Easy to Make Maple Mustard Chicken Baking Tray Dinner

Who doesn’t love an easy one tray dinner? Cooking both the main course and the sides on just one tray, at the same time and temperature, saves both meal prep time and cleanup. Combining mustard’s sharp savory flavour with maple syrup’s sweetness and complexity, turns everyday chicken into a comforting and delicious dinner.

Ingredients (4 portions)

• 1/4 cup pure maple syrup
  
• 2 Tbsp spicy brown mustard
• 2 Tbsp butter, melted.
• 1 tsp paprika
• 8 boneless skinless chicken thighs, about 1kg
• 4-6 baby red potatoes, halved.
• 4 carrots, peeled and cut into ½-inch diagonal slices.
• 1 onion, chopped, 1 cup.
• 1/2 tsp Toasted dried garlic ground with a FinaMill Everyday Pod
• Salt ground with a FinaMill Everyday Pod to taste
• Pepper ground with FinaMill Pepper Pod to taste
• 1 Tbsp chopped fresh tarragon.

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 200C.
2. Combine pure maple syrup, mustard, butter, paprika, garlic, salt, and pepper until blended.
3. Arrange chicken in single layer in centre of a large baking tray with shallow sides and brush with 2 Tbsp of the maple mixture.
4. In bowl, combine potatoes, carrots, onion and toss with remaining maple mixture until evenly coated.
5. Arrange vegetables on both sides of chicken on baking tray.
6. Roast 35 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender.
   
7. Sprinkle with chopped tarragon.