Sheet Pan Chicken

Sheet Pan Chicken with croutons and small potatoes takes 20 minutes to prep and this entire chicken sheet pan dinner bakes in 50 minutes.

Beautiful to serve for an easy family weeknight dinner or a fun meal prep idea sheet pan meals make cooking so easy!

The crunchy golden brown croutons go perfectly with the soft warm potatoes, and lemony chicken...

Sheet Pan Chicken Recipe

Sheet pan chicken dinners are all the rage because they are a breeze! Simply slice the ingredients, place them on a large pan, "toss" to season each chicken piece, and bake.

Everything you need for dinner is made in one pan with a few ingredients for a fast delicious weeknight family dinner.

EASY clean-up, and one pan to wash.

This is a "company-worthy" dish full of fresh flavor for any special occasion, and the lemony flavor is incredible.

• 3 lemons each cut into 8 pieces lengthwise
• 2 ½ pounds of small potatoes fingerling potatoes, or new potatoes (unpeeled)
• ¼ cup good olive oil
• 1 baguette cut into 1” pieces
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon fresh cracked pepper
• 2 pounds 3 skinless chicken breasts, sliced into 1” pieces
• 1 tablespoon smoked paprika (not hot paprika)
• 1 tablespoon lemon pepper

The best small potatoes for this recipe are...

• Immature Baby Potatoes
• Fingerling Potatoes
• New Potatoes

1. Fill a small bowl with cool water and a splash of vinegar, and clean the lemons. The vinegar helps clean fruits and veggies and leaves no after-taste. Cut each lemon lengthwise into 8 pieces. Place on the pan.
2. Fill a small bowl with cool water and a splash of vinegar, and clean the potatoes. Cut small potatoes in half. Place on the pan.
3. Next, slice the baguette bread loaf into 1" pieces and place those onto the pan. Drizzle the oil, salt, and pepper and toss lemons, potatoes, and bread cubes well to combine on the pan. You can also do this in a very large bowl, but that is one more thing to clean. In a small bowl, mix smoked paprika (not hot paprika) and lemon pepper. Next, cut the chicken breasts into 1” cubes, and toss the meat cubes in the smoked paprika (not hot paprika) and lemon pepper seasoning mix.
4. Place chicken pieces on top of lemons, bread, and potatoes. Bake at 400 degrees for 25 minutes, then drizzle a little more olive oil and toss again using tongs.  Finish baking at 400 degrees for 25 more minutes until the bread is toasted, the potatoes are tender, and the chicken is lightly browned and baked.

Sheet Pan Chicken Tips

Chicken: If you leave the breasts whole, I found it is much harder to get everything to brown nicely and to cook evenly, that is why I used 1" pieces, you could also swap in boneless chicken thighs. Cook the chicken till juices run clear, and the internal temperature is 165 degrees.

Serving: Sprinkle a little tangy fresh lemon over the croutons, chicken, and potatoes. You can even eat some of the roasted lemon pulp spread onto the chicken, it is sweet and amazing. Serve with a fresh green salad, topped with some olives, parmesan cheese, and feta with a little homemade herb butter for the potatoes, and dinner is done!

Make-Ahead: If prepping this dinner in the morning, cover well with plastic wrap, and chill in the fridge. Simply remove the plastic wrap, and pop right in the oven at dinner time!

Clean Lemons & Potatoes: The splash of vinegar in a bowl of water helps clean fruits and vegetables and leaves no after-taste.

Swaps and Additions: Other vegetables like sweet potatoes, bell peppers, onions, green beans, brussels sprouts, or carrots would all work in this sheet pan dinner. Cut the larger vegetables into smaller pieces so they cook evenly.

Leftovers: Reheat in the microwave or on a pan in the oven, and serve with some brown rice and have for lunch the next day.

More Flavor Additions: Drizzle on some pesto sauce or a couple of tablespoons of minced garlic tossed in before baking.

What Readers Are Saying

• "Super easy and delicious! This is a GREAT sheet pan dinner. Thank you, Lisa."
• "This was SO easy to make and such great flavors! Definitely adding this to our meal rotation!"
• "What a quick and delicious one-pan dish! I love making this one on our busy weeknights!"

If you love this easy recipe, take a look at my other one pan dinner, a Shrimp Boil with yummy corn, potatoes, andouille sausage, and shrimp!

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