Baked Chicken Recipes

Roast Chicken with Potatoes, Olives
and Greek Seasoning

Roast chicken dinner including roasted potatoes and onions plus spinach and olives highlighted with feta cheese.

Roast Chicken with Potatoes, Olives and Greek Seasoning recipe

Prep: 20 min | Bake: 1 hr 45 min | Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients

  • 4 tablespoons McCormick® Gourmet Collection Greek Seasoning, divided
  • 2 tablespoons butter, softened
  • 1 (3 to 4 pound) whole chicken
  • 2 lemons, cut in half
  • 1 medium red onion, cut into wedges
  • 6 small Yukon gold potatoes, each cut into 6 wedges
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/3 cup pitted Kalamata or black olives
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon McCormick® Gourmet Collection Black Pepper, Coarse Grind
  • 1 (6 ounce) package fresh spinach leaves
  • 2 ounces feta cheese, crumbled

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 375 degrees F.
  2. Mix 2 tablespoons of the Greek seasoning with butter. Rub 3/4 of butter mixture under chicken skin (breasts and legs) and remaining mixture on the outside of chicken.
  3. Sprinkle 1 tablespoon of the remaining Greek seasoning over outside of chicken. Stuff 3 lemon halves inside the chicken cavity.
  4. Place chicken in roasting pan.
  5. Mix potatoes, oil and remaining 1 tablespoon Greek seasoning.
  6. Arrange potatoes around chicken in pan.
  7. Roast for 1 1/4 to 1 1/2 hours or until chicken is cooked through.
  8. Remove chicken from oven. Let stand for 10 minutes.
  9. Transfer vegetables to large skillet.
  10. Add olives, salt and pepper; cook and stir for 1 to 2 minutes on low heat.
  11. Add spinach; cook and stir for 1 to 2 minutes or until leaves wilt.
  12. Remove from heat.
  13. Gently stir in feta and juice of 1/2 lemon.
  14. Remove vegetables to large platter.
  15. Carve chicken and serve over vegetables.

Notes

Chef Suzanne Goin of Lucques in Los Angeles uses Gourmet Collection Greek Seasoning to add an authentic Greek taste to a roast chicken dinner including roasted potatoes and onions plus spinach and olives highlighted with feta cheese.

Nutrition

Per serving: Calories: 620 Sodium: 598mg Fat: 32g Carbohydrates: 36g Cholesterol: 153mg Fiber: 6g Protein: 47g

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: McCormick McCormick



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