Chicken traybake recipes
When you’re looking for a stress-free dinner that won’t leave you with lots of washing up, a chicken traybake is an easy answer. There’s a reason traybake cookbooks are some of the top-selling of the last five years, the promise of a quick, effortless meal using as little equipment as possible has instant appeal.
We’ve got all sorts of recipes for a quick and flavourful chicken dinner. From a show-stopping whole roast chicken with harissa, flatbreads and preserved lemon yogurt, to fuss-free paprika chicken thighs with rosemary potatoes and aioli, the flavours of each dish here intensify in the oven to create something even better than the sum of its parts. Our lemon, ginger and coriander chicken is another example: what’s not to love about a three-step recipe with this much flavour?
Go for something a bit different with Honey & Co’s chicken, plum and sweet spice traybake, or dive in for something extra meaty in the form of our bacon-wrapped chicken traybake with caponata. These dinners are so good they’re more than suitable for a dinner party, but they’re fuss-free enough to make any night of the week for the family too.
Discover more ideas in our one pot chicken recipes collection.
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Chicken thighs
Ottolenghi’s jerk chicken
Give chicken thighs the Ottolenghi treatment with this easy spiced jerk chicken traybake recipe from Yotam and his test-kitchen team.
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Chicken marbella
Learn how to make 1980s favourite chicken marbella with our easy recipe. This chicken traybake is packed with olives, prunes and capers.
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Black lime (loomi) and lemon spatchcock chicken
Chef Noor Murad's spatchcock chicken is smothered in a marinade of dried black limes (loomi), spices and brown sugar then roasted with lemon and garlic.
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Karan Gokani’s chicken curry traybake
Spiced chicken and tender vegetables combine in this chicken curry traybake by Karan Gokani, co-founder of Sri Lankan restaurant Hoppers.
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Chimichurri chicken with roast squash
Chicken thighs and drumsticks get a flavour boost with Argentinian chimichurri sauce in this vibrant one-pan chicken traybake recipe.
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Chicken with peanuts, chilli and coconut
Claire Thomson's peanut chicken recipe takes the flavours of satay chicken and turns them into a zesty midweek chicken traybake.
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Chicken provençal with sticky garlic potatoes
This simple chicken provençal recipe hails from the south of France and is the ultimate minimal effort, maximum flavour meal.
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Midweek meals
Lemon, ginger and coriander chicken with potatoes and slaw
Fresh ginger, lemon zest and coriander seeds work wonders to upgrade a simple chicken dinner in this summery lemon chicken recipe.
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Chicken tagine casserole
Enjoy all the rich flavours of a chicken tagine with the ease of a traybake. This baked tagine is packed with apricots, olives and chickpeas.
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Cranberries
Chicken cosmopolitan
Could this be our easiest chicken traybake recipe yet? Our one-tray Chicken Cosmopolitan is baked with cranberries and a slosh of vodka.
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Chicken, feta, tahini and aubergine traybake
The tahini, pomegranate molasses and honey drizzle turns sticky and gnarly as it bakes in the oven – a finger-licking good chicken dish.
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Paprika chicken thighs with aïoli and rosemary roasties
This easy, one-pan chicken dinner with potatoes is packed with Spanish flavours like sweet red peppers, rosemary and smoky paprika.
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Enchiladas verdes
These Mexican enchiladas verdes are filled with tender chicken thighs and covered with cheese and rich tomatillo sauce for great dinner
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Harissa roast chicken with flatbreads and preserved lemon yogurt
This lip-smacking harissa roast chicken traybake recipe uses Moroccan flavours in the marinade and is served with homemade flatbreads.
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Chicken curries
Fruity chicken curry traybake
Take a pack of chicken breasts and make our easy chicken curry traybake – its creamy, fruity sauce is delicious with naan or rice.
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Chicken thighs
Bacon-wrapped chicken traybake
This bacon-wrapped chicken tray bake is ready within an hour. The roast caponata brings a sweet sauciness and keeps the chicken thighs super moist.
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