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मंगलवार, 5 अक्तूबर 2021

Baked Buttery Herb Chicken and Potatoes

Baked buttery herb chicken and potatoes are absolutely delicious! Moist and juicy chicken combined with perfectly tender potatoes will make this a meal that you will make over and over!

When I can cook almost an entire meal all at one time, you can count me in! This herb chicken and potatoes are so simple but it looks gorgeous and tastes amazing! If you want to finish off this recipe with some more vegetables, try this Asparagus, Broccoli, and these amazing Carrots!

Sheetpan Chicken and Potatoes

My fall season begins and ends with a crazy schedule! I am always running around getting my kids to all of their activities. This means that I am always on the lookout for a good recipe that is quick, easy, and delicious! Anything that I can cook in under 30 minutes is a win and this herb chicken and potatoes tastes absolutely incredible. It is one of my favorite go-to meals for busy weeknights! Add in a quick salad and or vegetables and you have yourself a delicious meal that will fill you right up and get you on your way!

This meal is one of my very favorites! In fact, with just a few ingredients that are cooked together, you’ve got a main dish and a side dish all in one. You can’t beat that! Because you bake the chicken, it is incredibly moist and juicy. The flavor of this herb chicken and those seasoned potatoes is so amazing and full of earthy flavors. I love this recipe so much and I think that your kids will love it too! I bet that once you try it, you will make this dish over and over again!

What You Need to Make Chicken and Potatoes

You probably already have everything that you need to make these amazing herb chicken and potatoes! In fact, this recipe only uses a few ingredients so go ahead and get baking that chicken! See the recipe card below for the exact ingredient measurements.

Chicken breasts: I use boneless, skinless chicken so that I can pound it out to an even thickness.
Potatoes: You can use baby red or gold potatoes in this recipe! Make sure that when you cut them, that they end up as about the same size so that then they will all cook evenly.
Salt and pepper: I like to use this to add additional flavoring to the chicken!
Dried Italian dressing: 1 packet will be enough for this chicken.
Butter: This is the ingredient that, when you melt the butter and put it on the chicken, will make the chicken moist and tender!
Garlic: I cannot get enough of this flavor!
Fresh herbs: To garnish this chicken, I like to use thyme, rosemary, or parsley. They will give it that amazing, earthy flavor!

Let’s Bake Some Chicken!

Herb chicken and potatoes are a dish that everyone will love! It is so tender and delicious, you won’t be able to resist cooking this all the time!

Grease and preheat: Preheat oven to 375 degrees and grease a rimmed baking sheet.
Season chicken: Place chicken and potatoes on baking sheet and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Whisk and drizzle: Whisk together butter, Italian seasoning, and garlic. Brush or drizzle over chicken and potatoes.
Bake and serve: Bake for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and the potatoes are tender. Sprinkle fresh herbs over the top and serve immediately.

2 pictures showing how to place chicken and potatoes on a baking sheet and glaze them with butter.

Tips for Baking Chicken

Baked chicken is the best way to get that tender and juicy texture! One of the biggest problems that I hear people have when cooking chicken is that it comes out dry. Here are a few tips to make sure that doesn’t happen to you! Once you understand how to bake it, then you won’t be able to stop! When it’s cooked right, chicken is the absolute best!

Check the temperature: To make sure that your chicken isn’t pink and undercooked (or dry and overcooked!) then you NEED a meat thermometer! This completely takes any guesswork out and then you will know exactly when it’s done! Chicken is fully cooked when it reaches 165 degrees farenheit.
Cook it in fat: This herb chicken and potatoes calls for you to cook this recipe in butter. When you cook chicken in fat, it allows the chicken to withstand high heat without burning! This keeps in all of the yummy moisture, making the meat so tender!
Meat is best if you LET IT REST: Don’t skip this step! People think that it’s just wasted time but I promise you that it’s not! In fact, it’s probably the most important step to getting a moist and juicy chicken. Once you are done baking the chicken and take it out of the oven then leave it alone! Let it rest in the pan for about 5-10 minutes. That means no touching or cutting into it! This is absolutely important because it is the time when the chicken is locking all of that moisture inside! Cutting into it too soon will let that escape and make for some dry chicken.

Close up of buttery baked herb chicken and potatoes.

How to Store Leftovers

This recipe makes for some fantastic leftovers! After eating it the first night then you can have the same thing for lunch tomorrow or even chop up this chicken and add it into a salad! It’s so delicious and flavorful that you definitely don’t want it to go to waste!

Refrigerator: After your herb chicken and potatoes have cooled, place them in an airtight container. Then, place them in your fridge. They will last for 2-3 days in your refrigerator.
Reheating: You can either eat the chicken cold, sliced and in a salad. Or you can reheat it and use it over some rice, with some vegetables or on its own! Take the chicken and potatoes out and place them on your counter. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and then put your chicken in a baking dish. Add in a few tablespoons of chicken broth or water to the bottom of the dish. Cover it with foil and cook for 10-15 minutes or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees farenheit.

A chicken breast a potatoes on a plate with a fork.

Baked Buttery Herb Chicken and Potatoes

Baked buttery herb chicken and potatoes are absolutely delicious! Moist and juicy chicken combined with perfectly tender potatoes will make this a meal that you will make over and over!

Course Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine American

Keyword sheet pan chicken and potatoes

Prep Time 5 minutes

Cook Time 25 minutes

Total Time 30 minutes

Servings people

Calories 152kcal

Author Alyssa Rivers

Ingredients

4 boneless, skinless chicken breasts pounded to even thickness
4 cups quartered baby red and/or gold potatoes
salt and pepper to taste
1 packet dried Italian salad dressing
6 tablespoons butter melted
1 teaspoon minced garlic
fresh herbs for garnish such as thyme, rosemary, or parsley

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and grease a rimmed baking sheet.
Place chicken and potatoes on a baking sheet and season with salt and pepper to taste.
Whisk together butter, Italian seasoning, and garlic. Brush or drizzle over chicken and potatoes.
Bake for 20-25 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and potatoes are tender. Sprinkle fresh herbs over the top and serve immediately.

Notes

Updated on October 5, 2021

Originally Posted on September 26, 2016

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सोमवार, 4 अक्तूबर 2021

Thai Basil Beef

Thai basil beef is simple and delicious! It’s made with a homemade Thai sauce that has a bold and brilliant flavor and can be thrown together in less than 30 minutes. It is SO GOOD!

I love to make International cuisine at home that tastes even better than take-out! In fact, try this like this easy homemade Pad Thai , Beef and Rice Bowl , and these amazing Chicken Skewers!

Thai Basil Beef

I love to eat out. But even more than that, I love it when I can make restaurant food at my OWN house. My favorite thing to order at a Thai restaurant is Thai Basil Beef (Restaurants usually call it Pad Gra Prow). I love it so much that I wanted to have it at home whenever I wanted! So, I came up with the recipe, and boy, it is delicious! Making international food at home used to intimidate me but once I tried it, I realized that it wasn’t hard at all! It’s simple and you will be so glad that you did!

I have always loved the flavors of Thai food! They are fresh and bold and different! You can make them as spicy or as mild as you want. Which is a huge benefit of making this at home… You have all the control to do that and to make it exactly how you and your family want! In fact, once you cook this dish, then you are going to want to try all sorts of that dishes like Thai Peanut Sesame Noodles and Easiest Pad Thai. Look over the ingredients beforehand, there may be some that you need to grab at the store. You’re going to love this recipe so much, you’ll soon be a pro!

What Do You Need to Make Thai Basil Beef?

Some of these ingredients you will have on hand but a few of them you might need to grab at the store before you start cooking. Look over this list before turning on that stove! See the recipe card below for a list of exact ingredient measurements.

Vegetable oil: The oil is used to cook your vegetables in!
Shallots: I like to make sure my shallots are thinly sliced and similar in size.
Garlic cloves: Slice up your garlic cloves, If you don’t have cloves on hand, you can use the minced garlic from your fridge. ½ tsp equals about 1 garlic clove.
Ginger: Mince up your ginger. THis brings in a fantastic taste.
Red bell pepper: Cut up your pepper into thinly sliced pieces.
Ground beef: I have also used ground chicken, pork or turkey if I had those at home already instead.
Brown sugar: Sweetens up the flavor without adding in too much sugar.
Fish sauce, soy sauce and oyster sauce: These sauces will bring in that overall Thai flavoring that will make this dish taste authentic.
Garlic chili paste: This is for heat. Use more or less of this depending on how spicy you want this dish to be!
Beef Broth: I like to use low sodium beef broth in this recipe!
Water: Used to mix the cornstarch,
Cornstarch: The cornstarch is used as a thickening agent.
Thai Basil leaves: Thai basil is traditionally what is used but sweet basil may be substituted if you can’t find it!
Jasmine rice: This long grained rice tastes amazing and is fantstic underneath all of these tasty ingredients.

Let’s Make Some Thai Food!

Thai basil beef is actually not hard to make at all! It takes less than 30 minutes from start to finish and it is amazingly delicious!

Cook vegetables in oil: Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the oil and then add the shallots, garlic, ginger and bell peppers and stir-fry for 3 minutes.
Add ground beef and cook: Push the veggies off to the side and then turn the heat to high and add the ground beef. Break it up into small bits with a spoon.
Mix sauces and cook: In a small bowl stir together the brown sugar, fish sauce, soy sauce, oyster sauce, cornstarch beef broth and water and add to the pan. Cook for 2 minutes.
Garnish: Add the basil, and stir until wilted.
Serve: Serve over hot cooked rice.

4 images showing the steps to making Thai basil beef.

Thai Basil vs Sweet Basil

This question comes up a lot for this Thai basil beef recipe so I thought that it deserved its own place! There can be a learning curve to cooking international foods and deciding if things are the same or different is one of them! Thai basil and regular basil (also called sweet basil) are different. Thai basil has a spicy licorice flavor and is not as common to find in the states as sweet basil. A good place to find Thai basil is at your local Asian or International foods market.

Substitution Ideas

If you are wondering what to do if you have SOME of these ingredients or maybe different meats, veggies, etc, then you’re in the right place! Here is a list of things that you can switch out for something else if that’s easier for you! Make this your own, it will be delicious!

Instead of ground beef: You could use ground chicken or ground pork, or even tofu. Flank steak would also taste delicious in this recipe. Slice it thinly, against the grain.
Instead of oyster sauce: You could use more soy sauce instead!
Vegetables: Any other color of bell pepper will work for this recipe! I have also used other vegetables such as shredded carrot, thinly sliced zucchini, mushrooms and bean sprouts!
Asian chili paste: You could use sriracha hot sauce instead! Or leave these ingredients out if you don’t want any heat at all.
Rice: If you don’t have any Jasmine rice just use any rice that you have on hand! Or, skip the rice and serve this in some lettuce wraps!

Thai Basil Beef

Thai basil beef is simple and delicious! It's made with a homemade Thai sauce that has a bold and brilliant flavor and can be thrown together in less than 30 minutes. It is SOO GOOD!

Course Dinner, Main Course

Cuisine Asian American, Chinese

Keyword thai basil beef

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 15 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings people

Calories 268kcal

Author Alyssa Rivers