Sheet Pan Chili-Lime Chicken Drumsticks with Baby Potatoes & Crispy Kale
Chicken, potatoes, and kale blend harmoniously in this easy all-in-one sheet pan dinner recipe. (And throw just a little Parmesan cheese on top of everything, for funsies.) Naturally gluten free.
Servings 4
Ingredients
- Juice of one small lime
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ½-1 small jalapeño or serrano pepper, minced (depending on your tolerance for spicy foods!)
- 6 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 2 teaspoon chili powder
- 24 oz baby potatoes, halved (cut the bigger ones in thirds)
- 2 lbs chicken drumsticks (about 5-6, depending on size)
- About 5 cups roughly chopped kale
- ½ cup shredded Parmesan cheese
Instructions
- Spray a rimmed baking sheet with cooking spray and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Combine lime juice, olive oil, sea salt, chili powder, garlic, and pepper in a small bowl. (I just used the mini food chopper to make mincing the pepper and garlic a breeze, then mixed the rest of the ingredients right into the food chopper container to avoid dirtying another bowl.)
- Place the halved potatoes in a large bowl, pour half of the olive oil/lime mixture over them, and toss to coat. Arrange potatoes in a single layer across about ⅔ of the baking sheet.
- Trim chicken if necessary, then place the chicken drumsticks in the same large bowl (don't bother wiping it out), pour the rest of the olive oil & lime juice mixture over them, and toss to coat. Arrange chicken in a single layer on the other end of the baking sheet.
- Bake chicken and potatoes at 425 degrees for 22 minutes. Meanwhile, strip the stems from your kale and roughly tear or chop the leaves. Remove the sheet pan from the oven at 22 minutes, flip chicken over, and stir kale into the potatoes, being sure to get all of the kale covered nicely with the existing oil and spices on the pan.
- Bake another 18 minutes at 425 degrees, or until chicken is cooked through, potatoes are tender, and kale is nice and crispy.
- Top everything with Parmesan, broil for one minute, and serve the kale and potatoes topped with the chicken drumsticks for an easy one-pan meal.
Notes
Due to the fresh serrano in this recipe, be sure to use the oven fan while roasting your potatoes and veggies, and avoid breathing in the fumes right above your food chopper after you mince the pepper and garlic.