Easy Chicken & Potato Tray Bake | Delicious Arabic-Style Oven Meal

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Avocado oil provides healthy fats and a high smoke point.

chicken thighs

🥗Healthier: chicken breast

💰Cheaper: bone-in chicken

Chicken breast is leaner, while bone-in chicken is often less expensive.

paprika

🥗Healthier: smoked paprika

💰Cheaper: cayenne pepper

Smoked paprika adds flavor without significant cost.

chicken broth

🥗Healthier: vegetable broth

💰Cheaper: water with seasonings

Vegetable broth can be lower in calories and cost.

Marinate chicken with onion and two red bell peppers.

Add a head of garlic, 1/4 cup of pomegranate molasses, oil, a chicken bouillon cube, 1 teaspoon of ground cardamom, 1 teaspoon of seven spice mix, salt, and black pepper.

Prepare the base with tomatoes, green peppers, and onions.

In a baking dish, add onions and season with black pepper and salt, rubbing them together.

Slice green peppers and thinly slice fresh garlic.

Use a food processor to chop onion and a whole head of garlic.

Remove seeds and fibrous veins from the red bell pepper before chopping.

Blend the chopped onion, garlic, pomegranate molasses, seven spice, cardamom, salt, and black pepper together.

Arrange about 3/4 kg of potatoes in the baking dish.

Prepare the chicken by separating the skin from the meat and making cuts near the thigh.

Stuff the marinade inside the chicken and rub it on the outside.

Use leftover marinade (that hasn't touched raw chicken) on the potatoes.

Add about 1/2 cup of water to the baking dish.

Make cuts on the chicken before placing it in the oven.

Put the dish in a preheated oven at the highest temperature for the first 10 minutes.

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