Mediterranean Baked Chicken

Ingredients:

  • 2 Tbsp olive oil
  • 2 Tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 large frying chicken, cut into serving pieces (or leg quarters)
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp dried oregano leaves, crumbled
  • 1/2 tsp white pepper
  • 1 lb. tomato sauce
  • 2 cups chicken stock, hot
  • 1 cup hot water
  • 1/2 lb. dry fusilli pasta (or pasta shells)
  • 1 Tbsp parmesan cheese

Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Combine oil and lemon juice in a bowl and rub over chicken pieces. Arrange chicken in the bottom of a 9×13 flameproof casserole or baking pan. Season with salt, oregano, and white pepper. Bake 30 minutes, turning chicken pieces after 15 minutes. Remove casserole dish from oven and transfer chicken to a platter. Set aside. Stir tomato sauce, stock, and water into casserole dish and cook over medium high heat until mixture comes to a boil. Stir in dry pasta and bring to a boil. Add chicken pieces in a single layer. Return to oven and bake another 30 minutes, until chicken is tender.

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