High protein fajita chicken traybake recipe

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High protein fajita chicken traybake recipe

Recipe
Tuck into all the flavours of a fajita night without the fuss with this wallet-friendly, healthy fajita chicken traybake recipe. Let the oven do all the hard work by roasting sweet potatoes, peppers and juicy chicken legs until everything is sticky and golden. A vibrant avocado crema and quick-pickled onions lift the whole dish and cut through the rich, smoky flavours. This bold, colourful traybake is a high protein choice that still feels like a midweek treat.
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Tuck into all the flavours of a fajita night without the fuss with this wallet-friendly, healthy fajita chicken traybake recipe. Let the oven do all the hard work by roasting sweet potatoes, peppers and juicy chicken legs until everything is sticky and golden. A vibrant avocado crema and quick-pickled onions lift the whole dish and cut through the rich, smoky flavours. This bold, colourful traybake is a high protein choice that still feels like a midweek treat.
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1HR 30MIN

Total time

Ingredients

Servings
4
600 g
M&S Remarksable Value sweet potatoes, cut into wedges
1 kg
M&S Remarksable Value Oakham Gold chicken leg portions
2
M&S Remarksable Value red onions
3
limes
3
M&S sweet peppers, thinly sliced
200 g
M&S frozen avocado, defrosted
100 g
M&S Remarksable Value Greek style natural yogurt
15 g
coriander
3 tbsp
M&S fajita seasoning
1 tin
(400 g)
M&S red kidney beans in water, drained
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step 1
Preheat the oven to 220°C/200°C fan/gas mark 7.
step 2
Add the sweet potatoes (600 g) and chicken legs (1 kg) to a large baking tray, with the chicken skin‑side up. Season with salt and pepper, drizzle with olive oil, place into the middle of the oven and cook for 30 minutes until golden.
step 3
Thinly slice 1 red onion (2), squeeze over the juice of 1 lime (1), season with salt and set aside to pickle. Cut the remaining onion into 6 wedges.
step 4
Add the onion wedges and peppers (3) to the tray with the chicken and drizzle with a little olive oil, then cook for 20 minutes, until tender.
step 5
Meanwhile, add the defrosted avocado (200 g), yogurt (100 g), the juice of one lime (1) and the coriander (15 g) to a blender and blitz until smooth. Season to taste.
step 6
Once the chicken and veg are cooked, toss with the fajita seasoning (3 tbsp) and add the beans (1 tin). Mix well to coat, then return to the oven for 10 minutes.
step 7
Serve the traybake topped with the avocado crema and pickled onions. Serve with the remaining lime (1), cut into wedges.
step 7 Serve the traybake topped with the avocado crema and pickled onions. Serve with the remaining lime (1), cut into wedges.

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