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Lemon chicken tray bake
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Using chicken thighs makes this flavoursome tray bake cheap and delicious all at the same time. It makes an easy roast dinner alternative if you're having a lazy day.
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Serves: 4
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Prep time: 45 mins
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Cooking time: 1 hr 30 mins
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Total time: 2 hrs 15 mins
(plus 2hrs marinating time) -
Skill level: Easy peasy
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Costs: Cheap as chips
Ingredients
Chicken thighs are nice and cheap but you could also chicken breasts in this recipe if you like.
- 8 chicken thighs, boneless and skin on
- 4tbsp soy sauce
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 1tbsp sugar
- 1 onion, finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1tbs rosemary, very finely chopped
- 50g breadcrumbs.
- 400g maris piper potatoes
- 2 red onions, quartered
- Squeezed lemon halves from 1 lemon (keep the juice)
- 1 head garlic, halved horizontally
- Black pepper, to season
- Drizzle of olive oil
- Flat leaf parsley, to serve
- A roasting tray
Method
- In a large bowl, marinate the chicken thighs in the soy sauce, juice and zest of 1 lemon and sugar for at least 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 200˚C/400˚F fan/Gas Mark 6.
- In a large frying pan heat some oil over a medium heat and fry the diced onion and garlic for around 5 mins until softened, then add in the rosemary and breadcrumbs.
- Remove the chicken from the marinade and shake off the excess, reserve the marinade for basting. Open out the thighs with a sharp knife and stuff with the breadcrumb stuffing, use a cocktail stick to secure them.
- Bring a large pan of water to the boil and parboil the potatoes for 5 mins, then drain and add these to a roasting tray along with the chicken, the red onions, the squeezed lemon halves and the halved head of garlic then season with black pepper.
- Drizzle over some olive oil and bake in the preheated oven for 1hr, 20 mins.
- Before the end of cooking, scatter over any remaining breadcrumbs, and return to the oven until golden.
- Garnish with some flat leaf parsley and squeeze over the juice from the roasted lemons and serve.
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Nutritional information
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.
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