One Pot Roasted Chicken & Potatoes

This recipe comes together so easily. The prep is so fast and you only use the roasting pan so it's a quick clean up as well! I made this for our four year anniversary yesterday.  With a little baby crawling/walking around and demanding my undivided attention, the ease of this recipe is very helpful! And all three of us really enjoyed the flavour!

Ingredients:
1 large chicken (about 1.5 kg)
sea salt and black pepper
olive oil
1 head of garlic, halved horizontally
2 lemons
rosemary and thyme
4 carrots, quartered
1 onion, chopped into large pieces
5 potatoes, peeled and chopped
1 pkg (227g) sliced mushrooms
1/3 cup wine
1 cup chicken stock

Directions:
1. Heat the oven to 450F.  Rub the chicken all over with salt, pepper and drizzle with olive oil.  Place in  a large roasting pan and stuff the cavity with half of the head of garlic, one lemon halved, and some rosemary and thyme.

2. Roast the chicken for 20 minutes.  Meanwhile, prepare your vegetables (carrots, potatoes, onion).  Take the chicken out of the oven and lower the oven to 425F.  Add the onion, carrots and potatoes around the pan.  Quarter the remaining lemon and place around the roasting pan with the remaining garlic.  Drizzle olive oil over the chicken and vegetables; sprinkle with salt, pepper, rosemary and thyme. Roast for another 15 minutes.

3. Lower the oven to 400F. Add the mushrooms around the pan.  Drizzle with a little bit more olive oil, then pour the chicken stock and wine over the vegetables. I used red wine simply because that's what I had handy.  Either wine works fine, but the red will stain your potatoes a bit. Roast for another 30-35 minutes, or until the chicken is golden brown and cooked through - the juices should run clear when the thickest part of the thigh is pierced with a knife.

4. Place the chicken on a platter, cover with foil and let it rest for 10 minutes.  Place the vegetables in a serving dish and keep warm.

5. Carve the chicken and serve with the vegetables.  Spoon some of the cooking liquid over each.

This will easily serve 4 people! As I forgot to take a picture of my beautiful creation, these photo from the web will have to do until I cook it again! Buon'appetito!
(The picture on the right is more like the colour of the chicken from this recipe.)