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Sheet-Pan Lemon Chicken Thighs with Crisp Chickpeas and Spinach
Bone-in chicken thighs roast on a single tray over paprika chickpeas, with spinach wilted through at the end.
- Total
- 45 min
- Hands on
- 15 min
- Serves
- 4
- Method
- oven
- Cuisine
- Mediterranean
Per serving · estimated
- Energy
- 665 kcal
- Protein
- 48 g
- Fat
- 40 g
- Carbs
- 26 g
Method
Step 1 of 10
Heat the oven to 220°C.
Step 2 of 10
Drain and rinse the chickpeas, then shake them dry in the sieve.
Chickpeas, tinned
Step 3 of 10
Cut the onion into thick wedges and thinly slice the garlic.
Red onion
Garlic
Step 4 of 10
Toss the chickpeas, onion and garlic on a large roasting tray with 30 ml olive oil, the smoked paprika, cumin, salt and pepper.
- Chickpeas, tinned
- Red onion
- Garlic
Olive oil
Smoked paprika
Ground cumin
Salt
Black pepper
Step 5 of 10
Cut one lemon into thin rounds and scatter them over the chickpeas.
Lemons
Step 6 of 10
Rub the chicken thighs with the remaining oil, salt and pepper and set them skin side up on top.
Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs- Olive oil
- Salt
- Black pepper
Step 7 of 10
Roast for 30 minutes, until the skin is deep gold.
Step 8 of 10
Check the thickest thigh has reached 74 °C and that the juices run clear.
- Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
What ‘ready’ looks like Step 9 of 10
Lift the chicken onto a board, fold the spinach through the hot chickpeas until wilted, and squeeze over the juice of the second lemon.
Baby spinach- Lemons
Step 10 of 10
Rest the chicken for 5 minutes, then serve on the chickpeas.
- Bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
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Twenty minutes instead of forty. No oven. Four people, not two. No dairy, and the onion ran out. The app rewrites the recipe around what is actually true tonight, then merges the shopping into one list ordered the way you walk a supermarket.
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