Thyme Pesto Roast Chicken with Crispy Potatoes

Thyme is a perfect match for chicken. Turning it into pesto gives you an olive oil–rich sauce that, when rubbed under the skin, helps prevent the meat from drying out as it roasts. Although you can roast the bird on its own, tossing a bunch of potatoes into the pan means you almost have a complete dinner on your hands. (It also means those potatoes soak up a lot of the chicken’s flavorful juices.) I typically serve this with a simple salad, but in summer, a platter of thick, juicy tomato sl