Herby Chicken with Summer Vegetables

I raided my veg patch yesterday and the trug of loveliness in the picture below was yelling 'Sonia, Herby Chicken with Summer Veg....  here goes.   PS.  The flowers didn't make it into the recipe. 

Ingredients

8 chicken thighs, skin on

800g potatoes, cut into chunks

1 garlic bulb, broken into cloves, skin left on

2 tbsp olive oil

200ml chicken stock

1 lemon, halved

2 courgettes, cut into thick batons

1 red chilli, deseeded and sliced, optional

A selection of whatever fresh herbs you have to hand, parsley, rosemary, thyme, sage, marjoram, basil leaves or fried herbs of your choice. 

Serve with buttered broad beans and garden peas. 

Method

Heat oven to 220C. Pop the chicken, skin-side up, in a large roasting tray with the potatoes. Lightly crush the garlic cloves and nestle among the chicken pieces. Drizzle over the olive oil and chicken stock, then season. Squeeze over the juice from the lemon and pop the empty halves in the tray.

Bake for 45-50 mins, adding the courgettes and chilli and herbs (except for the basil) 15 mins before the cooking time is up. Remove from the oven when the chicken is cooked through and golden, and the veg is tender. Stir through the basil leaves and serve.