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Sweet potato and chicken traybake recipe

Sweet potato and chicken traybake recipe

1915 ratings

This easy chicken traybake is perfect for a midweek family dinner. Chicken pieces and colourful sweet potatoes, red onions and broccoli are simply roasted with herbs, paprika and lemon. Adding stock ensures everything is beautifully tender and there’s a little gravy left in the bottom to serve. See method

  • Serves 4
  • 10 mins to prepare and 50 mins to cook
  • 439 calories / serving
  • Healthy
  • Gluten-free
  • Dairy-free

Ingredients

  • 500g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 2cm chunks
  • 2 red onions, cut into wedges
  • 8 garlic cloves, unpeeled
  • 2 tsp dried thyme
  • 1 tsp dried rosemary
  • 1½ tbsp olive oil
  • 6 skinless chicken thigh fillets, each cut in half
  • 2 lemons, 1 juiced and 1 cut into wedges to serve
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 350g broccoli, broken into florets
  • 150ml chicken stock

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If you don't have red onions, try using white, brown or spring onions

Each serving contains

  • Energy

    1850kj
    439kcal
    22%
  • Fat

    20g 29%
  • Saturates

    5g 25%
  • Sugars

    11g 12%
  • Salt

    1.2g 20%

of the reference intake
Carbohydrate 33.3g Protein 33.8g Fibre 8.7g

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to gas 6, 200°C, fan 180°C. Add the sweet potatoes, onions and garlic to a large roasting tray and sprinkle over the dried herbs. Season and drizzle over 1 tbsp of the oil, then toss everything together. Spread the veg out in an even layer and roast for 15 mins.
  2. Remove the tray from the oven and give the veg a good mix. Add the chicken pieces and drizzle with the remaining ½ tbsp oil. Squeeze over the lemon juice and sprinkle with the paprika. Return to the oven for 15 mins.
  3. Add the broccoli to the tray and pour over most of the chicken stock, then roast for a final 15-20 mins (topping up with a little more stock if it starts to look too dry) until the chicken is cooked through and the veg is completely tender. Squeeze the garlic cloves from their skins and serve with lemon wedges.

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