Roasted Sephardic (Yemenite) Chicken With Potatoes

Ingredients

• 1 roasting chicken, cup up into all its parts, and cleaned, skin on
• 5 potatoes, sliced into 1/2inch rounds (I love Yukon Gold, but Russet will do fine!)
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 red bell pepper, sliced
• 1 large ripe tomato, sliced (you can use whole cherry tomatoes)
• 3 tablespoons olive oil (can use more if you don't have restrictions)
• 1 tablespoon paprika
• 1 tablespoon cumin
• 1 tablespoon turmeric
• 1/2 tablespoon hawaij
• 1/2 tablespoon ground allspice
• kosher salt (don't be skimpy here!!)
• ground black pepper

Optional (but is a must for my family)

• garlic (I use 6 cloves) (optional)
• green pitted olive (I use 2 handfuls) (optional)

Directions

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 450deg F.

2. 2

   In a large pan, place the chicken, potatoes, onions, red pepper, and the optional ingredients (if you're using them), and drizzle all the spices and olive oil on top, and mix well to coat everything (I recommend doing this with latex gloves as the turmeric can be a real pain to take off of skin!).

3. 3

   Relayer so that the chicken skin side is up and that all the chicken is on one layer. Add the tomato slices (or whole cherry tomatoes).

4. 4

   Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 30min.

5. 5

   Reduce heat to 400degF, and continue cooking for 1 and a half hours longer.

6. 6

   It's ready when a fork easily breaks the potatoes, and the chicken is soft.

7. 7

   Remove foil, and broil for 3-5minutes until chicken skin and potatoes are crispy on top (careful not to burn!).

8. 8

   Enjoy!