Chicken and Italian Sausage

(from tholmes’s recipe box)

Very tasty and inexpensive to make

Source: Roslyn Jacobson

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 55 minutes
Serves 4 people

Categories: Chicken, entree, main dish

Ingredients

  • DRESSING:
  • 3 Tbs red wine vinegar
  • 1 tsp Dijon mustard
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1/2 tsp lemon pepper
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup olive oil
  • CHICKEN AND SAUSAGE:
  • Use either 6 large boneless, skinless, chicken breast or 1 whole large chicken cut into pieces
  • 1 lb sweet Italian sausages (about 4 sausages), cut into 3 pieces each
  • 1 1/2 lbs small red skin potatoes, about 1 inch in diameter
  • 1 small red onion, cut in wedges
  • 4 large cloves garlic, smashed
  • 1/2 cup small pimento stuffed green olives
  • 2 Tbs fresh oregano leaves

Directions

  1. DRESSING:

  2. In small bowl, whisk together vinegar, mustard, oregano, lemon-pepper, and salt

  3. Gradually whisk in oil until dressing is thick and well blended

  4. Heat oven to 425 degrees

  5. Coat bottom of large roasting pan with vegetable oil.

  6. In large bowl, toss chicken and sausage with 6 Tbs of dressing

  7. Place in roasting pan

  8. Roast in 425 degree oven for 15 minutes

  9. In bowl, toss potatoes, onion, and garlic with 3 Tbs of dressing

  10. Arrange in pan with the chicken and sausage

  11. Roast another 40 minutes or until potatoes are tender and chicken registers 170 degrees on instant read thermometer

  12. Stir ingredients in pan halfway through cooking

  13. When chicken is done, stir in olives and fresh oregano

  14. Drizzle with remaining dressing

  15. Serve from roasting pan

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