Pan Roasted Garlic Chicken with Red Potatoes & Green Beans

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Cooking for two can be a challenge. I adapted this recipe from RealSimple.com and cut it in half. It turned out really good!  I knew I would like the lemon flavor in the chicken but was surprised at how much I loved it in the beans!

So here's how I made it:

Begin by adding a little of the olive oil to the bottom of your pan. Then place the sliced lemons in the pan.

Oops! The first dish I used was too small. I was thinking of just the two chicken breasts but not about all the added beans and potatoes. Dang, another pan to wash.

Okay, bigger pan...continue on.

Wash and cut up potatoes, wash and trim green beans, rinse and pat dry chicken.

Use the remaining ingredients to make up the olive oil mixture.

Mix all the cut up potatoes, beans, and chicken in the olive oil mixture.

Place the chicken in the pan on top of the lemons. Add green beans and potatoes.

Place in preheated 400 degree oven for 50 minutes or until chicken is done and serve.

I cut the following reciepe in half using just 2 chicken breasts. Perfect for the two of us. To make it easier, here it is already reduced.

3 tablespoons olive oil
1 lemon, 1/2 thinly sliced, 1/2 juiced
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
6 ounces trimmed green beans (about .4 lbs.)
4 small red potatoes, quartered
2 chicken breasts 

Or with 4 chicken breasts use these ingredients.

6 tablespoons olive oil
2 lemons, 1 thinly sliced, 1 juiced
4 cloves garlic, minced
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
3/4 pound trimmed green beans
8 small red potatoes, quartered
4 chicken breasts 

DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 400°F. Coat a baking dish or cast-iron skillet with 1 tablespoon (1/2 Tablespoon if you are cutting the recipe in half) of the olive oil. Arrange the lemon slices in a single layer in the bottom of the dish or skillet.

In a large bowl, combine the remaining oil, lemon juice, garlic, salt, and pepper; add the chicken, green beans and potatoes and toss to coat. Pour this mixture into the pan and spread around evenly.

Roast for 50 minutes or until cooked through. Serve warm. 

Note, fresh string beans work best but you can get good results with frozen.

receipe borrowed from http://www.realsimple.com/

Hope you enjoy! As always, I love to hear from you. ♥