked through, you might have to increase the cooking time.
Hint: You can use any type of cheese you like in the sauce.
Substitutions
If you don't like chicken thighs, you could easily substitute for chicken breasts or chicken legs, but you will have to adjust the cooking time. You could also add green beans or any other vegetables to the potatoes at the bottom of the tray.
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Italian Chicken Bake with Creamy Parmesan Potatoes
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Ingredients
- 6 potatoes diced small in to 1 cm cubes
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 8 chicken thighs
- 2 tablespoons italian herb seasoning
- 3 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 1 ½ cups thickened cream
- 1 tablespoon onion powder
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- 1 teaspoon lemon juice
- 2 cups baby spinach
- salt & pepper
- ¼ cup parmesan cheese you can use any type of cheese
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees celsius and lightly oil a baking dish (I use a glass one).
- Cut the potatoes to a small 1 cm cube size and set them aside. I used washed potatoes and left the skin on, but you can use any and remove the skin.
- Season the chicken with olive oil, Italian seasoning and a dash of salt and pepper.
- In a large frypan on a medium high heat, add oil and fry chicken on both sides until golden (around 4 minutes per side). Remove chicken and don't wash the frypan.
- Melt the butter and add minced garlic. Once the butter starts to bubble (around 1 minute), add the flour and whisk it together.
- Add the chicken stock slowly and whisk (approx 1 minute). Add the cream and continue to whisk until thick and creamy.
- Add the baby spinach, onion powder, garlic powder, lemon juice, cheese, salt and pepper to the sauce and simmer for 4-5 minutes.
- Add the diced potatoes to the bottom of the baking dish and pour over the cheese sauce. Add the chicken on top of the potato and cover with foil.
- Place dish in the oven (with foil) for 30 minutes. After 30 minutes, remove the foil and place it back in the oven for a further 20 minutes.
- Using a fork, check that the potatoes are cooked through and serve. If potatoes aren't cooked through, you might have to increase the cooking time.
Notes
Nutrition
The nutritional information provided is computer generated and is only an estimate. This data is provided as a courtesy for informational purposes only.
Claire
I made this for dinner tonight. Delicious!!!! Forgot the spinach and cheese 🤦🏻♀️ but still amazing. Thank you