This is not an April Fool’s Day post because when it comes to hungry mouths in this home, there is definitely no room for jokes. Cooking in a home with two active tykes and a six-month-old baby who now crawls and rolls requires meals that are filling and easy to prepare and cook. This is the reason why the crock pot and the oven have since become my kitchen bestfriends.
This post is a testament of my love for the oven and its imminent power to allow this exhausted mother to prepare one-pan meals that are not only healthy but are also, tasty.
Here’s my take on the one pan honey garlic chicken with broccoli and potatoes:
Ingredients
- 4 large pieces chicken thighs or boneless/skinless chicken breasts
- 3 medium-sized russet potatoes (quartered)
- 3 tablespoons olive oil (separate 1 tbsp from 2 tbsps)
- 2 tablespoons brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 6 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- 1/2 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 medium bunch broccoli (include stalk and florets)
- 3 medium-sized bell peppers (red, orange, yellow seeded and quartered)
- 1 cup spring onion (chopped)
Servings: people
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degree. Lightly spread oil all over pan or coat pan with non-stick spray.
- In a small bowl, mix together olive oil, brown sugar, butter, honey, garlic, basil, and oregano. Set aside.
- Place potatoes in a single player in the pan. Season with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.
- Brush chicken thighs with the honey-garlic mixture and then arrange them on top of the potatoes. Pour remaining mixture on top of the chicken pieces.
- Place potato-chicken layer inside the oven and cook for 30 to 35 minutes or until chicken is cooked.
- Add broccoli and roast for another 10 minutes.
- Add bell pepper and broil for five minutes.
- Remove pan from oven and top with chopped spring onion.
- Eat heartily!
Recipe Notes
- Most recipes call for baby red potatoes but I use russet potatoes since we always have this type at home.
- If I ran out of olive oil at home, I just use peanut oil. Adds flavor to the dish and it smells good too.
- Some recipes call for Dijon mustard and parsley, we don't like both ingredients so we skip them. We add bell peppers though because, obviously, we looove them!
- How to check if the chicken is cooked without using a meat thermometer? I just take out the pan from the oven, make small slices on the top of the chicken.
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