Crispy Parmesan Chicken Quarters with Roast Potatoes

🧂 Ingredients

• 2 chicken legs

  with skin
• 4 tablespoons vegetable oil

  or avocado, peanut, canola etc.
• 10 potatoes

  quartered
• 1 bulb garlic
• 1-2 tablespoons grated parmesan or other hard cheese
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 teaspoon dried sumac
• ¼ teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon salt

  divided, plus more to taste
• 1 lemon

  sliced into 1cm slices

Instructions

• 1 Parboil the potatoes. Cut the potatoes into quarters and add them to a pot of
  rapidly boiling salted water. Cook until fork tender - about 5 - 7 minutes. You
  can also cover them in water and microwave for 5 - 7 minutes or until fork
  tender.
• 2 Preheat oven to 190 C / 375 F on the convection setting if you have it.
• 3 In a small bowl combine the dried oregano, sumac, black pepper and half of the
  salt.
• 4 Cut the lemon into slices and cut the garlic bulb right down the center into two
  mirrored halves.
• 5 Line a sheet pan with parchment paper or reusable baking paper.
• 6 Prepare the chicken quarters. Whether you wash them or not, they have to be very
  dry. Either don't wash them (see notes) or thoroughly pat them dry with a
  lint-free kitchen cloth or paper towel.
• 7 Put the chicken on the baking sheet and drizzle one tablespoon of oil, using one
  hand to rub it in while the other hand sprinkles the spice mixture. After you
  give the chicken a good massage to loosen it up, arrange it on the baking sheet
  skin side up and sprinkle it with the cheese.
• 8 Once the potatoes are fork tender, drain them well and set them aside until they
  stop steaming. When they stop steaming, drizzle them with the remaining 2
  tablespoons of oil and sprinkle in the remaining salt - use a large spoon to
  gently turn them to coat fully in the oil.
• 9 Arrange the potatoes, lemon slices and halved garlic bulbs alongside the chicken
  on the baking sheet.
• 10 Use the remaining tablespoon of oil to drizzle over the garlic and lemon slices.
• 11 Bake in the preheated oven for 50 minutes. Serve immediately.

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