One-pan chicken and chorizo tray bake

Salty, easy, good

By Matilda Brown and Scott Gooding | Sep 25, 2024

This is my favourite chicken tray bake. But first, let me tell you a story.

When I was seventeen, I moved to Melbourne to follow in my parents’ footsteps and study film and TV. It was bittersweet because I loved my new-found independence, but I really missed my mum, Rachel’s, cooking.

Luckily, she visited me a lot and on one occasion, she whipped out this recipe from a magazine and we cooked it in my little share house, much to my flatmates’ enjoyment. We’ve added a few things to the recipe since then and it’s been a favourite ever since.

Yields: 4

Ingredients

2 onions, peeled and quartered
5 garlic cloves
4 rosemary sprigs
4 chicken Marylands, skin on
1 chorizo sausage, cut into 5 mm (1/4 inch) slices
1 cup (250 ml) extra-virgin olive oil
2 cups (500 ml) red wine vinegar
1 cup (160 g) green Sicilian olives, pitted

Directions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F). Place the onion in a roasting tin with the garlic and rosemary sprigs.

Step 2

Run your fingers between the chicken skin and thigh meat to ease the skin away from the meat (be careful not to tear it). Place the chorizo under the chicken skin.

Step 3

Place the Marylands in the tray on top of the onion, garlic and rosemary. Pour the olive oil and vinegar over the top and add the olives. Season well with salt and pepper and bake for 35–45 minutes, or until the chicken is cooked through.

Step 4

Remove from the oven and allow to rest for 5 minutes before serving. Season to taste. Serve with a simple garden salad and creamy mashed potatoes.

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