Name: One-tray Christmas dinner for two recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 50 min
Total time: 60 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 4 medium red potatoes, quartered; 2 wedges pumpkin; 1 medium sweet potato, cut into wedges; 20.00 ml olive oil; 2 chicken supremes; 1 lemon; 4 cloves garlic, unpeeled; 3 sprigs thyme; 1 bunch broccolini; 150g green beans, trimmed; 15g butter; 2 tsp plain flour; 1/4-250.00 ml chicken stock

by Greer Worsley Last updated on 10/05/2022

An entire Christmas dinner for two on a single oven tray. Not only delicious, but so little washing up! - Greer Worsley

Ingredients

4 medium red potatoes, quartered
2 wedges pumpkin
1 medium sweet potato, cut into wedges
1 tbsp olive oil
2 chicken supremes
1 lemon
4 cloves garlic, unpeeled
3 sprigs thyme
1 bunch broccolini
150g green beans, trimmed
15g butter
2 tsp plain flour
1/4-1/2 cup chicken stock

Method

Step 1

Preheat oven to 200C. Place potatoes, pumpkin and sweet potato on an oven tray and toss with 1 tsp olive oil. Season well with salt and pepper, then bake for 20 minutes. Remove from oven, push vegetables to the edges of the tray, and place chicken pieces skin-side up in the centre. Rub skin with 1 tsp olive oil, season well with salt and pepper. Halve lemon and squeeze over the chicken and veggies, then tuck the squeezed halves in amongst the veggies with the garlic cloves and thyme. Return to the oven for 20 minutes.
Step 2

Remove tray from oven. Toss broccolini and beans in remaining olive oil, then distribute it amongst the vegetables on the tray. Return to the oven for 10 minutes.
Step 3

Transfer chicken, vegetables to a serving platter. Place tray on the stove and whisk butter and flour into the pan juices. Allow to simmer, adding a little stock or water, until you have a gravy consistency. Season with salt and pepper.

Recipe Notes

from Australia’s Best Recipes team

Obviously this recipe uses chicken, but you could switch out for a piece of pork, beef or lamb. Adjust cooking times accordingly.

Chicken supremes are the breast with the wing and skin still attached. Ask your butcher to prepare them, or switch out for chicken Marylands which are readily available at the supermarket.

Recipe and photo by Greer Worsley.