Cheesy chicken bake with new potatoes

Cheesy chicken bake with new potatoes

This new take on roast chicken, all baked in one pan, is set to become a binder favourite

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Carefully lift the skin on the chicken thighs and spread the soft cheese between the skin and flesh. Sit the chicken in a roasting tin, skin-side up, and surround with the potatoes and halved tomatoes, cut-side up.
  2. Scatter the tomatoes with the garlic and a light sprinkling of sugar (this helps to bring out their natural sweetness). Scatter the thyme leaves and sprigs over the tin, season and drizzle with oil. Roast for 45 mins until the chicken and potatoes are cooked through with crisp, golden skin.
Try

Use up your soft cheese

Cheese & onion bagel: Mix 2 tbsp garlic & herb soft cheese with 1 finely chopped spring onion and a few toasted pine nuts. Spread over a toasted bagel and top with sliced tomato. Instant creamy pasta sauce: Stir a few tbsps garlic & herb soft cheese into tomato passata, then toss with pasta for a really quick after-work supper.

PER SERVING

789 kcalories, protein 52g, carbohydrate 24g, fat 55 g, saturated fat 19g, fibre 2g, sugar 5g, salt 0.88 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, April 2010.

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  • 10 March 2010

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  • 30 March 2010

    MrsH rated and commented on this recipe

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    Easy, very little washing up and yummy! Couldn't ask for anymore!!

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  • 31 March 2010

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  • 01 April 2010

    Evelyn Bell rated and commented on this recipe

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    Evelyn Bell 31 March 2010 I made this bake twice. First time the potatoes were hard when everthing else was cooked next time I blanched the potatoes. Result perfect.

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  • 22 April 2010

    K8 GDY rated and commented on this recipe

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    I was a little disappointed with this. Definitely very easy but unfortunately not very cheesy and really lacked that little something. My new potatoes were hard too! Next time I would use baby new pots or blanch them first. I would also maybe add some chorizo to spice it up a bit.

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  • 28 May 2010

    Janet commented on this recipe

    I cooked the chicken a while longer.My daughter in law wont eat chicken when its juicy,she says its not cooked through.otherwise very nice,i would cook it again.very tasty.

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  • 02 September 2010

    Andy rated and commented on this recipe

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    1st time pots were a little hard, so I cut them into smaller pieces. also added different veg to add variety : squash, perrers, mushrooms. but the star was the cheesy chicken, I uses phille with garlic.........no vampires here ! fantastic dish

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  • 16 September 2010

    Hilly rated and commented on this recipe

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    Fabulous dish really tasty and easy to make, I am going to try Stilton next time instead of garlic & herb cheese.

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  • 18 March 2011

    Pudding rated and commented on this recipe

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    A good quick recipe enjoyed by the whole family, only fault being that the skin is just too tasty to leave which doesn't make it overly healthy. Gorgeous as a treat though.

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  • 17 April 2011

    Diane rated and commented on this recipe

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    Gorgeous!!! Very moist chicken, potatoes cooked beautifully (but I cut them lengthways rather than widthwards!!), and the cheezy ooze made a fantastic sauce. I didn't bother with the garlic, and wouldn't next time as I felt there was enough flavour in the cheese. Will definitely do it again, it was so easy to throw together and very yummy!!! :-)

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  • 01 July 2011

    catherine commented on this recipe

    my daughter made this tonight with chicken breast , stuffed with the cheese and wrapped with italian ham, just gorgeous!

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  • 12 July 2011

    Mrsems commented on this recipe

    I'm making this again tonight (second time this week) it's just so yummy. The first time I made it I didn't have any garlic cream cheese so I just pressed 2 cloves of fresh garlic into plain cream cheese. I also part-boiled potatoes and chopped up some butternut squash chunks and threw them in too. My husband (a chef) decided to pop some olive oil onto the skin of the chicken thighs and then used it to stick on breadcrumbs and freshly grated parmesan. The whole dish was super delicious!

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  • 15 January 2012

    Djluckyheather rated and commented on this recipe

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    Cheap, easy and tasty. You can add your own favourites such as mushroom and chorizo to make it your own.

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  • 04 July 2012

    Ticklesmummyoftwo rated and commented on this recipe

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    I have made this for tonight's dinner - Only I used chicken breasts rather than thighs as I find to much fat comes out of thighs & I try to encourage my family to leave the skin - I'm not sure if this is why but to me I cant really taste the cheese, it seems over powered by the thyme??? I will make it again, but I think I'll add some sliced onions, mushrooms, courgettes & peppers so there's more roasted vegies in it to help flavour it & perhaps maybe leave the thyme or at least not add as much! I think some extra garlic & maybe some chilli would work well with the dish.

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 10 - 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 45 mins

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PER SERVING

789 kcalories, protein 52g, carbohydrate 24g, fat 55 g, saturated fat 19g, fibre 2g, sugar 5g, salt 0.88 g

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