Roasted Turmeric Chicken And Vegetables

This is another easy roasted chicken recipe where you just put your chicken and vegetables and roast them together. 

What I like is that the chicken does not need to be marinated in advance. You make a marinade by mixing oil, turmeric, cumin, paprika, salt and pepper. Then just mix the chicken pieces into the marinade and you are good to go.

Arrange your vegetables (whatever vegetables that are suitable for roasting) in a single layer on a baking tray and then place the chicken on top. Then roast the whole lot in the oven and that's it!

I got this recipe from watching this video and I thought it was brilliant since it appears to be hassle free. Besides, I love turmeric especially fried turmeric chicken or fish. 

The chicken tasted really good - the skin was crispy and the flavors coming from the marinade reminded me of Indian fried chicken. And the vegetables benefited from the juices plus marinade that came from the chicken.

The Hemsley sisters used ghee (seems to be oil of choice by those who go Paleo) but frankly, I do not like the smell of ghee. So I stuck to olive oil.

I added one more ingredient to the marinade - garlic powder. Garlic is one of my favorite must have ingredients. So that's it. A simple and yet flavor packed dish.

Roasted Spiced Chicken and Vegetables

Recipe source : Hemsley+Hemsley

Ingredients :

- 4 chicken thighs

- 5 tbsp olive oil

- 1 tsp turmeric powder

- 1 tsp cumin powder

- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp garlic powder

- 1 tsp sea salt (or to taste)

- 1 tsp black pepper (or to taste)

- vegetables : some cauliflower, red and green peppers, cherry tomatoes

Method :

1. Mix olive oil, turmeric, cumin, parprika, garlic powder, salt and pepper to make a marinade.

2. Toss chicken in the marinade.

3. Arrange vegetables in a single layer on a baking tray.

4. Place chicken on top.

5. Roast in the oven at 180C for 35-40 minutes or until chicken is cooked and skin is crispy.