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Maria Creedon's sticky spice bag chicken traybake: Today

Maria Creedon's sticky spice bag chicken traybake: Today
Maria Creedon's sticky spice bag chicken traybake: Today

Ingredients

Serves: 4

  • 8 chicken thighs, skin on
  • 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into long, thick wedges
  • 4 tbsp olive oil
  • 4 onions, peeled and quartered with the root left on to hold them together
  • 4 fresh red chillies, deseeded and sliced lengthways
  • 2 tbsp balsamic vinegar
  • 1 tbsp spice bag spice
  • 1 tbsp honey
  • A few sprigs of fresh coriander
  • Preheat the oven to 185C.

Method

  1. Trim the chicken thighs of excess fat, but leave the skin on.
  2. Put the chicken and sweet potatoes in a roasting tin, drizzle over the oil and mix everything together.
  3. Roast in the oven for 20 minutes.
  4. Add the onions, chillies, balsamic vinegar, spice bag mix, honey, and some salt and pepper to the tin.
  5. Return to the oven to cook for a further 20 minutes or so until the chicken thighs are cooked through and everything is melting and sticky.
  6. Serve with fresh coriander leaves scattered over.