Roast chicken with lemon thyme

Name: Roast chicken with lemon thyme
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 4 people
Ingredients: 4 chicken legs; 1 lemon; 2 tablespoons lemon thyme leaves and 6 whole sprigs; 3 garlic cloves; 3 tablespoons olive oil; 750 g small potatoes; salt and pepper

Updated on 9 October 2026

Makes: 4 people
Time: 1 hr 15
From: Lemon thyme

Ingredients

4 chicken legs
1 lemon
2 tablespoons lemon thyme leaves and 6 whole sprigs
3 garlic cloves
3 tablespoons olive oil
750 g small potatoes
salt and pepper

Method

Preheat the oven to 200 °C. Halve the potatoes and put them in a roasting tin with the chicken legs.
Mix the olive oil, lemon juice, thyme leaves, crushed garlic, salt and pepper and rub it over the chicken and potatoes.
Tuck the thyme sprigs and squeezed lemon halves in between.
Roast for 50 to 60 minutes until the chicken is golden and cooked through; turn the potatoes halfway.

Storing: Once cooled, 2 days in the fridge.