Easy Chicken Dinner Recipe with Dates and Lemon

This simple and amazingly tasty, one pot easy chicken dinner recipe has me ready for Fall dinners. You will love this tangy, sweet and just a touch spicy, chicken.

I’m always looking for easy chicken dinner recipes and this one sure fits my needs. This deliciously simple recipe is perfect for company and also for an everyday supper.

It’s amazing how just a few ingredients like lemon, dates and chiles, can make this one pot chicken so fabulous. 

Here in Denver it has been so hot and dry that when you walk outside it feels like a sauna. Add forest fires and their haze to the picture and it might make one wonder why  one would even want to cook! Well, this dish is super simple, requires little hands on, and turns out incredible.

Whole chicken recipes are something I’m always on the lookout for. Honestly, I buy whole chickens so that I can cut them up to get equal pieces. I hate mismatched breasts, don’t you? Or what about uneven thighs?

That is the truth, but I also love a good roast chicken even if it is hot outside. This lemon and date chicken may not be totally roasted in the oven, but with this method, it still turns out with a golden crispy skin.

Cooking this chicken is so easy that it might become your go to easy chicken dinner!

Have I ever told you how much I love to read cookbooks? Well, I discovered this one pot chicken recipe in the book Nothing Fancy from Alison Roman. I love this book!

There isn’t anything fancy about this chicken, but the secret is that no one need know. It is that good.

A few notes: My favorite pot is my Le Creuset Dutch oven. Yes, it is an investment, but I can tell you that it will last almost forever and still will look good. (I wish I could say that about me!) Plus, it is easy to clean and truthfully, is so easy to cook in.

If you don’t have dates, use prunes. There might be a small taste difference, but I can’t imagine that it would change the undertones of the dish. 

I do like big shallots. The shallot alleviates having to use garlic and onions, in my opinion, and helps keep things simple, which is what this chicken recipe is all about.

Those lemons? Don’t go without them. They lend a tangy flavor to this little bit spicy sweet dish.

And that water? You want that so that you can have a bit of juice to serve with the chicken.

With Fall coming, easy chicken dinner recipes should show up on your table. This chicken dinner would make a wonderful Shabbat meal, too.

What to serve with this chicken? It is perfect with rice or roasted potatoes or even over egg noodles. Have a favorite green salad? Now is the time to make it.

Enjoy the clean up, because there isn’t much. 

Just one more thing: no need to wait for cooler nights. This chicken dinner is soul food. And we could all use a little something for the soul!

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More Easy Chicken Dinner Recipes:

Chicken with Figs and Pumpkin

 

Olive Bar Chicken

Roast Chicken with Bread Salad

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