Oven dishes
Oven chicken thighs with potatoes & onions – Sven style
Sometimes you don't need anything more: good chicken legs, potatoes, onions and a nice seasoning. In the oven, it turns into a down-to-earth dinner that requires little work and still looks really good on the table.
Timing
- Preparation: approx. 10 minutes
- Oven time: approx. 45 minutes
- Total: approx. 55 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 3 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 665 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 30 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 51.7 g
- Fat
- ≈ 36.4 g
Approximate values based on the listed ingredients. Brands, cheese, portion size and preparation can change the values.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 2 large onions · ≈ 200.0 g
- 3 tbsp oil · ≈ 40.95 g
- 2 chicken legs · ≈ 420 g · Estimated edible amount without bones or shells
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 2 chicken legs
- 800 g potatoes (with skin, in wedges)
- 2 large onions
- 3 tbsp oil
- Salt
- pepper
- Sweet paprika powder
- Marjoram or thyme
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 200 °C fan oven.
- Pat the chicken thighs dry and season with salt, pepper, paprika powder and marjoram or thyme.
- Cut potatoes into wedges and onions into coarse pieces.
- Place potatoes and onions in a large baking dish, mix with oil and a little salt.
- Place the chicken thighs on top so that the juices will later soak into the vegetables.
- Cook in the oven for a total of about 45 minutes.
- After about 30 minutes, turn the potatoes once and pour some of the pan juices over the meat.
- At the end, check whether the potatoes are soft and the skin is nicely browned, then serve straight away hot.
