Family Chicken Tray Bake - Shockingly Simple!!

chicken

🥗Healthier: turkey

💰Cheaper: chicken thighs

Turkey is leaner, while chicken thighs are more affordable.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a high smoke point, while vegetable oil is often less expensive.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: yams

Sweet potatoes offer more nutrients, while yams can be cheaper.

cinnamon

🥗Healthier: nutmeg

💰Cheaper: allspice

Nutmeg provides a similar warmth, while allspice is often more economical.

Preheat the oven to just below 250 degrees Celsius.

Slice three large onions long ways and place them evenly in an oven tray.

Slice four large tomatoes in half and add them to the tray.

Add eight skinless boneless chicken thighs to the tray, finding a place for them.

Chop Maris Piper potatoes and add them to the tray, not using all of them.

Place bay leaves in the tray.

Dust just under a teaspoon of cinnamon over the top of the ingredients in the tray.

Add two chicken stock cubes to one pint of water and pour that into the tray.

Sprinkle oregano generously over the top of the ingredients in the tray.

Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the top.

Drizzle olive oil over the ingredients in the tray.

Put the tray in the oven and bake for 50 minutes.

After 50 minutes, check the dish and smash the tomatoes to release their juices into the gravy.

Return the tray to the oven for an additional 10-15 minutes to brown the dish.

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