Sheet Pan Chicken with Lemon, Chickpeas and Olives
Course: Main Courses
We make this recipe as a whole-roasted chicken version a few times a month, but with the days getting shorter (and this mama’s patience wearing thin after 6pm), the sheet-pan drumstick-or-thigh version takes a third of the time and hits the spot just the same.
Ingredients
12 to 15Chicken drumsticks or thighsbone in and skin on
3TbspOlive oil
1TbspMelted butter
3Lemons
2lbcanned Garbanzo beans*2 cans chickpeas
1cupPitted olivessave the brine!
1tspSalt
Instructions
Place the oil, melted butter, 2 Tbsps of olive brine and juice of 1 lemon in a large bowl. Toss the chicken (drumsticks or thighs) to coat each piece well. Let this sit, covered for 30 minutes to one hour in the fridge.
Preheat your oven to 375F. Slice the remaining lemons. Place the olives and chickpeas on a rimmed cookie sheet. Top with the chicken, pouring the juice they were marinating in over the pan. Add the lemon slices.
Bake, uncovered, for 25-30 minutes. Season to taste.