Hi guys, hope you're well. So I'm going to show you how to make the most delicious tray-baked chicken
This is a super-simple recipe that I've pulled together for Tesco to help you lovely people get
more veggies into your life and I think you're going to love it. We're going to do tortillas
We've got beautiful sort of shredded chicken. It's a kind of Tex-Mex inspired dish and it's a family
favourite. It's a really easy go-to meal and it all happens in one tray. So what we're gonna do is kind
of have a welcoming party of flavour. How are we gonna do it? We're gonna have a little bit of
olive oil in there and then about the same of red wine vinegar and then we'll kiss it with a little
bit of salt and pepper, and then we've got the flavour that I love. About two teaspoons of smoked
paprika goes in. That is what's gonna flavour this dish. Put the tray forward, we're gonna
go in with peeled onions that I'm just gonna quarter. And see these little petals like that?
Just pull them off and they'll just be beautiful by the time the chicken's cooked, and then we've
got the chicken. Now chicken thighs are just a brilliant cut of meat, they're so juicy and tender
So I'm gonna put the chicken in here like that and then I'm gonna use my hands. And then last
but not least in this tray, cherry tomatoes, OK. I'm gonna put a pack of these cherry tomatoes in
That's basically 250g and imagine all of this cooking, right. It goes in the oven
I'm just going to wash my hands. OK, I'm going to put this straight in the oven and we'll cook it
for 45 minutes at 200°C. Now let's just talk about tortillas. A really good swap
that is more delicious and definitely much more nutritious is to go from the white tortilla to the
wholemeal tortilla. Two or three times more fibre, but also more flavour. So I'll show you how to prep
the tortillas a little bit later. But first up what I want to do is show you a technique of cooking
the beautiful sweetcorn. So you can do these on a barbecue, lovely, and you'll get that smokiness. But
another way to kind of get a similar char is to go into a pan dry and just char it and turn it around
So we're going to cook this for like 10-12 minutes on a medium-high heat. You can see that charring
that you get, really nice, just keep rotating that corn and, once it's all charred up like that, it's
going to be amazing. So the chicken's had its time, the corn is getting nice and charred up. Let's talk
about the crunchy bits, salad. So you can have fun with any salad you've got but I've got the humble
gem lettuce here. You can just have kind of big chunks if you want or you can finely slice it, just
so it's nice and delicate and really fine. So we've got our salad bit here. We could take this corn on
the cob and just have it whole, as we always do. Or you can take it whole and just halve it, be careful
though, cut it in half. But what my ones love is when you take it off of the core and you just put
it on the fat bit like that. Take a knife, don't put pressure on it, and just run it gently down
the corn like that and you can see how hot and steamy that is. So look, that'll go over there
Now next up with the tortilla, we just want to warm them through, literally on one side actually
Get yourself a nice little clean tea towel and just place it here like that. I don't want to get
them crispy I just want to reheat them, so two at a time. Every time you put the tortillas in
just wrap them up like this, OK. So that'll keep it nice and warm and steamy, but most importantly
flexible so you can wrap it up and it will be gorgeous. So look, the last two done, in
your little tea towel here. And then here, the traybake and the thing that I love about traybakes is
that, everything cooking together. The smokiness, the sweetness, I can smell it all. It's really beautiful
So what we want to do is get two forks and then basically just pull apart that chicken. Can you
see how tender that is? The sweetness from the tomatoes and the onions with that spice of the
smoked paprika, which is such a great seasoning to have in your home. Get all the sticky bits
from around the edge of the tray and you can serve this in the middle of the table. So it's like
beautiful, organised chaos. Now the only thing I love to do is just have a little bit of yoghurt
A nice little pinch maybe of the smoked paprika just to kind of give it a little bit of a vibe
An optional extra as well, lemon or lime, and that's it. Easy to put together, easy to cook and then easy
to serve and it's a real crowd-pleaser – for kids or adults, it's happy days. I love just to kind
of line up those sweet onions first. The gorgeous crushed tomato and chicken, look at that. A sprinkle
of the beautiful sweetcorn and a little bit of that crunchy lettuce and just that kind of nice
refreshment of a little bit of yoghurt, if you wish, and if you want, a squeeze of lime. Roll it up
Mmm. What I love about that is it's fun, but the juiciness and the depth of flavour from the traybake
is phenomenal. So come on, guys, for you and whoever you're going to share this with
Get down to Tesco, get the ingredients, have a little cook-up. You won't regret it, enjoy