Jerk chicken & pineapple traybake

Per serving

617kcal
32гProteins
18гFats
77гCarbs

A great chicken dish, full of flavour with jerk seasoning, pineapple and sweet potato, served with rice and black beans. Ideal for a family feast

Ingredients

4 serv.
  • chicken thigh fillets6

    skin on and bone in

  • jerk paste90g g
  • limes3

    1 zested and juiced, 2 cut into wedges, to serve

  • pineapple1

    peeled, cored and chopped into chunks

  • sweet potatoes2

    peeled and chopped into chunks

  • red pepper1

    sliced

  • wholegrain rice300g g
  • can black beans400g g
  • coconut oil1 tbsp tbsp
  • thymefew

    few sprigs, leaves picked

  • Little Gem lettuces3

    sliced

Step-by-step instructions

  1. 1

    Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Cut the chicken in half lengthways down one side of the bone. Put them in a large roasting tin. Mix the jerk paste with the lime zest and juice and pour over the chicken. Tuck the pineapple pieces, sweet potatoes and peppers in and around the chicken. Season, cover with foil and roast for 30 mins.

  2. 2

    Increase the oven temperature to 220C/200C fan/gas 7, remove the foil, baste the chicken and stir the veg in the cooking juices. Return to the oven for 20-25 mins.

  3. 3

    Meanwhile, cook the rice according to pack instructions, then stir in the beans, coconut oil, thyme leaves and seasoning. Cook for 2-3 mins to warm the beans through and melt the coconut oil. Serve 3 pieces of chicken per person with the vegetables, and the lettuce and rice on the side.

Source: bbcgoodfood.com
Original recipe

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