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Chicken and Chickpea Tray Bake with Lemon

Chicken thighs roasted over chickpeas and capsicum with lemon and oregano. One tray.

Chicken and Chickpea Tray Bake with Lemon. Chicken thighs roasted over chickpeas and capsicum with lemon and oregano. One tray.
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Prep 15 minCook 45 minServes 4

Ingredients

Why metric?

Metric avoids regional spoon ambiguity. US uses 5 mL tsp, 15 mL tbsp and 240 mL cup. Small masses stay in grams unless a verified recipe conversion exists. More on measurements

  • 650 g boneless skinless chicken thighs
  • 480 g canned no-added-salt chickpeas, drained and rinsed
  • 2 capsicums, sliced (300 g)
  • 1 large red onion, cut into wedges (200 g)
  • 1 lemon, half sliced and half juiced (100 g)
  • 40 ml extra-virgin olive oil (36 g)
  • 4 g dried oregano
  • 4 g smoked paprika
  • 150 g baby spinach, to serve
  • 15 g flat-leaf parsley, chopped
  • 2 g iodised table salt
  • Ground black pepper, to taste

Method

  1. Heat the oven to 210C/410F. Toss the chickpeas, capsicum and onion with half the oil, the paprika and half the salt in a large roasting tray.
  2. Rub the chicken with the rest of the oil, the oregano and the remaining salt and lay it on top with the lemon slices tucked in.
  3. Roast 40-45 minutes, until the chicken reads 74C/165F and the chickpeas at the edges have started to crisp.
  4. Take the tray out and fold the spinach through the hot chickpeas so it wilts.
  5. Add the lemon juice and parsley and grind pepper over.

Safety and storage

Cook to
74°C / 165°F in the centre (poultry, including minced poultry)
Keeps
3 days refrigerated below 5°C
Reheat to
steaming hot, at least 60°C

The table gives poultry cuts as 74°C. Minced poultry is taken to the same temperature rather than the 71°C mince figure, because mincing spreads surface bacteria through the whole mass. Colour and clear juices are not a reliable test. Check the thickest part with a thermometer.

Cool and cover within two hours of cooking; split large amounts into shallow containers so they chill quickly. Reheat until steaming hot, at least 60°C.

Where these temperatures come from