Oven-roasted chicken with potatoes and carrots

Sunday lunch without the Sunday effort. One tray – the whole family fed.

⏱ 55 min · serves 4 · Lithuanian home cooking · Not spicy at all

456kcal
40 gprotein
46 gcarbs
13 gfat
7 gfibre

Per serving, out of 4. Worked out from the grams of each ingredient using a food database – so it's approximate.

Allergens: none of the 14 EU allergens

Ingredients (serves 4)

  • Skinless chicken thighs (raw)700 g
  • Potatoes (raw)800 g
  • Carrot300 g
  • Onion150 g
  • Rapeseed / sunflower oil20 g

Also: Garlic, sweet paprika, thyme, salt, pepper

Method

  1. Turn the oven on to 200 °C to heat up (about 10 min). Wash the potatoes and cut them into large chunks, cut the carrots into thick rounds and the onion into wedges.
  2. Put the chicken thighs in a bowl, pour over 1 tbsp oil (10 g) and add crushed garlic, sweet paprika, thyme, pepper and a little salt. Rub it in, then wash your hands with soap.
  3. Toss the potatoes, carrots and onion with the rest of the oil (10 g) and a pinch of salt. Spread them on a baking tray in a single layer.
  4. Lay the chicken thighs on top of the vegetables. Roast in the oven at 200 °C for 20 min.
  5. Take out the tray, turn the chicken and stir the vegetables. Roast at 200 °C for another 20–25 min until the chicken and potatoes are golden.
  6. Check the thickest thigh: there's no pink left inside and the juices run clear (or a thermometer reads 75 °C). If it's still pink, roast at 200 °C for another 5 min.
  7. Serve straight away while it's hot.

Tips

  • Skinless thighs stay juicy and don't dry out the way breast does.
  • The chicken is cooked when the juices by the bone run clear (at least 75 °C inside).
  • Cool any leftover chicken within 2 hours and eat it within 2 days.
  • Want it hotter? Hot paprika or chilli in the marinade.
  • Want it lighter? A third fewer potatoes, more carrots and onions.

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