Wholesome & Straightforward Sheet Pan Moroccan Hen

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This week’s featured dinner recipe is a straightforward one pan meal that’s assured to impress you with unimaginable distinctive flavors, plus add a wholesome dose of veggies & protein. Meet my sheet pan Moroccan hen with candy potatoes and cauliflower infused with cinnamon, cumin and turmeric spices then drizzled with a loopy good zesty feta dressing plus the addition of pistachios, cherries and just a little cilantro for freshness.

This meal is HELLA FLAVORFUL and sure, solely takes about 45 minutes from begin to end!

Substances on this wholesome sheet pan Moroccan hen

The theme of this attractive sheet pan Moroccan-spiced hen is taste and texture. You’ll discover tender, crunchy veggies, cozy, warming spices, enjoyable garnishes, and a drizzle of creamy feta sauce to carry all the pieces collectively. Right here’s what you’ll must make this recipe:

• Hen: I want utilizing boneless skinless hen thighs on this sheet pan dinner as a result of they’re additional juicy and absorb all the flavors nicely. Be at liberty to make use of hen breasts if you happen to’d like.
• Veggies: we’re roasting up the hen with candy potato, cauliflower, carrots, and onion.
• Spices: this dish will get a handful of Moroccan-inspired spices from cumin, turmeric, cinnamon, garlic powder & cayenne pepper.
• Garnishes: I like to high the meal with dried cherries, recent cilantro, and roasted pistachios.
• For the sauce: we’re utilizing my well-known Creamy Feta Yogurt Dressingfor a scrumptious drizzle, comprised of greek yogurt, garlic, feta crumbles, recent lemon juice, just a little water, salt & pepper.

With every chew you’ll get flavorful hen & veggies, sweetness from dried cherries, just a little crunch from roasted salty pistachios and a creamy, cooling end with the feta yogurt sauce. SERIOUSLY SO FREAKING GOOD YOU GUYS.

Customise your Moroccan-spiced hen meal

With all the stunning textures and flavors, this recipe is straightforward to customise to your style preferences! Listed below are some recommendations:

• To make vegetarian: attempt swapping the hen for additional agency, cubed tofu! You should utilize the identical spice combination and bake it with the veggies.
• For the dried fruit: dried apricots, chopped Medjool dates, or golden raisins would even be scrumptious.
• For the nuts: be happy to omit to maintain the dish nut free, or swap the pistachios for roasted chopped almonds.

Easy methods to meal prep this straightforward Moroccan sheet pan hen

1. After cooking all the pieces in line with the directions, enable your hen and veggies to chill utterly and equally divide all the pieces into 4 separate glass meal prep containers. If you happen to’d like you can additionally add quinoa, chickpeas, couscous or cauliflower rice!
2. Be at liberty so as to add the dried cherries, cilantro and pistachios, however I’d advocate leaving off the feta yogurt sauce till you’re able to serve. You’ll be able to retailer the sauce in a container like this one and easily add a bit extra water, as wanted, earlier than utilizing it.
3. Retailer your meal prep containers within the fridge for as much as 4 days and revel in a wholesome lunch or dinner all week lengthy.

Extra sides to serve with these baked Moroccan hen thighs

This recipe not solely makes and unimaginable, filling dinner for 4 (or meal prep dinner for 1-2!) but it surely’s additionally an incredible meal to feed extra individuals with extra sides. Listed below are a number of that will be fantastic:

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Sheet Pan Moroccan Hen with Candy Potatoes & Cauliflower

Scrumptious, straightforward sheet pan Moroccan hen and veggies made with candy potato, carrots, cauliflower and fantastic spices like cumin, turmeric and cinnamon. This protein-packed, wholesome Moroccan sheet pan hen recipe is garnished with juicy dried cherries, crunchy pistachios, recent herbs and a drizzle of selfmade feta yogurt sauce for the an unimaginable dinner the entire household will love!

Substances

• 1 ½
  kilos
  boneless skinless hen thighs
• 1
  giant candy potato, reduce into ½ inch cubes (about 2 cups cubed candy potatoes)
• 2
  cups
  small cauliflower florets (from about half a head of cauliflower)
• 1
  yellow onion, reduce into chunks
• 3
  giant carrots, sliced into ½ inch thick chunks (or use 6 small heirloom rainbow carrots)
• 3
  tablespoons
  olive oil
• 1 1/2
  teaspoons
  floor cumin
• 1 1/2
  teaspoons
  floor turmeric
• 1 1/2
  teaspoons
  floor cinnamon
• 1/2
  teaspoons
  garlic powder
• 1/4
  teaspoon
  cayenne pepper
• 1/2
  teaspoon
  salt
• Numerous freshly floor black pepper
• To garnish:
• ⅓
  cup
  unsweetened dried cherries (or dried cranberries)
• ¼
  cup
  diced cilantro
• ¼
  cup
  chopped roasted pistachios (or sub roasted chopped almonds)
• For the feta yogurt sauce:
• 1
  giant garlic clove
• 1/3
  cup
  plain greek yogurt (entire milk or 2%)
• 1/4
  cup
  feta crumbles
• ½
  tablespoon
  recent lemon juice
• 1
  tablespoon
  water, to skinny
• Freshly floor salt and pepper, to style

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 425 levels F. Line a big baking sheet or two small baking sheets with parchment paper or foil. Put aside.

2. Add hen thighs, candy potato cubes, cauliflower, onion chunks, carrot chunks into a big bowl. Add in olive oil, turmeric, cinnamon, cumin, garlic powder, cayenne pepper and salt and pepper. Use clear fingers to toss all the components collectively till nicely mixed and spices evenly coat hen and veggies. Pour onto ready baking sheet (or evenly divide between two baking sheets.) You’ll need to group the greens as finest as attainable: carrots in a single part, hen in a single part, cauliflower in a single part and candy potatoes and onions in a single part (as indicated within the pictures). Bake for 25-35 minutes, rotating the pan(s) and stirring greens midway by means of to encourage even cooking. You’ll realize it’s executed when the carrots and candy potatoes are fork tender.

3. Whereas the meal is cooking, you can also make the feta yogurt sauce by including the garlic, yogurt, feta, lemon juice and water to a meals processor; course of till easy. Add a little bit of salt and pepper to style and course of as soon as extra. Put aside till able to serve.

4. As soon as hen and veggies are executed cooking, take away from oven and instantly sprinkle dried cherries, cilantro and pistachios on high. You’ll be able to both drizzle the feta yogurt sauce on high of the sheet pan meal or serve it on the facet for individuals to get pleasure from as they so select. Serves 4.

Recipe Notes

If you do not have dried cherries, then dried apricots, cranberries or raisins could be a superb substitute.

Be at liberty to sub sliced toasted almonds or chopped roasted almonds for pistachios.

See the total submit for suggestions, methods & substitutions!

Diet

Servings: 4 servings

Serving dimension: 1 serving (primarily based on 4; with garnishes + sauce)

Energy: 526kcal

Fats: 28.2g

Saturated fats: 6.1g

Carbohydrates: 31.7g

Fiber: 6.2g

Sugar: 13.1g

Protein: 40.6g

Recipe by: Monique Volz // Formidable Kitchen | Images by: Eat Love Eats