Oven Baked Chicken and Potatoes (Easy Family Dinner)
Oven-baked chicken and potatoes is the perfect one-pan family dinner. This simple dinner is perfect for busy weeknights when you need something hearty, filling, and made with everyday ingredients. With juicy chicken and tender potatoes, this is a recipe you’ll come back to again and again.
If you love easy dinners like this, you’ll also enjoy my rice-a-roni with chicken, homemade pot pie, and my chicken and broccoli casserole.
This baked chicken and potatoes recipe is an easy and delicious meal to add to your weeknight calendar. Crispy skinned chicken and creamy potatoes. What’s not to love? There are no fancy ingredients; it takes 15 minutes to prep and is ready in about an hour.
This dinner is made with chicken thighs and Russet potatoes. My family prefers chicken thighs, but you can certainly swap them for your favorite cut of meat.
If you’re looking for more easy chicken dinners, check out my full list of Southern chicken recipes.
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Complete Meal in One: Easy one-pan dinner.
- Pantry Friendly: Made with simple pantry ingredients.
- Weeknight Dinner: Perfect for busy weeknights.
- Family-Friendly: A meal the whole family loves.
- Comfort Food: Everyone loves a satisfying and comforting dish.
Ingredients Needed for Baked Chicken and Potatoes
- Chicken Thighs: My family prefers thighs over breasts, but feel free to swap out the chicken. Use your favorite.
- Potatoes: I like to use Russet potatoes, but I have used Yukon Gold as well, and both worked fine.
- Spinach: If you don’t like spinach, leave it out.
- Cream of Mushroom Soup: This makes the dish creamier.
- Milk: I add milk to the soup to thin it out a bit and make a creamy sauce.
- Seasonings: Use your favorite seasonings. I prefer to use lemon pepper, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, and pepper.
- Oil: The amount of oil will depend on the size of your skillet. You’ll need oil to brown the chicken and a little to toss with the vegetables.
How to Make Chicken with Potatoes Recipe
Creamy chicken with potatoes is an easy weeknight meal. With just a few ingredients and 15 minutes of prep, you’ll have a hearty dinner on the table in no time.
Step 1: Season the chicken and brown it in a skillet.
Step 2: Dice the potatoes and place them in the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
Step 3: Add spinach and mushrooms. Drizzle with vegetable oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Toss to coat.
Step 4: In a small bowl, mix soup and milk. Stir until combined. Pour the soup mixture over the potatoes.
Step 5: Add the chicken to the top of the potatoes in the baking dish.
Step 6: Bake for 45 minutes to an hour or roast until completely cooked through, reaching an internal temperature of 165 degrees.
What to Serve with Chicken and Potatoes
If you need another side, broccoli, breaded okra, or even a side salad would work. You can’t go wrong with some hot buttered rolls, either.
Recipe Tips and Variations
- Swap out the thighs for chicken breast or chicken legs if you like. You will need to adjust the cooking time based on the cut of chicken you desire. The breast may take a little longer to cook, and the legs not so long.
- Seasonings are entirely up to you. If you are not a lemon pepper fan, use just pepper and a little garlic powder. Chili powder is also great and adds a smokier flavor. Season as desired.
- Don’t have Russet potatoes? You can use red potatoes or even some Yukon Gold potatoes. Try to dice all of the potatoes into uniform sizes for even cooking.
- You could also add another vegetable to the mix. For example, add some carrots, Brussels sprouts, or broccoli.
How to Store and Reheat Leftovers
Refrigerator: If you have any leftovers, place them in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Reheat: Put it in the microwave until hot. You can also reheat them in the oven in a baking dish. Perfect for lunch the following day.
Recipe FAQ’s
Yes, they cook perfectly together in one pan, making this an easy and convenient dinner.
About 45–60 minutes at 400°F, depending on the size of the chicken pieces.
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Oven Baked Chicken and Potatoes
Ingredients
- 6-8 chicken thighs
- 4 medium potatoes thickly diced into 2" pieces
- 2 cups baby spinach roughly chopped
- 1 (8oz) package sliced mushrooms
- 1 (10.5 oz.) can cream of mushroom soup
- 1 cup milk
- lemon pepper, paprika, garlic powder, onion powder, salt and pepper to taste
- oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
- Lightly spray a 13"x 9" baking dish with nonstick oil. Set aside.
- Season the chicken well on both sides. Add oil to a skillet to cover the bottom. Heat the oil and add the chicken skin side down. Cook for about 4-5 minutes and then flip. Let the other side brown for 3-4 minutes. You are not cooking the chicken until it is done. You are just browning the outside.
- While the chicken is browning, wash potatoes and dice into 2" pieces and place in the bottom of the prepared baking dish.
- Add spinach and mushrooms. Drizzle with vegetable oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Toss to coat. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, mix soup and milk. Stir until combined. Pour the soup mixture over the potatoes.
- Remove the chicken from the skillet and add to the top of the potatoes in the baking dish.
- Bake for 45 minutes to an hour or roast until completely cooked through, reaching an internal temperature of 165 degrees. Potatoes should be fork tender.
- Serve the creamy sauce over the top of the chicken.
Notes
- Swap out the thighs for chicken breast or chicken legs if you like. You will need to adjust the cooking time based on the cut of chicken you desire. The breast may take a little longer to cook, and the legs not so long.
- Seasonings are entirely up to you. If you are not a lemon pepper fan, use just pepper and a little garlic powder. Chili powder is also great and adds a smokier flavor. Season as desired.
- Don’t have Russet potatoes? You can use red potatoes or even some Yukon Gold potatoes. Try to dice all of the potatoes into uniform sizes for even cooking.
- You could also add another vegetable to the mix. For example, add some carrots, Brussels sprouts, or broccoli.
An easy meal for a busy weeknight. This made enough for my family to have leftovers.
back here to tell you that the husband loved how juicy these chicken and potatoes are
So glad you and your family enjoyed the recipe.
I love chicken thighs and they give the potatoes a great flavor in this chicken and potatoes dish. Definitely a delicious comfort food on a cold night!
My family loves oven baked chicken and potatoes. I will give your recipe a try next time I’m making chicken for dinner. Looks amazing.
After the holiday season I love going back to the basics too 🙂 You can’t go wrong with this recipe!
This recipe is amazing. Simple and so delicious.
Simple, delicious, and quick! You cannot beat this and the family loved it. Thank you for making weeknight dinner easier!
Wow what a comfort meal! This is perfect even for picky eaters!
Absolutely delicious and so easy to make! Thanks for the recipe
My favorite kind of comfy food. Thank you for the tips too! Chicken and potatoes- yum!!
we love thighs also and this easy weeknight dinner is awesome
Glad to see this recipe, celebrations are not yet over for us and this will be the perfect dinner for us this weekend. Thank you for the recipe.
Adding this to next week’s meal plan. Looks perfect for the cold snowy weather here in Canada!
This oven baked chicken and potatoes recipe was so delicious! I loved how moist the chicken was!