Rosemary Chicken Casserole

Another weeknight recipe, one-pot dish with minimal prep and ready in no time. I live for these, because they are simple in prep, it doesn’t require much effort and the oven is doing all the work for you. I love me some roasted crispy chicken from the oven, however the best parts are the drippings from the chicken and you can’t always catch all of them to eat or they dry out while in the oven. My solution, use the potatoes as the ‘rack’ on which to perch the chicken legs and catch all the drippings in a sauce right under it. And yes, it was a success no complaints here.

While I was placing the chicken in the casserole dish I got very much a Game of Thrones vibe the way the chicken was going in a circle. My inner geek is showing but it reminded me of the sigil of House Targaryen if you know what I mean. Maybe I’m imagining things, but I’m taking this even further. What if we had chicken legs as our sigil with the motto ‘Food is Life’ and popular saying ‘We don’t waste food’. And not in a gluttonous way but more like using every part of food and not throwing anything out. It would be all about sustainable practices because ‘Food is Life’ not just for humans but for planet earth. I just got super excited about this.

Back to the recipe, I used rouge potatoes or simply red potatoes. They are small like baby potatoes but have red skin. The skin is very thin and is perfect to cook as is without the need for peeling it. Just give them a good wash and they are good to go. The texture is also slightly different than your conventional potato, once cooked it has this light buttery texture but will hold its shape and doesn’t fall apart. Which also make them excellent to use when making salads.