Classic comfort food gets a lighter lemony twist! This chicken and potato bake is creamy, comforting, and guaranteed to fill you up and put a smile on your face!
Classic comfort food flavors come together in this lemon chicken and potato bake… with the bright twist of adding lemon slices 🙂
Tis the season for comfort food… and to me nothing says comfort food more than a casserole! Casseroles or bakes remind me of sitting around the family dinner table as a kid.
I used my food processor with the slicing blade to slice my potatoes super thin, but a mandolin or some serious chopping skills would work too, just make sure your potatoes are thin enough to fully cook.
Yukon gold potatoes work really well here, but red skin potatoes would be good too!
Cover and bake for an hour, until the potatoes are tender. I wanted the top of my bake to be a little crispy, so I took the foil off and broiled on high for a few minutes.
I found that some chopped parsley really gave this a fresh taste 😀
This dish would pair wonderfully with my Toasted Hazelnut Brussels Sprouts, or Garlic Balsamic Roasted Mushrooms!
Recipe adapted slightly from Gimme Some Oven
Recipe originally published in 2015, and has been updated in 2017
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Ingredients
- 2 cans condensed cream of mushroom soup
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 Tbsp fresh parsley minced
- 1 tsp fresh thyme minced
- 1/2 tsp fresh rosemary minced
- 1.5 lbs . Yukon gold potatoes thinly sliced (no thicker than 1/8")
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 1 small red onion thinly sliced
- 1.5 lbs . boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized chunks
- salt and pepper
- 1 lemon thinly sliced and halved (into half coins)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
- Add soup and milk to a bowl and whisk to combine well. Add chopped parsley, rosemary and thyme and stir well.
- In a separate large bowl, add potatoes, onion, garlic, and chicken pieces. Pour in the soup mixture, along with a pinch of salt and pepper, and toss to combine until evenly coated.
- Transfer mixture to a 13x9" baking dish. Tuck lemon wedges into the mixture randomly across the top. Then cover the pan with aluminum foil.
- Bake for about 1 hour or until the potatoes are tender. Remove the foil, broil the casserole for an extra 2-3 minutes to crisp the top, watching very carefully so that it does not burn.
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carrie @ frugal foodie mama says
Love how the fresh lemon brightens up this dish! A perfect comforting dinner idea for winter time. 🙂
Katerina @ diethood .com says
Oh my goodness!! This is such an incredible dish!! I LOVE it!!
Michelle | A Latte Food says
This looks incredible! I love lemon and chicken together, and who doesn’t love potatoes?!
Erren says
Such lovely flavors. This all works so well together! I must try this!
Wayne says
Hi Amanda! I have grocery shopping duty this afternoon and wouldn’t you know it, I now know what I am going to have to include for dinner tonight. Lemon Chicken Potato Bake 🙂 Thanks for the recipe!
Petra says
This looks very tempting and delicious, what a great combination! Recipe saved 🙂
The Chunky Chef says
Thank you!! It’s a comforting, yet light meal 😀
Lou Lou Girls says
Hello gorgeous! I’m just stopping by to let you know that Jessica has chosen your post as her favorite from the last party. Woo Hoo! We will be featuring it at our party tonight at 7 pm. I hope to see you then. Happy Monday! Lou Lou Girls
The Chunky Chef says
Hey darlin! I’m so flattered, thank you!! See you tonight 😀 😀
Cydnee says
I love lemon chicken and you made in a casserole with potatoes makes me love it more! Yummy! Thank you for joining us at #purebloglove. We enjoy having you every week on Thursday night at 8PM through Sunday night. ~Cydnee
The Chunky Chef says
Potatoes make almost everything better 😀 Thank you!! See you tomorrow night 🙂
Thao @ In Good Flavor says
I am trying to figure out what to cook for dinner tonight. I know the guys would want something fattening a beefy, but this lemon chicken and potato bake is what would satisfy me. Thanks for sharing the recipe.
The Chunky Chef says
You’re welcome and thank you! My guy is definitely a red meat fan too 🙂
Steve says
After joining you in chuckling about the Deborah Romano reference, I must admit this looks like a great recipe! Thanks again for your wonderful blog – I enjoy the recipes and the commentary.
The Chunky Chef says
Lol, glad I wasn’t the only one that remembered that part of the show 🙂 You’re welcome and thank you so much, I’m glad you enjoy it 😀
Maria says
This looks wonderful. I love big pans of deliciously baked comfort food like this, especially in the wintertime. Looks so delicious!
The Chunky Chef says
Thank you so much!! Comfort food is a must in the wintertime, at least in my house 🙂 We love it!
Michelle @ A Dish of Daily Life says
Your dish does look wonderful! We love all kinds of lemon chicken here and potatoes are a big favorite too! Thanks for the recipe! I’ll be pinning this one to our Features and Faves board at #FoodieFriDIY and doing some sharing for you too! 🙂 Hope you are having a great weekend!
The Chunky Chef says
Thank you so much Michelle! 😀 Hope you have a fantastic weekend as well!
Hilda says
Lemon and chicken is a wonderful combination. I do hope you get your sense of taste back soon. This delicious dish should speed up your recovery.
The Chunky Chef says
Thank you!! It’s really depressing not being able to taste your own food, so hopefully it’ll be over soon 🙂
Johanne Lamarche says
Looks sooo good! Love Gimme Some Oven too.
The Chunky Chef says
Thank you!! Yesssss Gimme Some Oven is such a great site :D:D
Julianna says
Yum! I want this for dinner tonight! Great photos! 😀
The Chunky Chef says
Thank you!!! I wish I had some leftovers to reheat for lunch 🙂 Happy FF!!
Michelle @ Giraffes Can Bake says
wow this looks so good, so bright and fresh – the perfect way to kick those winter blues for sure!
The Chunky Chef says
Thank you!! It’s definitely a fresh spin on comfort food and will brighten up even the most dreary of days 🙂
Kaila (GF Life 24/7) says
I love this dish! Not only does it sounds delicious, but it also looks beautiful (even while it’s cooking). Happy Fiesta Friday, and have a wonderful weekend!
The Chunky Chef says
Thank you so much!!! Happy FF and hopefully you have a great weekend 🙂
Kathleen says
I have never made lemon chicken, this sure looks good and I must give it a go.
Thanks so much
The Chunky Chef says
Thank you so much!! I hope you love it 😀
Julie is HostessAtHeart says
I love chicken and lemon together! I bet the addition of the potatoes was delicious!
The Chunky Chef says
Thank you! It definitely was… super hearty and delicious 🙂
Stephanie says
Amanda, you’ve done it again!!!! AGAIN! My husband LOVES lemon chicken and he got me to LOVE it too, and I am ALL the way there with the potato obsession, (you made me want potatoes and it’s 9:30 AM!! Thats even worse than PM isn’t it?)- well not for hashbrowns…. okay anyway- these pics are insane!! I’d love to know what kind of camera you have? I have a Nikon 3100 …. your pics look SO good though- you’re great at styling them!! The lighting is awesome too. Cheers!
The Chunky Chef says
Lol I think we should have potatoes all day 🙂 You have me smiling so big right now, thank you!! I have a Canon EOS Rebel SL1 and if I’m remembering correctly, these pics were shot with my new 24mm f/2.8 lens I got for Christmas 😀 Ooooh Nikon’s are great cameras, and you have a great eye for photography as well 🙂 I lucked out on the lighting on this one… it was the perfect amount of sunny lighting that I diffused with a white sheet (so technical huh? lol) and I had to take my pics on our bed (the only place that gets decent natural light in our house). Anyway… I’ve seriously been craving those Samoa cookies of yours allllllll day 🙂
Stephanie says
I am dying! It’s so funny to hear about the lighting struggles once in a while because I have the SAME issue! (Ahem, I’ve had to take pics in the bathroom before when the lighting has been best there… SHHHH… don’t tell. Even though I just posted that on the internet….) I’m going to have to learn how to diffuse light with a sheet! I have the worst time with lighting- especially in the winter, it’s terrible. I’ve given up trying to take them at night, I got a cheap light box but you can’t beat natural light mannnnn!
The Chunky Chef says
Lmao, girl that is too funny about the bathroom 🙂 I love it! I wonder if other bloggers take their food pics in “odd” places? Ugh, yes winter light is definitely not the best… it’s either too gloomy or too bright and harsh. A light box was on my list of things to get, but I’m wondering now if I should just skip it and just get some cute backgrounds instead lol. Natural light is just so amazing… so I’ll keep taking picture of my leftovers lol 🙂