Harissa Chicken Tray-bake | Jamie Oliver | #QuickandEasyFood

harissa paste

🥗Healthier: sriracha

💰Cheaper: red pepper flakes

Sriracha offers similar heat with fewer calories.

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: chicken drumsticks

Chicken breast is leaner, while drumsticks are often cheaper.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is more budget-friendly.

chickpeas

🥗Healthier: lentils

💰Cheaper: canned beans

Canned beans are often less expensive and quicker to use.

Cut the core out of the sweet peppers and remove the seeds, then tear them into rough-sized chunks.

Cut two onions into quarters and unpick them like little petals.

Season the vegetables with sea salt and black pepper.

Add a couple of tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil and a swig of vinegar to the vegetables.

Mix the vegetables with the seasoning and oil.

Add four teaspoons of harissa to the tray and mix it with the vegetables.

Prepare the chicken by cutting down to the bone to allow heat and flavor to penetrate, then rub harissa and oil inside and outside the chicken.

Lay the chicken on top of the seasoned vegetables in the tray.

Sprinkle a little sea salt on top of the chicken.

Bake in the oven for 50 minutes to an hour at 180 degrees Celsius (350 degrees Fahrenheit).

Serve on a rustic board, scraping the sauce over the chicken and garnishing with fresh mint.

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