Chicken Alla Joe

Ingredients

• 1 roasting chicken about 3 ¼ pounds
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 2 tsps oregano
• ? tsp dried red pepper flakes
• 2 tabsp olive oil
• 1/2 green ½ red, ½ yellow bell pepper ? stemmed, seeded, and cut into broad strips or chunks
• 18 to 24 pepperoncini (an 11½ oz. jar) drained, rinsed and left whole
• 1 lemon cut in half

Instructions

1. 1
   Pre-heat oven to 450° F.
2. 2
   Rinse chicken and pat dry. Cut chicken into serving pieces.
3. 3
   In a small mixing bowl, mix the salt, pepper, oregano and red pepper flakes together. Sprinkle half the mixture over the skin side of each piece.
4. 4
   In a roasting pan or shallow casserole heat olive oil. Add chicken pieces skin side down. Sprinkle the remaining seasoning over the pieces in the pan.
5. 5
   Place pan in over, and cook until pieces begin to brown, approximately 15 minutes. Remove pan from oven, turning the pieces and adding bell pepper strips/chunks and pepperoncini. Return to oven and cook until both chicken and peppers are tender, approximately 20 minutes.
6. 6
   Remove pan from oven. Take lemon halves and squeeze juice over chicken pieces. Remove pieces from pan and serve.