This delicious, fuss-free tray bake recipe from Gordon Ramsay is sure to please the whole family
"Cooking everything together in one pan has some great advantages – all the prep work is done up front, so you can get on with other things once it’s in the oven, the flavours really come together as they cook and there is only one pan to wash up when you’re finished. It makes for a great family-friendly recipe and no arguments about who’s doing the dishes. Serve with roasted baby potatoes in their skins or the sweet potato chips if weight loss isn’t a priority" says Gordon, of this dish taken from his latest book, Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Fit Food.
Serves 4-6
Ingredients
1 whole chicken, jointed, or 2 breasts, 2 thighs and 2 drumsticks, skin removed
1 tbsp olive oil
1 head of garlic, cut in half horizontally
1 leek, trimmed, halved lengthways and sliced
200ml dry white wine
400ml chicken or vegetable stock
2 thyme sprigs
2 x 400g tins butter beans, drained and rinsed
250g baby spinach leaves
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Method
1. Preheat the oven to 180˚C/gas 4. Season the chicken with salt and pepper.
2. Place a large roasting tray on the hob to warm up and add the oil. Once hot, brown the chicken pieces on all sides until nicely coloured. Turn the chicken skin side up.
3. Add the garlic to the tray, cut side down, then add the leeks and stir around in the oil.
4. Pour in the white wine and allow to bubble for 2 minutes, then add the stock. Use a wooden spoon to scrape up any bits stuck to the bottom.
5. Turn off the heat and add the thyme sprigs, butter beans and spinach, nestling them between the chicken pieces. Season with a pinch of salt and pepper and mix everything together, then put the tray into the preheated oven. Bake for 35–40 minutes, until the chicken is cooked through. Give the tray a stir occasionally to make sure everything is cooking evenly.
6. Remove the tray from the oven and leave to rest for 5 minutes before serving in warm shallow bowls.
TO MAKE IT LESS LEAN: Leave the skin on the chicken if you aren’t watching your weight, and follow the recipe above but be careful not to pour the wine or stock over the browned skin because it won’t crisp up properly in the oven.
PER SERVING:
CALORIES: 509kcal
FAT: 16g
SAT FAT: 4g
CARBS: 18g
SUGARS: 2g
FIBRE: 10g
PROTEIN: 58g
SALT: 0.62g
Recipe extracted from Gordon Ramsay’s Ultimate Fit Food by Gordon Ramsay , published by Hodder & Stoughton, out now, £25. Photographer to credit: Jamie Orlando Smith