Oven Baked Chicken Thighs and Vegetables


This is an easy meal to prepare, tastes good and involves little washing up. Simply place everything onto a pan and pop it into the oven for a half hour and tada! A delicious western dish. :) One of the few dishes I can prepare, and have it still warm when the hubby comes back for dinner.

The food is usually cold by the time he is home as we have an early dinner at 6pm for the kids. What I will do for this dish is to prepare his portion on a separate tray, keep it in the fridge and when he is on his way home, time his arrival and bake it in the oven. Then he gets to enjoy his warm dinner (so rare!)

A side of green baby spinach and rocket leaves with roasted sesame dressing for the adults

Oven Baked Chicken Thigh and Roasted Vegetables
(Serves 4)

Ingredients:

4 chicken thighs (without bone)
1 large sweet potato (washed, peeled and cut into cubes)
2-3 potatoes (washed, peeled and cut into cubes)
1 carrot (washed, peeled and sliced)
Extra light olive oil
Some salt (sea salt preferred to table salt, I use Himalayan pink salt)
Rotisserie Chicken seasoning (I use McCormick brand, see pic below)

For vegetables, you can put anything you like. Cut capsicums, onions, garlic, zucchini, broccoli etc! I tend to use whatever i have instead of buying vegetables specially for the dish unless it can be finished.

Method:

  1. When ready to cook, preheat the oven at 200deg C. Place a layer of aluminium foil on the roasting tray, followed by a layer of baking paper. This is to prevent chicken from sticking onto the foil and helps keep the tray clean.
  2. Put cleaned chicken thigh meat on tray, drizzle olive oil over each thigh, a few dashes of salt and as much chicken seasoning as you like (the brand I use does not contain salt so I sprinkle the season very liberally!). Give each piece a nice rub and place with skin side up.
  3. Place cleaned and cut vegetables into a bowl. Drizzle olive oil, sea salt and chicken seasoning and mix it well. Ensure the oil coats the vegetables evenly.
  4. Place the above vegetables around the chicken. If there is not enough space, simply put the remaining vegetables under the chicken thigh. Alternatively, you can place them on a separate tray to bake.
  5. Place the tray(s) into the middle rack and bake for half hour.
  6. When done, serve immediately onto individual plates. 
Enjoy!!

Pics for reference:

I cut the thighs into half for to create more space for the veg

Rotisserie Chicken seasoning used

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