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Mary Berry’s Fragrant Chicken Traybake

Your new go-to traybake from Mary Berry is packed with roasted vegetables and chicken in a fragrant coconut Thai-inspired sauce.

Introduction

An all-in-one dish, this delicious aromatic chicken recipe is vibrant and full of flavour. Serve with rice or a dressed salad.

Find all of the recipes from Mary 90 on BBC 2 in our recipe round-up, updated weekly.

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Ingredients

1 large aubergine, sliced into half moons
2 peppers, deseeded and sliced into large pieces
1 large onion, sliced
3 tbsp sunflower oil
3 dried lime leaves
1 large stick of lemongrass, bashed
3 large chicken breast fillets, each sliced in half
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce
150g (5oz) baby spinach leaves
Small bunch of Thai basil, chopped
For the fragrant sauce:
1 x 400ml can coconut milk
2 tbsp Thai red curry paste
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 tsp freshly grated ginger
juice of 1 lime
2 tsp fish sauce
2 tbsp sweet chilli sauce

Method

Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C Fan/Gas 7.

To make the sauce, mix all the ingredients together in a bowl.

Scatter the aubergine, peppers and onion into a large shallow roasting tin. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of the oil and toss everything together. Pour over half of the sauce. Add the lime leaves and lemongrass to the tin and roast in the preheated oven for 15 minutes.

Toss the chicken in the remaining oil and the sweet chilli sauce, and season well. Place a large frying pan over a high heat until very hot. Add the chicken and brown very quickly until sealed and golden, stirring constantly.

Remove the roasting tin from the oven and pour over the remaining sauce. Place the chicken on top and return to the oven for about 15 minutes, or until cooked through.

Transfer the chicken onto a plate. Stir the spinach and Thai basil into the sauce and vegetables in the tin and gently warm over the hob until the spinach has wilted.

Serve the chicken traybake with rice.

Mary’s Tips: Best made and served. Not suitable for freezing.

Reviews

4.7 out of 5 stars

6 Ratings

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6 Comments

    default user avatar Paul Haigh

    Made this dish for our friends and it went down a treat.Lovely flavours & filling.Will make again.

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    default user avatar Beth

    Made this today for friends. We all loved it. Simple and quick to make and was able to source lemon grass, Thai basil and ,lime leaves from Waitrose.
    I noted recipe states not suitable for freezing but I’ve done so. I’ll report back!

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    default user avatar Kay

    Lovely recipe with a very good taste of thailand.
    One should be careful with the amount of curry paste, as to know the strength of heat. They are all different in taste… as for the sweet chili sauces.
    We put some roasted and crushed peanuts on top for some extra crunch.
    Thank you very much and greetings from switzerland

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    default user avatar Graham

    A perfect tea for a Saturday. Easy to prepare, full of flavour and perfectly roasted veg.

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    default user avatar Daintydoris

    Really tasty outcome. We had to tweak the recipe slightly as stirring the sauce ingredients together in a bowl wasn’t viable given the thick texture of the coconut milk and red paste so we cooked this down on a slow simmer in a saucpan for a few minutes.
    We also doubled the sauce ingredients for 4 people and upscaled the chicken to one/one and a half chicken breasts each. It turned out well. The brand of paste you use will decide on the heat, ours was tasty rather than spicy, maybe consider some fresh chilli if you like an extra zing.

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    default user avatar barbara rave

    Delicious!

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