High proteinHigh carb

Lemon Chicken Traybake

Lemon halves in the tray, not juice on top.

50 min Serves 2 Oven

Per serving

543

kcal

43.9 g

protein

38.3 g

carbs

24.2 g

fat

8.1 g protein per 100 kcal · 5 g fibre. Calculated from the exact weights below using standard food composition data, so they are close estimates rather than lab values.

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Ingredients

For 2 servings.

  • Chicken thigh300 g
  • Potato300 g
  • Lemon80 g
  • Garlic15 g
  • Olive oil15 g
  • Asparagus(optional)100 g

Method

  1. 1Oven to 200°C. Halve the lemons and tuck them in with the oiled potatoes and thighs.
  2. 240 minutes. Add the asparagus for the last eight.
  3. 3Squeeze the roasted lemon over everything to serve.

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The techniques and safety points this recipe uses, explained from scratch.

Chicken and turkey: cook it all the way throughShow

Raw poultry often carries campylobacter and salmonella. They are killed by heat, not by washing — so the one rule is: cooked right through, every time.

  1. Do NOT rinse raw chicken under the tap. It does not clean it; it splashes bacteria around your sink, worktop and clothes. Take it straight from the pack to the board or pan.
  2. If it is wet, pat it dry with kitchen paper, bin the paper, then wash your hands.
  3. Check the thickest piece, not the thinnest. Cut into it: there should be no pink meat at all, and the juices should run clear, not pink.
  4. Most reliable: a food thermometer pushed into the thickest part should read at least 75 °C.

Ready when: White all the way through, juices clear, steaming hot — or 75 °C in the thickest part.

Crushing or chopping garlicShow

Garlic is added in small pieces so it spreads through the dish. It burns in seconds, which turns it bitter, so it usually goes in after the onion, not before.

  1. Pull one clove off the bulb. Trim off the hard little root end.
  2. Lay the flat of your knife on the clove and press down firmly with the heel of your hand. The skin splits and slips off.
  3. Slice it thinly, then rock the knife back and forth over the slices until the pieces are tiny. Or push the peeled clove through a garlic crusher.
  4. In the pan it needs about 30 seconds to a minute, stirring, until it smells strong — then add the next ingredient.

Ready when: In the pan: fragrant and pale gold. Brown means it has gone too far.

Zesting and juicing a lemon or limeShow

The zest (the coloured skin) holds the fragrant oils; the white pith underneath is bitter.

  1. Zest first, while it is whole: rub it over the fine side of a grater, turning as you go, taking only the coloured layer.
  2. To juice, roll it firmly on the worktop under your palm, cut it in half across the middle and squeeze over your cupped hand or a sieve to catch the pips.
Roasting vegetables and potatoesShow

Space is what makes roast vegetables crisp and brown instead of soggy.

  1. Heat the oven to about 200 °C fan (220 °C conventional).
  2. Cut the veg into even pieces and toss them in a bowl with oil and salt so every piece is coated.
  3. Spread them out in one layer with gaps between them, cut sides down. Use two trays if you need to.
  4. Turn them once, about halfway through.

Ready when: Browned at the edges and underneath, and a knife slides into the biggest piece easily.

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