One-pan roast dinner

One-pan roast dinner

Take the stress out of a Sunday roast with this one-pan recipe that couldn't be simpler

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 20 mins

Method

  1. Heat oven to 220C/200C fan/gas 7. Snip the string or elastic off the chicken if it's tied up, then place in a big roasting tin. Shove the lemon halves into the cavity. Rub the butter, herbs and seasoning all over the chicken. Put the potatoes and carrots around it, drizzle everything with oil, season and toss together.
  2. Roast for 20 mins, then turn the oven down to 200C/180C fan/gas 6 and roast for 50 mins more. Stir the peas, stock and Marmite into the veg in the tin, then return to the oven for 10 mins more.
Try

Mediterranean chicken

Leave out the carrots, then after 20 mins roasting, stir 1 aubergine, 2 red peppers and 2 red onions, all cut into large chunks, in with the spuds. Swap the peas for cherry tomatoes, and replace the stock and Marmite with 5 tbsp balsamic vinegar and 2 tbsp honey.

Spiced roast chicken

Swap herbs for 2 tsp harissa paste and leave out the spuds. Add stock and peas (no Marmite) with another 2 tsp harissa. Serve with couscous.

Chicken with roasted roots

Chop 1.3kg mixed peeled carrots, parsnips, potatoes, celeriac and swede into even-size chunks, and roast alongside chicken as before.

Per serving

845 kcalories, protein 55g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 51 g, saturated fat 17g, fibre 7g, sugar 11g, salt 1.1 g

Recipe from Good Food magazine, October 2010.

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  • 26 September 2010

    Harry commented on this recipe

    Brilliant low-maintenence roast. My wife hates Marmite, so I substituted a little beef stock gel. I also added some leek chunks to the veg & roasted a few parsnips separately - adding them to the other veg for the last 10 mins. Will do it again.

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    Harry rated this recipe

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  • 19 October 2010

    annette rated and commented on this recipe

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    Have tried this and the spiced roast and both were absolutely delicious. Doing it again tomorrow!

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  • 03 November 2010

    ailiejan rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I've never roasted my veg in the same pan before! I was a bit dubious, but didn't have time to do dinner any other way(!) and it worked brilliantly. I didn't add the dried herbs, but did add a teaspoon of mustard in with the marmite. It was fab. I will definitely do this again.

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  • 04 November 2010

    Sketches rated and commented on this recipe

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    I didn't add the marmite because I don't own any and didn't want to buy it for the recipe. A really nice simple recipe for when I don't have a decent amount of time to cook a roast.

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  • 20 November 2010

    stephski86 rated and commented on this recipe

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    I didn't use all of this recipe, used the roasting veg in the pan bit while cooking a roast lamb, and it turned out perfectly. Also used the marmite, and stock etc my partner said it was the best roast he'd ever had!

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  • 13 March 2011

    diane7liverpool rated and commented on this recipe

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    So easily I managed to cook it and do the gardening all at once. Will make anyone look like a domestic goddess! Yummy!

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  • 13 April 2011

    Jayzee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Absolutely briliant. Can't praise enough for its ease and taste! I've done this twice already, now back for a third time within a few weeks! Great when you haven't got time or don't want countless pots to wash. Gravy is really yummy although my partner likes his a bit thicker so I did add some granules second time round. Gorgeous! (Make your own yorkies on the side, failing that, crusty bread to mop up the gorgeous gravy)

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  • 09 June 2011

    Bobbyroo rated and commented on this recipe

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    What Can I Say Except AMAZING!!!

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  • 25 July 2011

    Peta rated and commented on this recipe

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    Roast chicken was planned so I decided a simple variation would be great! Changed the veg according to what we had available and adjusted times a bit as the chicken was 2 kg. I used potatoes, parsnip (no turnips) and wedged onion (from the garden) but kept the carrot back until the last 30 minutes as they were very fine (they cooked well but didn't frazzle). We had some asparagus so I dropped them in, with the stock, for the last 10 minutes, instead of the peas; if you try this, make sure that they are settled in to the stock well. Chipolata sausage roasted in honey for 30 minutes went well with the dish. Oh, and NO marmite - don't like it so it doesn't live in our store cupboard

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    24 January 2012

    jen rated and commented on this recipe

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    I love this recipe. So easy and delicious and the feature of week 2 of my mission to cook a different roast chicken each week. www.crumpetsandcrochet.com

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 20 mins

Cook time

Cook 1 hr 20 mins

Ingredients

  • 1½ kg chicken
  • 1 lemon , halved
  • 50g softened butter
  • 2 tsp dried mixed herbs
  • 750g potatoes , chopped into roastie size
  • about 7 carrots , roughly 500g, each chopped into 2-3 chunks
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 100g frozen peas
  • 300ml chicken stock
  • 1 tsp Marmite
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Per serving

845 kcalories, protein 55g, carbohydrate 45g, fat 51 g, saturated fat 17g, fibre 7g, sugar 11g, salt 1.1 g

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