Healthy Chicken Dinner
Directions
- 1Preheat the oven to 425F.
- 2Thinly slice one red onion and place the slices at the base of an oven-safe dish.
- 3Grab four skin-on bone-in chicken thighs, dab them dry with a paper towel, and add them on top of the sliced onions in the oven-safe dish. Let the chicken come up to room temperature while you work on the sauce.
- 4For the sauce paste, grab a medium mixing bowl and add the juice of one large lemon, two tablespoons of tomato paste, two tablespoons of olive oil, a couple of generous pinches of salt, pepper, one tablespoon of sweet paprika, one tablespoon of garlic powder, half a tablespoon of oregano, and one tablespoon of sumac. Mix really well.
- 5Brush the sauce paste all over the chicken, covering all sides, and reserve some for later.
- 6Put the chicken in the oven for an initial 35-minute visit at 425F.
- 7At 35 minutes, remove the chicken, brush with the remaining sauce paste, and put it back in the oven for another 5 minutes.
- 8Make the cucumber avocado salad by finely dicing two Persian cucumbers, cubing one small avocado, finely dicing a quarter of a small red onion (about three tablespoons of onion), two tablespoons of fresh cilantro, half a teaspoon of dried oregano, one tablespoon of olive oil, salt, and pepper. Give it a mix, taste, and adjust.
- 9Remove the chicken from the oven, plate it up with the salad, and serve, topping with some sumac or chile lime seasoning.
Ingredients
- 1 red onion
- 4 chicken thighs
- 1 large lemon
- 2 tbsp tomato paste
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- salt
- pepper
- 1 tbsp sweet paprika
- 1 tbsp garlic powder
- 0.5 tbsp oregano
- 1 tbsp sumac
- 2 persian cucumbers
- 1 small avocado
- 0.25 small red onion
- 2 tbsp fresh cilantro
- 0.5 tsp dried oregano
Equipment
oven-safe dishmixing bowl
Tips
- Let chicken come up to room temp while you work the sauce.
- Serve with your preferred base, such as rice, quinoa, or low-carb options.
- Add sumac or chile lime seasoning on top when serving.
- You can add lemon juice to the cucumber avocado salad, but it was left out in this recipe as the chicken was lemony enough.
- The full recipe is available in the caption by @shredhappens.
- It can be served with regular rice, quinoa, or Kaizen rice for a low-carb option, with just 6 net carbs per serving!
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