Chicken with Honey Lemon Butter
with roasted potatoes and parsnips / arugula salad
This sheet pan meal with chicken and vegetables gets an extra boost of flavor from honey lemon butter drizzled over everything. This meal was last featured in 2018.
Ingredients
Roasted Potatoes and Parsnips:
- Parsnips - 2 , chopped
- Potatoes, russet - 2, peeled and chopped
- Oil, olive - 1 Tbsp + 1 Tbsp
- Thyme leaves - 1 tsp + 1 tsp
Chicken with Honey Lemon Butter:
- Garlic - 2 cloves, minced
- Shallots - 1 bulb, minced
- Chicken thighs, boneless and skinless - 1 1/2 lbs
- Honey - 2 Tbsp
- Mustard, Dijon - 1 tsp
- Lemon juice - 1 Tbsp
- Butter - 3 Tbsp
- Oil, cooking - 1 Tbsp
- Thyme sprigs - 3 to 4
Arugula Salad:
- Lemon juice - 1 Tbsp
- Mustard, Dijon - 1 tsp
- Honey - 1 1/2 tsp
- Oil, olive - 2 Tbsp
- Arugula - 6 oz (or use your favorite salad greens)
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size:
1 serving
Servings Per Recipe
4
Amount Per Serving
Calories
524
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% Daily Value
Total Fat
28g
43%
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Saturated Fat
7g
36%
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Trans Fat
0g
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Cholesterol
113mg
38%
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Sodium
153mg
6%
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Total Carbohydrate
46g
15%
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Dietary Fiber
6g
23%
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Sugars
16g
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Protein
26g
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Prep
- Garlic / Shallots - Prep as directed and combine. (Can be done up to 5 days ahead)
- Parsnips - Prep as directed. (Can be done up to 3 days ahead).
- Chicken - Season with some salt and pepper. Tenderize with a fork. (Can be done 1 day ahead)
- Potatoes - Prep as directed.
- Make sauce - Combine garlic, shallots, honey (portion for chicken), Dijon (portion for chicken), lemon juice (portion for chicken), and butter in a small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave for ~1 minute, until butter is melted.
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Make
- Heat oven to 400F / 204C degrees.
- Toss parsnips with first part of olive oil and first part of thyme leaves (portions for potatoes / parsnips) and spread out onto a sheet pan. Sprinkle generously with some salt and pepper. Roast in the top rack of your oven for 10 minutes to get them started before adding potatoes.
- Toss potatoes with second part of olive oil and second part of thyme leaves (portions for potatoes / parsnips) and season with some salt and pepper. Add to parsnips, stirring everything to combine. Return pan to oven and continue roasting until parsnips and potatoes are tender, 25 to 30 minutes more.
- Once potatoes and parsnips are in the oven, heat a skillet with cooking oil over medium-high heat.
- Add chicken to heated oil. Sear until golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Transfer chicken to your sheet pan of vegetables that have been roasting. (Cooking chicken over the parsnips and potatoes will give them extra flavor.)
- Pour butter mixture over chicken and top with thyme sprigs. Season with some salt and pepper. Roast in the oven for 15 to 25 minutes, until chicken reaches 165F / 74C degrees. (Chicken and vegetables should finish around the same time, but take the chicken out if it finishes before the vegetables.)
- Just before serving, whisk together lemon juice (portion for salad), mustard (portion for salad), honey (portion for salad), and olive oil (portion for salad). Season to taste with some salt and pepper. Toss with arugula.
- Enjoy roasted chicken and vegetables with salad on the side.
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size:
1 serving
Servings Per Recipe
4
Amount Per Serving
Calories
524
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% Daily Value
Total Fat
28g
43%
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Saturated Fat
7g
36%
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Trans Fat
0g
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Cholesterol
113mg
38%
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Sodium
153mg
6%
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Total Carbohydrate
46g
15%
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Dietary Fiber
6g
23%
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Sugars
16g
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Protein
26g
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Reviews
Ratings
28 reviews
Garbanzo beans are not my favorite, but honey butter makes everything better. Loved the roasted veg too.
0 HelpfulThis one knocked it out of the park! My 1 and 4 yr olds loved it. Mistakenly purchased both thighs and breast and honestly that was just lovely to have both (and they did finish about the same time). Agree it was a little more involved than some meals but worth it
0 HelpfulWas slightly time intensive for our weeknight routine but luckily a lot of it was just waiting time. Kids ate it and parents liked it.
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