SPICED ROAST CHICKEN WITH PEPPERS, AUBERGINE & ONION 

SPICED ROAST CHICKEN WITH PEPPERS, AUBERGINE & ONION

Rather than a long list of spices, I like to use ras-el-hanout for this

An easy, all-in-one chicken traybake for a casual dinner with friends, packed with flavourful vegetables. Rather than a long list of spices, I like to use ras-el-hanout for this. It’s a readily available Middle Eastern spice mix that adds a lovely warming flavour to the dish. It isn’t hot in the way that chilli is, so if your guests like spicy food, add a teaspoon of chilli flakes as well.

Serves 4

Prep: 10 minutes

Cook: 25-30 minutes

1 large aubergine, cut into 1.5cm cubes

2 red peppers, cut into 1cm slices

1 yellow pepper, cut into 1cm slices

1 red onion, roughly sliced

4 vine tomatoes, quartered

3 cloves of garlic

4 heaped tsp ras-el-hanout

2 tbsp olive oil

1 tsp sea salt flakes

4 free-range chicken breasts (halved if very large)

TO SERVE

a handful of fresh coriander, chopped

natural yogurt

couscous or flatbreads 

  • Preheat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6.
  • Tip the aubergine, peppers, onion, tomatoes and garlic into a large roasting tin along with 2 teaspoons of the ras-el-hanout, 1 tablespoon of olive oil and the sea salt flakes. Mix really well with your hands.
  • Arrange the chicken breasts over the vegetables and drizzle the other tablespoon of oil over them, followed by a good pinch of salt and the remaining ras-el-hanout.
  • Transfer to the oven and roast for 25-30 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through.
  • Serve scattered with the fresh coriander, with yogurt on the side, alongside a pile of flatbreads or buttery couscous.

 

The recipes on these pages are taken from best-selling cookery writer and food stylist Rukmini Iyer’s new book The Quick Roasting Tin (Square Peg, £16.99).

To order a copy for £10.99 with free p&p until 12 January, call 01603 648155 or go to mailshop.co.uk. Rukmini’s fee for this feature has been donated to Crisis, Shelter and Rape Crisis South London

 

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