Eat Well For Less BBQ chicken bake recipe

This BBQ chicken bake is one of our favourite Eat Well For Less recipes. Really easy to make, this BBQ chicken bake recipe only takes 5 mins to prepare, and then all you need to do is let the oven do the work for you. This dish will feed 6 people, but you can easily make more if you double up the ingredients - it's a great easy and quick recipe to whip up for a midweek dinner or even for a Sunday roast if you're short on time! This great gluten-free spicy chicken dish is a two-tray wonder - everything roasts together at the same time, covered in a deliciously sticky barbecue sauce. You can use any firm vegetables in this bake, so try it with your favourites. Make it as spicy as you like, adding in crushed garlic and finely chopped (deseeded) red chillies, or add some chopped fresh or dried rosemary and finely grated lemon zest, if you like. If you want you can stir in a 400g tin of pinto beans or chickpeas (drained and rinsed first), to make this delicious dish stretch a little further. Simply stir them in after 20 minutes roasting time. This will add another punch of protein to this Eat Well For Less recipe, which will help keep you full for longer.

Ingredients

• 6 chicken thighs (skin on)
• 6 chicken drumsticks (skin on)
• 3 tbsp gluten-free soy sauce
• 3 tbsp clear honey
• 1 tbsp tomato purée
• 1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
•  juice of 1⁄2 orange
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried chilli flakes
• 2 red onions, cut into chunks
• 3 large carrots, peeled and cut into chunks
• 4 sweet potatoes, scrubbed and cut in half, then into wedges
• 100g baby spinach freshly ground black pepper, to taste

Method

1. For this Eat Well For Less recipe you will need to preheat the oven to 200°C/180°C fan/Gas 6.
2. Slash the chicken thighs and drumsticks through the thickest parts, then divide between two large roasting trays.
3. Mix the soy sauce, honey, tomato purée, Worcestershire sauce, orange juice, thyme and chilli flakes together in a mug or small bowl until combined.
   
4. Drizzle over both trays of chicken and massage in, then divide the red onions, carrots and sweet potatoes between the trays and mix together, coating them in any residual sauce. Season with black pepper.
   
5. Roast in the oven for 35-40 minutes until the chicken is browned and cooked through and the veg are tender and slightly charred around the edges. Pierce the fattest part of each chicken portion with a sharp knife - if the juices run clear, then the chicken is cooked. If not, return to the oven and cook for another 5 minutes and check again.
6. Add half of the spinach to each roasting tray and stir through; it will wilt as you stir. Serve immediately.