Jason's Favorite Chicken

Jason’s Favorite Chicken Recipe 

Ingredients:
•4 chicken leg quarters
•salt
•pepper
•paprika (just a dash)
•basil (a big bunch, roughly chopped)
•1 bulb of garlic, broken into smashed cloves
•1 onion, quartered
•2 pints of grape tomatoes (red or yellow)
•olive oil (about 3 tablespoons)
•3-4 potatoes, scrubbed and chopped into chunks

Optional Ingredients:
•2-3 dried chilies de arbol
•1 14oz can of cannellini beans (I’ve never tried this part)

 Directions:
1.Preheat the oven to 350.
2.Roughly chop the onion, potatoes, and basil. Smash the garlic and remove the skins. Leave the tomatoes whole.
3.Remove the chicken skin, if you prefer. I leave it on as I think it adds great flavor.
4.Mix all ingredients together in a large bowl. I don’t measure the olive oil, salt, pepper or paprika-add these to taste. I pour over enough oils to coat the veggies and chicken.
5.Dump everything into a snug fitting pan with the chicken on top.
6.Bake at 350 for 1.5 hours. The chicken skin should be crisp and the meat will fall off the bone.

*You can leave out the beans and potatoes and toss this dish with pasta or serve with mashed potatoes.