I was inspired to try cooking a traybake by Easy Peasy Foodie who shared her Christmas Turkey traybake here. This sounded ideal for our Christmas dinner as I was planning to cook it at my parents’ house but also intending to arrive around midday, so time would be a limiting factor. However I wanted to try cooking a traybake in advance of Christmas, to avoid anything going wrong on the day, so this is the recipe that I came up with.
Chicken and Lemon Traybake
Ingredients (serves 4)
8 chicken legs and thighs
1 lemon
3 large potatoes
1 medium onion
8 mushrooms
2 sweet red peppers
8 cherry tomatoes
1 tsp dried rosemary
salt and pepper
2 tbsp olive oil
Method
Preheat fan oven to 180 deg C.
Chop the peppers into quarters lengthways.
Chop the lemon into 8 pieces, removing any pips.
Peel and chop the potatoes into small pieces.
Peel and chop the onion into 8 pieces.
Add the oil to a large roasting tray.
Heat in oven for about 1 minute.
Add all the vegetables except for the tomatoes.
Add the chicken.
Turn everything a few times to baste with the oil.
Sprinkle in the rosemary.
Season with salt and pepper.
Cover with foil.
Cook in preheated oven for about 1 hour, basting at intervals.
Remove the foil.
Add the tomatoes and cook for a further 10 minutes.
Serve with a selection of green vegetables and enjoy.
We all agreed it was a very tasty meal. And I felt happy and ready to then follow up by cooking a Christmas turkey traybake for 10 people. I used 3 roasting trays for such a large number and did as much vegetable prep as possible in advance at home before driving to my parents’ house. I used turkey steaks and a selection of vegetables comprising potatoes, baby carrots, parsnips, sprouts and sweet peppers, but cooked the pigs in blankets separately since the meal needed to be gluten-free for one person. Sorry no photos of my Christmas traybake, as too much else going on.
I’d love to hear your ideas for a traybake?
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So easy and tasty. Love lemon with chicken.
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Yes I like the traybake approach
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Another great recipe for my HEALTHY 2018 resolution
Easy quick nutritious
PERFECT
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Enjoy! We love this dish
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bet this is delicious x
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yes a great combination of flavours
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That sounds lovely, I’ve never used whole pieces of lemon in with chicken before. I can’t think what else would work well, apart from onion, of course, that’s a classic.
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the lemon gives it a great flavour and I included onion too
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I love chicken and lemon together.
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yes great combination
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I’ve never heard of a traybake before, but I’m so hungry looking at this, and now must try it soon!
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No it was a new concept to me, but it certainly works well
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It looks good! I’m a vegetarian, but my hubby would loooooooooove it
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I used to be vegetarian so I thank you very much for taking the time to comment on a chicken recipe
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love lemon chicken, maybe another recipe to think about for valentines.
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yes lemon always gives chicken a great flavour
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Roasted chicken and veggies = MY FAVORITE… Aside from roasted salmon and veggies! ha ha. I’m easy!
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I love salmon too but my kids aren’t keen on it, so I have it less often than I would like
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I love tray bakes like this as I can quickly prepare it in the morning and just throw in the oven when I get home. This sounds really yummy 😍
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yes i’m a fan of pre-prep on some meals too
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Looks great! I’m glad my Christmas traybake worked out well for you! Eb x
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Yes certainly made the Xmas cooking a lot less stressful. Thank you so much
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Looks tasty! 😀 ❤
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Thank you. Yes delicious
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Mmmmm tasty 😀 ❤
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