Roast Chicken with Apples, Leeks, and Rosemary

This roast chicken dish with apples, leeks, and rosemary is an easy weeknight meal, full of amazing flavor with just 15 minutes of prep time.

• Preparation Time: 15 mins
• Cooking Time: 40 mins
• Total Time: 55 mins
• Calories: 296 Calories

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• salt, divided
• 2 leeks, white and tender green parts only, halved lengthwise
• 4 small crisp apples, quartered
• 6 small sprigs fresh rosemary
• 8 small chicken thighs
• 0.75 teaspoon ground black pepper, divided

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).

Step 2

Cut leeks in half crosswise and place in a large roasting pan. Add apples, olive oil, rosemary, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper.

Step 3

Season chicken with remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper and nestle, skin-side up, among vegetables.

Step 4

Roast in the preheated oven until chicken is no longer pink at the bone and the juices run clear, and apples and leeks are tender, 40 to 45 minutes. An instant-read thermometer inserted near the bone should read 165 degrees F (74 degrees C).