Tray-Baked Chicken

Tray-Baked Chicken

A simple chicken dish baked in the oven in a tray.

A simple oven-baked chicken dish cooked on a tray or in a baking pan.

Similar to sheet-pan chicken.

Ingredients

  • 1 kilo and 250 grams ground chicken thigh
  • 250 grams tail fat
  • 2 onions large onion
  • 2 tablespoons salt
  • 1 tablespoon white pepper
  • a light pinch ginger
  • a pinch finely ground cardamom
  • lemon zest
  • 2 pieces tomatoes
  • 2 pieces hot green peppers
  • 1 flatbread
  • pomegranate molasses
  • chili sauce
  • mayonnaise

Instructions

  1. Place the ground chicken and ground tail fat in a bowl.
  2. Finely chop the onions, then squeeze and drain them well.
  3. In a mixing bowl, add the drained onions to the chicken and tail-fat mixture.
  4. Add the salt, white pepper, ginger, finely ground cardamom, and lemon zest to the meat mixture.
  5. Knead the mixture well until combined.
  6. In a tray or oven dish, spread the mixture in a layer or shape it into pieces as desired, as mentioned in the video.
  7. Arrange the tomatoes and hot green peppers over the tray if the garnished version shown in the video is desired.
  8. Bake the tray in the oven at heat setting 3.
  9. Place the tray in the oven with bottom heat for the first 7 minutes.
  10. Then turn on the top heat and continue grilling until fully cooked; the stated grilling time is about 15 minutes.

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