ONE-POT  LEMON GARLIC CHICKEN

Make a lemon garlic chicken one-pot meal with chicken, sweet potatoes, carrots, and a lemon garlic marinade. This easy chicken casserole recipe is cooked in 30 minutes.

– ½ cup lemon juice, (or ¼ cup lime juice + ¼ cup of orange juice) – 2 tablespoons brown sugar – 2 tablespoons garlic powder – ¼ cup ketchup – 2 teaspoon salt – 1 tablespoon of freshly-cracked black pepper FOR THE CHICKEN AND VEGGIES – 1 large white onion, cut into cube – 2 bell peppers, cut into cube – 12 chicken thighs, or 12 drumsticks – 2 cups of peeled and cubed sweet potato – 2 cups of peeled and cubed carrots – Some chopped parsley, rosemary, or fresh thyme to garnish.

Ingredients:

Mix all the sauce ingredients for the sauce (lemon juice, brown sugar, garlic powder, ketchup, salt, and pepper).

Step 1:

Place chicken thighs in a bowl and stir in the onion and bell pepper. Add the sauce mixture, moving around until the meat is coated with the sauce. Cover and marinate for at least two hours in the fridge.

Step 2:

Heat the oven to medium-high heat (350 ºC [180 ºC]). Place the sweet potatoes and carrots in a baking pan. Put the chicken legs (and onion and bell pepper) on top of the vegetables, and drizzle everything with the sauce in which the chicken marinated. Roast for 30 minutes or until the chicken is cooked through and lightly golden.

Step 3:

Remove from the oven and sprinkle with fresh herbs.

Step 4:

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