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Easy Chicken Tray Bake with Garlic & Rosemary

Published on April 29, 2019 • Last updated April 15, 2024 by Elizabeth
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This lazy chicken traybake takes five minutes to prep and uses just five ingredients! It’s a complete meal in one sheet pan, and so there’s only one pan to wash up afterwards!

Prep Time: 5 minutes

Cooking Time: 1 hour

Difficulty: Easy

This lazy chicken tray bake takes five minutes to prep and only has five ingredients! It's a complete meal in one tray bake, and there's only one pan to wash up afterwards! #chickentraybake #sheetpanchicken #chicken
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  • Lazy chicken tray bake aka the easiest sheet pan dinner ever
  • Ingredients for this easy sheet pan chicken dinner recipe
  • How to make this garlic & rosemary chicken leg tray bake – six easy steps
  • Can I use chicken thighs instead?
  • I prefer my chicken skin browned and crispy, how do I do this?
  • I don’t have rosemary-infused olive oil – what can I use?
  • Lazy One Pan Garlic and Rosemary Chicken Tray Bake Recipe
  • Pin this easy chicken tray bake recipe for later
  • Other recipes you might like

Lazy chicken tray bake aka the easiest sheet pan dinner ever

If I’m to be completely honest, sometimes I can be a really, really lazy cook.  Sometimes I just want something effortless, something tasty that I can throw together with minimal effort. Hot comfort food with no work.

This recipe came from that, and I found myself with a considerable number of fresh beetroot in my vegetable crisper. We get regular, locally grown vegetable box deliveries, and one of my favourite vegetables included in these deliveries is fresh beetroot.

Roasted beetroot is one of the most delicious flavours, I think, and combined with roasted sweet potato and juicy roast chicken, it’s a sweet and earthy medley. Throw in some whole garlic bulbs (yes, the whole thing!) and a generous drizzle of rosemary-infused olive oil, and you’ve got a quick and easy busy midweek dinner recipe, with only one pan to wash up afterward. Win!

Ingredients for Garlic and Rosemary Chicken Traybake image

Ingredients for this easy sheet pan chicken dinner recipe

  • chicken leg quarters or separate chicken legs/ thighs
  • sweet potato
  • beetroot
  • garlic
  • rosemary-infused olive oil
easy chicken tray bake recipe image

How to make this garlic & rosemary chicken leg tray bake – six easy steps

  1. Preheat your oven to 180 C/ 350 F/ gas mark 4 and place your chicken leg quarters on a large sheet pan.
  2. Peel and cut your beetroot into 1.5-inch pieces and arrange around the chicken.
  3. Do the same with the sweet potato.
  4. Cut the tops off of your garlic bulbs and arrange in the pan.
  5. Drizzle with rosemary-infused olive oil (or use olive oil and dried or fresh chopped rosemary).
  6. Season with salt and pepper, as desired, and bake for 60 minutes, basting once or twice.
This lazy chicken tray bake takes five minutes to prep and only has five ingredients! It's a complete meal in one tray bake, and there's only one pan to wash up afterwards! #chickentraybake #sheetpanchicken #chicken

Can I use chicken thighs instead?

Absolutely! Truthfully, I usually make this recipe with a mix of chicken legs and thighs. Just cut the vegetables into one-inch segments and reduce the cooking time to 45 minutes.

I prefer my chicken skin browned and crispy, how do I do this?

To get a nice, crispy brown skin simply heat some olive oil in a saute pan until hot and brown the chicken leg quarters all over before placing in the sheet pan.

I don’t have rosemary-infused olive oil – what can I use?

Use a good quality olive oil and either two teaspoonfuls of dried rosemary, or one tablespoonful of fresh, chopped rosemary.

This lazy chicken tray bake takes five minutes to prep and only has five ingredients! It's a complete meal in one tray bake, and there's only one pan to wash up afterwards! #chickentraybake #sheetpanchicken #chicken

Recipe Difficulty Levels

Easy

Requires basic cooking skills and ingredients you most likely already have in your kitchen.

Moderate

Requires more experience, preparation and/or cooking time. You may have to source special ingredients.

Challenging

Recipes requiring more advanced skills and experience and maybe some special equipment.

This lazy chicken tray bake takes five minutes to prep and only has five ingredients! It's a complete meal in one tray bake, and there's only one pan to wash up afterwards! #chickentraybake #sheetpanchicken #chicken

Lazy One Pan Garlic and Rosemary Chicken Tray Bake Recipe

This lazy chicken tray bake takes five minutes to prep and uses just five ingredients! It’s a complete meal in one sheet pan, and there’s only one pan to wash up afterwards! 
4.73 from 29 votes
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Course: Main Dish
Cuisine: American
Prep Time: 5 minutes minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour hour
Total Time: 1 hour hour 5 minutes minutes
Servings: 4 people
Calories: 635kcal
Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

Metric – US Cup Measures
  • 4 chicken leg quarters
  • 400 grams beetroot
  • 700 grams sweet potato
  • 4 bulbs garlic
  • 4 tbsp rosemary-infused olive oil see notes
  • Shetland sea salt to taste
  • freshly ground black pepper to taste
  • fresh parsley to serve (optional)

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Instructions 

  • Preheat your oven to 180 C/ 350 F/ gas mark 4 and place 4 chicken leg quarters on a large sheet pan.
  • Peel and cut 400 grams beetroot into 1.5-inch pieces and arrange around the chicken.
  • Do the same with 700 grams sweet potato.
  • Cut the tops off of 4 bulbs garlic and arrange in the pan.
  • Drizzle with 4 tbsp rosemary-infused olive oil (or use olive oil and dried or fresh chopped rosemary).
  • Season withShetland sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, as desired, and bake for 60 minutes, basting once or twice. Serve with fresh parsley to garnish.

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Notes

If you don’t have rosemary-infused olive oil, simply use a good quality olive oil and sprinkle over 2 teaspoonfuls of dried rosemary, or 1 tbsp fresh chopped rosemary.

Nutrition

Calories: 635kcal | Carbohydrates: 45g | Protein: 27g | Fat: 38g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Cholesterol: 141mg | Sodium: 285mg | Potassium: 1210mg | Fiber: 8g | Sugar: 14g | Vitamin A: 24975IU | Vitamin C: 9.4mg | Calcium: 80mg | Iron: 2.9mg

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This lazy chicken tray bake takes five minutes to prep and only has five ingredients! It's a complete meal in one tray bake, and there's only one pan to wash up afterwards! #chickentraybake #sheetpanchicken #chicken
This lazy chicken tray bake takes five minutes to prep and only has five ingredients! It's a complete meal in one tray bake, and there's only one pan to wash up afterwards! #chickentraybake #sheetpanchicken #chicken

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Comments

  1. Jigel78

    June 2, 2019 at 10:54 am

    5 stars
    Great chicken dish. Everyone around the table liked it.

    Reply
  2. Diana

    May 12, 2019 at 10:15 pm

    4 stars
    Sounds nice! 🙂

    Reply
  3. Georgie Wright

    May 12, 2019 at 10:06 pm

    5 stars
    It sounds quick and tasty, the kind of dish everyone enjoys!

    Reply
  4. Catherine Gregory

    May 12, 2019 at 9:25 pm

    Perfect! As a Mummy to a 18 month old I need simple meals so an all in one tray bake is just right

    Reply
  5. Kim Neville

    May 12, 2019 at 7:38 pm

    5 stars
    Looks nice and easy to make and a great family meal 🙂

    Reply
  6. Melissa Lee

    May 12, 2019 at 6:12 pm

    5 stars
    This sounds really lovely, and you can’t beat a good quality olive oil

    Reply
  7. Sarah Parker

    May 12, 2019 at 6:39 am

    Great and practical midweek meal for the family

    Reply
  8. Denise S

    May 11, 2019 at 10:34 am

    love traybakes they are always family favourites so will be trying this soon

    Reply
  9. Helen Jones

    May 10, 2019 at 3:36 pm

    Great dish to serve the family

    Reply
  10. Iris

    May 9, 2019 at 8:25 am

    5 stars
    It looks delicious my kind of recipe as I love different tray bakes

    Reply
  11. Katie Skeoch

    May 9, 2019 at 7:22 am

    4 stars
    I will probably try this out for sunday lunch

    Reply
  12. Sarah Ann

    May 8, 2019 at 3:00 pm

    5 stars
    Love the sound of this recipe, it would be perfect for Sunday lunch

    Reply
  13. Carole Nott

    May 5, 2019 at 10:19 pm

    5 stars
    Looks delicious – chicken is always one of my favourite choices

    Reply
  14. Heather Haigh

    May 3, 2019 at 6:31 pm

    5 stars
    Looks delicious, satisfying, and not too tricky, will give this a whirl

    Reply
  15. Sarah

    May 2, 2019 at 6:53 pm

    This looks so good! I love a quick and simple recipe every now and then, especially since I am always on the go. I have my final question for the semester: How do you deal with disaster relief/emergency when it comes to food supply? Thank you in advance for your help and answering my questions with such wonderful detail. I appreciate it!

    Reply
    • Elizabeth

      May 3, 2019 at 7:52 am

      I’m happy to help 🙂 Fortunately, we haven’t really had to deal with such a thing, but if we did, we have plenty to eat on our island – sheep, eggs, locally grown vegetables, etc. Most people buy in bulk too, given our remote location, so there’s plenty of food in the cupboards if we do get cut off for an extended period.

      Reply
  16. Rich Tyler

    May 2, 2019 at 11:45 am

    5 stars
    Yummy!

    Reply
  17. Helen Adams

    May 2, 2019 at 11:32 am

    5 stars
    Sounds delicious!

    Reply
  18. Ruth Harwood

    May 2, 2019 at 6:29 am

    4 stars
    This looks great, I’ll def be trying this over the bank holiday weekend with the family all together!

    Reply
  19. Katie B

    April 30, 2019 at 6:29 pm

    5 stars
    This looks delicious, we do a chicken, new potato and kale one usually, might have to give this one a go!

    Reply
  20. Margaret GALLAGHER

    April 30, 2019 at 4:11 pm

    5 stars
    A WINNING combination of flavours – so easy to make too – one I’ll certainly be trying soon
    So cold here today !

    Reply
  21. Galina V

    April 30, 2019 at 2:24 pm

    5 stars
    That’s my favourite kind of cooking, a traybake where anything goes, and you don’t have to spend ages in the kitchen.

    Reply
  22. Helen Tovell

    April 30, 2019 at 1:14 pm

    4 stars
    Sounds delicious and great as a one pot wonder too

    Reply
  23. Hannah Wilding

    April 30, 2019 at 12:54 pm

    4 stars
    Sounds delicious and easy to make

    Reply
  24. Keshia Esgate

    April 30, 2019 at 11:52 am

    4 stars
    Looks delicious! I would probably leave out the garlic though, not a huuge garlic fan!

    Reply
  25. Jane Willis

    April 30, 2019 at 7:14 am

    4 stars
    Looks delicious – I think I might use ordinary potato instead of sweet potato though, I always find sweet potato too sweet unless it’s absolutely drowned in spices.

    Reply
  26. Solange

    April 30, 2019 at 4:21 am

    5 stars
    This recipe sounds delicious.

    Reply
  27. Joanne Matthews

    April 29, 2019 at 7:14 pm

    One of my favourite recipes, except I always chicken thighs, thank you for sharing!

    Reply
  28. Zoe C

    April 29, 2019 at 6:19 pm

    5 stars
    It sounds divine, would like to attempt it and cook for all the family, sure it would go down well

    Reply
  29. Suzanne

    April 29, 2019 at 6:18 pm

    This is a great recipe my whole family would enjoy so it rates a 10 out of 10.

    Reply
  30. Frances Heaton

    April 29, 2019 at 6:04 pm

    5 stars
    Delicious, a real treat! My family would love this blend of flavours. Looks easy to make too.

    Reply
  31. Amy Bondoc

    April 29, 2019 at 5:39 pm

    5 stars
    i will defo be giving this a go looks delicious!

    Reply
  32. Peter Watson

    April 29, 2019 at 5:36 pm

    5 stars
    I love olive oil and garlic.

    Reply
  33. Laura Banks

    April 29, 2019 at 5:21 pm

    it sounds really yummy and something my son would actually eat as well

    Reply
  34. Jackie Howell

    April 29, 2019 at 3:21 pm

    5 stars
    this dish sounds delicious, all my family will love

    Reply
  35. Debbie Skerten

    April 29, 2019 at 3:07 pm

    5 stars
    This is my kind of recipe. Not only because it’s all in one tray, but I just love the ingredients. The flavours mixed together are calling to me. I shall definitely be making this. Many thanks.

    Reply
  36. Andrew Petrie

    April 29, 2019 at 2:40 pm

    5 stars
    Olive oil and garlic. It doesn’t matter about the others , it’s a winner !

    Reply
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This lazy chicken tray bake takes five minutes to prep and only has five ingredients! It's a complete meal in one tray bake, and there's only one pan to wash up afterwards! #chickentraybake #sheetpanchicken #chicken
This lazy chicken tray bake takes five minutes to prep and only has five ingredients! It's a complete meal in one tray bake, and there's only one pan to wash up afterwards! #chickentraybake #sheetpanchicken #chicken

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