This Lemon Pepper Chicken Maryland Tray Bake gives you the most insanely delicious potatoes.
As the chicken cooks, it flavors the potatoes and onions with rich chicken flavors and gets sticky and fluffy, and delicious. Lemon Pepper Chicken Maryland Sheet Pan Bake is a budget dinner with a five-star flavour.
Method
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Place olive oil, lemon pepper, zest, salt, garlic and ginger in a large zip lock bag or container and mix to combine.
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Add the chicken and marinate in the fridge for an hour or two or even overnight
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Preheat oven to 200°C
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Place the potatoes on an oven tray, cover with foil and roast for 15 mins.
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Add onion and carrots, drizzle over olive oil and season well with salt and pepper.
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Place the chicken on top, cover with foil and bake for 25 mins.
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Remove the foil, move the chicken Maryland's to a different position on the potatoes, carrot and onion to maximise flavour on all of the veggies and to crisp up the ones that were covered. Gently wiggle it close to the base of the pan so all of the veggies can crips up a little.
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Return to oven and roast until chicken is golden and the skin is crispy about 20 to 25 more minutes.