- We're gonna take a sneak peek
at The Mediterranean Dish Cookbook.
We're making smokey chicken, chickpeas, and carrots.
It's easy, delicious, and feeds a crowd.
Let's do it.
(upbeat music)
We're gonna start by making a delicious rub
for the chicken and the veggies.
And the base of that is going to be tomato paste
for some umami, lots of quality extra virgin olive oil here.
Look at this color.
Beautiful.
We're gonna go ahead and add juice of two lemons.
Cup your hand to catch the seeds.
Thank you for coming.
So juice of two lemons, or about a half a cup.
A good bit of tomato paste.
Tomato paste is gonna give the chicken lots of umami,
but also beautiful color.
Going in with five garlic cloves, minced.
We're not messing around here.
We're gonna have lots of flavor
A trio of beautiful flavor-makers here.
Really warm, inviting, comforting.
All the good stuff.
Going in for the cumin.
Smoked paprika, which is why this recipe's called
Smokey Sheet Pan Chicken.
And then a dash, or about a teaspoon, rather,
of a Aleppo style pepper.
Aleppo pepper is not spicy, but it has just enough
of a cake and sweet undertones like sun-dried tomatoes.
It's so good on chicken especially.
Mix this party together.
Loads of flavor and umami.
It's too thick and you need to help it out.
Extra virgin olive oil.
We're gonna chop up a couple of things.
Very simple.
We start by chopping up the carrots.
The skinny parts just cut like so, couple inches long,
and the fat parts, we can have them
and then no carrot left behind.
I do not juggle.
Two onions halved and thinly sliced.
We're dumping in one 15-ounce can of chickpeas
that's been drained and rinsed.
We're going with a little bit
of salt and a little bit of pepper.
Remember this beautiful rub we made?
We're gonna do about four-ish
or so tablespoons of this beautiful rub.
Tiny drizzle more of extra virgin olive oil.
This will allow us to mix everything together.
Mix this party to coat.
Oh, this looks so good.
Grab the largest sheet pan you have.
Tiny bit of extra virgin olive oil.
We're gonna go ahead and brush it.
All right, we're going in with the veggies.
Gorgeous.
We're gonna spread these guys out in one single layer.
For the chicken I'm using boneless, skinless chicken thighs.
You're gonna give them a quick seasoning
of kosher salt and black pepper on both sides,
'cause you don't want chicken
to not have enough flavor, right?
Grab your bowl.
Dump the chicken in here.
Oh yes.
Chicken's about to get a makeover.
We're going in with the rest of the tomatoey goodness.
Flavor party.
And here I prefer to toss my chicken with a pair of tongs,
but you do you.
Grab your sheet pan.
Nestle your chicken in,
making sure that the chicken has enough room.
This is going in the oven for about 25 to 30 minutes.
Oh, good things are happening.
We're gonna do one quick thing,
which is just to slide this under the broiler very briefly.
Whoa, this smells so good.
Look at that.
All the comfort all on one sheet pan.
(blows kiss) So good.
So the recipe for Sheet Pan Smokey Chicken, Chickpeas,
and Carrots is in The Mediterranean Dish Cookbook,
available everywhere books are sold.
Grab a copy and let's make something delicious.
Thanks for the support.