Oven Chicken

This recipe warms you from the inside out! I started making this for my mum when she was under the weather for ages with one bug after another in an attempt to give her an immune boost, and now it's in my regular cooking rotation :)

If you want herby chicken instead of spiced, leave out the spices and use dried mixed herbs instead.

Oven Baked Chicken

Ingredients

4 chicken fillets

2 onions, cut into wedges

6 cloves of garlic, peeled but whole

4 chunks of celery, washed

Chilli Powder

Chilli flakes (optional)

Paprika

Cumin

Method

1. Preheat oven to 180 C. 
2. Pour about a tablespoon of olive oil into an ovenproof dish. When the oven is hot, put the dish into the oven to warm up while you're doing your preparation - if the oil is a bit hot when you're adding everything it makes the veg less greasy. 
3. Brush each side of the chicken fillets with olive oil. Shake some spice over each side - if you want it nice and hot, add the chilli flakes to each side too. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Arrange the veg and chicken in the dish, pour some boiling water in over it until the chicken is nearly covered. 
5. Cover the dish with tinfoil. Bake in the oven for 40 mins, turning the chicken over halfway through.
6. Take the tinfoil off and bake for a further 10 - 15 mins until the chicken is browned and cooked through.
7. Serve with baby potatoes and some oven roasted vegetables - or as a broth with the water from the dish along with some crusty bread.