Wholesome & Straightforward Sheet Pan Moroccan Rooster

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This week’s featured dinner recipe is a straightforward one pan meal that’s assured to impress you with unbelievable 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 a bit cilantro for freshness.

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

Elements on this wholesome sheet pan Moroccan hen

The theme of this beautiful 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 convey every thing collectively. Right here’s what you’ll have to make this recipe:

• Rooster: I choose utilizing boneless skinless hen thighs on this sheet pan dinner as a result of they’re additional juicy and take in the entire flavors properly. Be at liberty to make use of hen breasts when you’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, made out of greek yogurt, garlic, feta crumbles, recent lemon juice, a bit water, salt & pepper.

With every chunk you’ll get flavorful hen & veggies, sweetness from dried cherries, a bit 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 the entire lovely textures and flavors, this recipe is simple to customise to your style preferences! Listed below are some strategies:

• To make vegetarian: strive swapping the hen for additional agency, cubed tofu! You need to use 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.

The way to meal prep this simple Moroccan sheet pan hen

1. After cooking every thing in line with the directions, permit your hen and veggies to chill utterly and equally divide every thing into 4 separate glass meal prep containers. For those who’d like you might 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 luxuriate 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 unbelievable, filling dinner for 4 (or meal prep dinner for 1-2!) however it’s additionally an awesome meal to feed extra individuals with extra sides. Listed below are just a few that may be fantastic:

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Sheet Pan Moroccan Rooster with Candy Potatoes & Cauliflower

Scrumptious, simple 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 do-it-yourself feta yogurt sauce for the an unbelievable dinner the entire household will love!

Elements

• 1 ½
  kilos
  boneless skinless hen thighs
• 1
  giant candy potato, minimize 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, minimize 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 (complete 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 palms to toss the entire elements collectively till properly mixed and spices evenly coat hen and veggies. Pour onto ready baking sheet (or evenly divide between two baking sheets.) You’ll wish to group the greens as greatest as potential: 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 photographs). Bake for 25-35 minutes, rotating the pan(s) and stirring greens midway by way of to encourage even cooking. You’ll realize it’s achieved when the carrots and candy potatoes are fork tender.

3. Whereas the meal is cooking, you may 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 achieved 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 complete put up for ideas, tips & substitutions!

Vitamin

Servings: 4 servings

Serving measurement: 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 | Pictures by: Eat Love Eats