Chicken and vegetable traybake

Chicken and vegetable traybake

Easy to throw together and super-nutritious, this recipe is a healthy-supper winner.

Chicken and vegetable traybake

Or go meat-free with Elly Pear’s aubergine, tomato and chickpea traybake.

  • Serves icon Serves 2
  • Time icon Hands-on time 10 min, oven time 35 min

Easy to throw together and super-nutritious, this recipe is a healthy-supper winner.

Or go meat-free with Elly Pear’s aubergine, tomato and chickpea traybake.

Nutrition: per serving

Calories
240kcals
Fat
6g (1.2g saturated)
Protein
26g
Carbohydrates
16g (14g sugars)
Fibre
9g
Salt
0.3g

Ingredients

  • 100g celeriac, cut into 1cm chunks
  • 1 red onion, chopped into wedges
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 2 boneless, skinless free-range chicken thighs (about 90g each), cut in half
  • Finely grated zest and juice 1 lemon
  • 1 red pepper, sliced
  • 8 tenderstem broccoli stalks, halved lengthways if thick
  • 2 tbsp chopped fresh mint and flatleaf parsley to serve
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Method

  1. Heat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/gas 6. Toss the carrot, celeriac and onion with ½ tsp oil in a roasting tin and season well. In a bowl, toss the chicken with another ½ tsp oil and the lemon zest, then arrange on top of the vegetables along with the red pepper slices. Roast for 25 minutes.
  2. Add the broccoli to the roasting tin, toss everything together and roast for another 10 minutes until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender. Taste and adjust the seasoning, adding lemon juice to taste. Scatter over the freshly chopped herbs and drizzle over the remaining 1 tsp oil to serve.

Nutrition

Calories
240kcals
Fat
6g (1.2g saturated)
Protein
26g
Carbohydrates
16g (14g sugars)
Fibre
9g
Salt
0.3g

delicious. tips

  1. Save the second portion for day 2 of the 5:2 diet, or eat the next day as a lunchbox filler in a wrap or with a jacket potato.

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