Chicken Breasts Roasted with New Potatoes and Fennel
Servings
4 Servings
Ingredients
- 4 Chicken breast halves bone-in and skin-on
- 1 slice white or wheat bread
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1/8 teaspoon curry powder
- 1 tablespoon chopped fresh tarragon
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 1 pound small new potatoes cut into ¼-inch rounds
- 1 bulb fennel cut in half and into ¼-inch slices
- 1 lemon juiced
- 2 tablespoon olive oil
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 F. In small roasting pan or baking dish, combine potatoes, fennel, lemon juice, olive oil, salt and pepper. Spread mixture evenly over bottom of pan. Set aside.
- Place slice of bread in bowl of food processor. Process until bread becomes crumbs the size of peas. In small bowl, combine mayonnaise, mustard, curry powder and tarragon.
- Season chicken with salt and pepper. Place 1 teaspoon of mayonnaise mixture under skin of each chicken breast. Spread 2 rounded teaspoons of the mayonnaise mixture on top of skin; spread evenly to coat. Sprinkle each breast with 1/4 of the bread crumbs, pressing to adhere to the chicken.
- Place chicken on top of potatoes and fennel. Place in oven and roast for about 45 minutes, or until meat thermometer registers 170 F.
- Serve chicken over fennel and potatoes.
- Source: ChickenEveryMonth
I was intrigued but hesitant to try this because of the strong flavor of fennel, but I was pleasantly surprised. The strong flavor cooks out and the result was a pleasant mix of flavors. I didn’t leave on the chicken skin, but the chicken was still moist, probably because of the thick coating.