This generous chicken traybake tastes like a Sunday roast without the mountain of pans. Roasty Roots Seasoning gives the potatoes, carrots and parsnips a bright herby flavour while the chicken turns golden and juicy above them.

Everything cooks together, so the vegetables catch the savoury roasting juices and develop crisp, caramelised edges. It is an easy family dinner that still feels properly comforting.

🧾 Ingredients

• 6 bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs
• 500g baby potatoes, halved
• 3 carrots, cut into thick batons
• 2 parsnips, cut into thick batons
• 2 red onions, cut into wedges
• 2 tbsp Roasty Roots Seasoning
• 2 tbsp rapeseed or olive oil
• 1 lemon, halved
• 150ml chicken stock
• Fresh thyme, optional

🍴 Instructions

1. Heat the oven to 200°C fan / 220°C conventional.
2. Put the potatoes, carrots, parsnips and red onions into a large roasting tin. Toss with 1 tbsp oil and 1 tbsp Roasty Roots Seasoning.
3. Pat the chicken thighs dry. Rub with the remaining oil and seasoning, then sit them skin-side up among the vegetables.
4. Roast for 25 minutes. Pour the stock around—not over—the chicken and squeeze over half the lemon.
5. Return to the oven for 20–25 minutes until the vegetables are tender, the chicken skin is crisp and the thickest part of the chicken is cooked through.
6. Rest for 5 minutes, then serve with the pan juices and remaining lemon wedges.

⏱️ Timings

• Prep: 15 minutes
• Cook: 45–50 minutes
• Serves: 4

🥗 Serving Suggestions

Serve with buttered greens or peas. For extra gravy, transfer the cooked food to a warm platter and whisk a splash of hot stock into the roasting tin.

💛 Why This Recipe Works

Cooking the chicken directly above the vegetables lets its savoury juices season everything underneath, while the herby citrus blend keeps the traybake lively rather than heavy.

🛒 Get the Blend

Make this recipe with our Roasty Roots Seasoning.

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