Tuscan Sheet Pan Chicken with Potatoes and Kale
Tuscan Sheet Pan Chicken with Potatoes and Kale brings meat, potatoes, and greens together on one pan with delicious, fresh flavor.
Whoooa, baby! Look at the colors on this pan. The crispy kale! Perfectly roasted potatoes! Tender and flavorful chicken! It’s all so good. This Tuscan Sheet Pan Chicken with Potatoes and Kale has every element of a perfect dinner, all baked to perfection on one pan. Minimal mess and maximum flavor, which is perfect if you’re a busy home cook like me!
Watch how to make it
Sheet pan dinners just can’t be beat on a weeknight. They’re easy on prep time, easy on cleanup, and they’re usually pretty simple to throw together! This Tuscan Sheet Pan Chicken with Potatoes and Kale is no exception. I think you’re gonna love it!
The Best Potatoes for Roasting
I love using Yukon Gold for this recipe! They get this really delicious creaminess in the middle, but their skin is thick enough for that perfect crispy crunch on the outside. They’re just right!
For this sheet pan dinner we’ll start with the chicken and potatoes. They need much longer to cook than the kale, about 35-45 minutes. The kale doesn’t get tossed in until the final 10 minutes! Get that timing right for ultimate crisp and flavor.
The Best Kale for Sheet Pan Dinners
I love Lacinato kale! Sometimes it’s called dinosaur kale. It’s dark, dark green and I think it has the best flavor. The curly kale most people buy is a little more bitter! Before putting your kale on the pan, it will get a nice little massage in oil and spices. Yum!
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Tuscan Sheet Pan Chicken with Potatoes and Kale
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 50 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour
- Yield: 4 people
- Category: Dinner
- Method: Oven baked
Description
Tuscan Sheet Pan Chicken with Potatoes and Kale brings meat, potatoes, and greens together on one pan with delicious, fresh flavor.
Ingredients
- 8 bone-in, skin on chicken pieces (breasts or thighs)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon lemon pepper
- 3/4 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1 pound baby Yukon Gold potatoes, halved
- 1 lemon, thinly sliced
- 1 bunch Lacinato kale, de-stemmed and roughly chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place chicken pieces on a sheet pan and set aside. (If chicken breasts are large, cut them in half). In a small bowl combine the salt, lemon pepper, garlic powder and oregano and set aside.
- In a large bowl add the potatoes, 2 tablespoons olive oil and 1 teaspoon of the spice mixture. Toss the potatoes until they’re well coated. Set aside.Β
- Brush chicken breasts with 1 tablespoon olive oil then sprinkle chicken with the remaining spice mixture.Β
- Place the potatoes on the sheet pan around the chicken. Save the leftover oil in that bowl because you will use it for the kale. Add the sliced lemon tucked in under and around the potatoes and chicken. Bake the chicken and potatoes in the oven for 35-40 minutes until chicken is golden brown and potatoes are crispy and cooked through.Β
- Meanwhile, place the chopped kale in the bowl where you had the potatoes. Use your hands to massage the leftover oil into the kale.Β
- Once the chicken is done cooking, remove it from the oven and place the kale all around the chicken. Put it back in the oven for 10 minutes until kale begins to wilt and slightly crisp up. Squeeze some extra lemon juice on top if desired. Serve immediately!
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I really like this recipe. The chicken was perfectly cooked. Potatoes were nice and crisp. I wish I would have turned the kale 1/2 way through as the tops were crisp and still a bit wet on the bottom. The taste was good but some of the kale not super crisp.
Also, I added some presevered lemon because I didnt have lemon juice. Added a bit of extra zest!
The chicken ended up dry. I think the recipe implies you put the chicken back in with the kale?
Hey Natalie, I’m sorry your chicken turned out dry. Did you use bone in?
This delicious and quick, one pan recipe is perfect for weeknights. Β Good with sweet potatoes or other vegetables too! Β I used skinless boneless thighs because thatβs what I had. Great. I did add a little more olive oil.Β
So happy you love it!
So easy and flavorful! Will definitely make again!
Thank you Jennie!
Itβs become a go-to here, and my veg-averse kid actually eats the kale!
That’s a huge win!!
What is suggested cooking time if you have skinless/boneless chicken breast ? ? Would it work okay in this recipe ?
Cooking time may be a little less and while it will work, the chicken is more likely to dry out
Really enjoyed this recipe. Easy and we had the ingredients on hand. Definitely will be making again. Thank you Laney!
One of my favorites too!
I have made this recipe more than any other dish in my repertoire. It is so satisfying and you can riff by changing the seasoning, adding mushrooms, or exchanging sweet potatoes – and the cleanup is so easy! I double, sometimes triple the seasoning. Thank you, Laney, for a wonderful go-to, that keeps things easy but so so delicious!
Love all the swaps you can make!
One of my favorite go to dinners, simple and so delicious. My toddler loves the kale
Toddler loves the kale!! Yaaaay!
LOVE this recipe! Itβs one of my favorite go-to dinners π So easy and so delicious!!
I often donβt love sheet Pan dinners bc everything tastes the same but this was amazing!!! My husband who said, βew kaleβ had seconds of the kale. So simple, fast, and so so good! Thanks Laney!
I have made this recipe many times for my family. Everyone loves it!
Laney has the best recipes! Easy, quick and always delicious!
Thank you!
I made this tonight. I added some carrots this time which I really enjoyed. I love the crunchiness of the kale. I don’t use salt when I cook but I tried this time and it was a bit too salty. Maybe I’m using the wrong type of salt!? This made a full meal and was delicious.
So easy and delicious!
This has become a weekly meal in our house!
Delicious seasoning! I made it using boneless skinless chicken thighs which I cooked for 18 minutes in their own pan since they would cook faster than the potatoβs. Then I cut up red potatoβs and roasted those for 40 minutes. So I didnβt fully follow the recipe but the seasoning was a yummy combo. Will be making again.
To quote my 3 year old daughter, ” This is my favorite chicken ever!”
I L0VE how easy it is to make and it has loads of flavor!
Made this with the lemon slices underneath the chicken and wow it sure did make it flavorful. First time eating this kale and it was good. This is probably the easiest prep for such a hearty and well rounded meal. Major plus was minimal cleanup too!
Super easy recipe to follow. Finally a chicken with flavor and not dry. I think next time I will make more spice mixture. Worth making again.
Just made this for the first time tonight and I loved this recipe! Those potatoes were so good and chicken was crispy on the outside but juicy on the inside. Delicious! It will definitely become a staple in my house! Love a simple sheet pan recipe!
Husband requested that I make this again! So I made this at the weekend. Twice in one week – for sure a winner! Thanks Laney!
Amazing recipe, Iβve made it twice this morning. Itβs easily adjusted with what you have. Iβve subbed for chicken breast once and the other time subbed for sweet potatoes.
This dish has totally became one of my family’s favourites. All together it tastes amazing obviously, but it’s actually the potatoes that stole the show for me. Chicken or no chicken, I use this recipe to make perfect crispy potatoes all the time now!
This is such a fast and delicious recipe. My family and I love it! It is definitely repeat worthy! I do double the seasonings for the chicken.
Absolutely loved this recipe. I doubled the seasoning which was great. I also added Rosemary sprigs while the food cooked. Only thing I would change is the amount of lemon. It was to much for my liking. I’ll probably do half a lemon next time.
Will definitely be making this recipe again! Came together SO quickly and so tasty! No complaints π
Been making this dish frequently for over a year now and its always a hit in my house. Hadnβt tried kale this way before and it opened me (and our family) to a new vegetable. Its easy enough for a weekday meal but seems nicer for a weekend meal as well.
When you want something delicious but donβt want to be in the kitchen all night, this recipe is the best of both worlds. Iβm a big fan of one pan dinners and this one is now in the regular rotation. I was afraid that with such minimal ingredients it would lack flavor, but I was wrong. It was so good that I had to stop myself from eating seconds. So excited to have this for lunch tomorrow. Great job Laney!
This recipe has become a monthly staple in our house! My husband and I love every bite and my 4 year old daughter ate two drum sticks and asked for more βgreen chipsβ bc she loved the kale so much. My picky 3-year old even ate it which makes this dish a big winner over here! Thank you, Laney for this creation!
Another yummy sheet pan meal by Laney π I’ve made this several times, and it is a quick, easy, and filling meal. The last time I made it, I had to make a couple changes for what I had on hand – used Garlic Chicken sausages, instead of thighs, and used Garlic Pepper seasoning, instead of Lemon Pepper, and just added more slices of lemon to compensate. Still delish!
Love the crispy kale, wish it could stay that crisp in the leftovers! Guess that means I have to eat it all fresh, LOL.
This was a delicious and easy dinner. I cut the lemons too thin so they fell apart. I would cut them thicker next time. Loved the lemony flavor and the crispy kale. Adding it to the dinner rotation.
Enjoyed this recipe! I love how simple it was to make, and cleanup was a cinch since everything was in one pan. The only reason I gave it 4 stars was that Iβm not a huge fan of kale. Loved the flavors of this dish!
Laney…You are a Genius and Rockstar! My husband and I absolutely Loved Tuscan Sheet Pan Chicken meal and canβt wait for the left overs on another night! So simple to make yet packed with so much flavor. If you never made a sheet pan recipe before, What are you waiting for?! Go now and find a sheet pan recipe. Your life with change for the better in the kitchen.
Great weekday recipe – this one will stay in the weekly rotation.
This is one of my favorite LIBAD dishes. So easy but so flavorful. I’ve made it too many times to count. If in doubt, DO IT!!
Amazing!!! What a delicious, easy dinner!! Thank you for posting!! Made this the week after my birthday for the April challenge! My family loved it!
I love how easy and delicious this is. I also love that I can substitute for frozen chicken breast tenderloins (without having to adjust the recipe) and whatever little potatoes I may have. It gets me to eat potatoes and me and my husband to eat kale!
Made this for dinner and Man was it amazing. I added some brussel sprouts and they were great. Whole family loved it! For sure will be made again
Yummy, fast, and easy! Not my MOST favorite LIBAD recipe (hence the 4 stars…butternut squash hash and Mexican quinoa are probably my five-stars), but it came together quickly and the flavors were really nice. I used boneless breasts and spinach instead of kale cause thatβs what I had. Worked great.
Yum! I already love sheet pan recipes and it doesnβt get better than this one! Thereβs nothing better than potatoes roasted with the chicken!
Love this recipe!! It has become a staple in my house! My 3 year old even loves the kale! Super easy for a week night but looks fancy if you are having guests over!
Just made this tonight for dinner and it was amazing. So yummy, so easy, and even my 4yo ate it!! I used boneless skinless chicken breasts just because itβs all I had and just tweaked the time/temp of oven. But perfection! Thank you Laney!
Made this last night! Love it!
First off – getting to see Laney make this on IG made it way less scary for me and was a great guide.
The recipe was super easy and the ingredients were easy to find. I did t have lemon pepper and had to buy it which means I now have a LOT left so Iβll have to make it again!
I never knew how to βpeelβ the kale so the video helped a lot there.
One pan = super easy so that was a win.
Taste was great – a tad too lemony for me but easy enough to tweak.
Kale was surprisingly yummy!
This recipe, like most I have found at LIBAD, is simply amazing! My family loved every bite, especially the crispy kale!
Winner winner chicken dinner! I think this is going to become a weekly meal at my house. So easy and tasty!
Very easy recipe, i used chicken thighs and added sweet potato in addition to regular potatoes. They soaked the juices up and turned out tasty! The only thing i would have changed to the recipe is to also season the underside of the chicken pieces! Once the skin came off, the rest of the piece of chicken was not as tasty! Hah! Donβt forget to salt and season that underside!
So easy and delicious! Laney does it again!
One of my favorite recipes π€ salty crispy lemony goodness!!
Made this last night, and already wanting the leftovers!! Super easy.
This recipe is so customizable and delicious! So simple too for the perfect weeknight meal. Thank you Laney
Looks like just the recipe my family needs this week!
Love this recipe! My picky 16 year old loves it as well. I love that I can put together a good dinner in minutes and the leftovers are even better!
Yes the best leftovers!
Would this work with boneless thighs? And if so, how would you adjust the cooking time? Thanks so much for your wonderful recipes!
Yes you could try that and maybe adjust the cooking time a little less
I used some thighs with skin and breasts without and it cooked just fine!
My whole family loved this recipe, and my 4 year old even had 3 (small) servings of kale! I call that a giant winner. This is a very easy and delicious recipe with solid pay off! We loved it!
That’s a big win!
Finally found a use for my sheet pan. Need to get a bigger pan though in order to contain all this yumminess. The lemon slices really added flavor. It is one of my favorites, I added sliced bell peppers too. The chicken was nicely cooked and a little crispy
Love that addition Elaine!
Hello – wild spinach work instead of kale? If so, last ten minutes as well?
Spinach will wilt down a lot and won’t crisp up like kale does
This is a favorite of our family! My kids love it
How would you change this if using salmon Instead of chicken?
Everything was delicious except the kale, which was inexcusably bitter. Lacinato kale works well in a soup, but dried out in the oven? No thank you. I will try this again with spinach added at the last minute.
Did you massage the kale with the oil, lemon and salt before cooking? This helps remove the bitterness
Timings were WAAY too short. Maybe it was the size of my chicken thighs but I would add 20-30 minutes to the cooking time.
Sorry you had this experience. It could have been the size or also your oven temp? I’ve made this recipe many times and have never had a problem!
Used all drumsticks for this and it was divine! Adding the lemon truly makes the dish and the addition of kale is actually genius. It was so crispy and I had no idea I would love it as much as I did.
About how many lbs of chicken would you say you use?
If the chicken is done cooking, will it over cook when we add kale and cook for 10 more minutes?
Nope!
Would it work to sub sweet potatoes for the Yukon Golds (or some other veg)?
Sure!
What do we do with the thinly sliced lemon?
Just updated! Thank you!