Remove the chicken from the oven and leave to rest for 15 minutes before carving. Sprinkle the chopped parsley over the sourdough and mix well. Drain chicken and cauliflower and roughly dice into large bowl. While chicken is cooking bring salted water to the boil in a large saucepan, add cauliflower and boil for 15 minutes. Place on the top shelf of the oven for 15–20 minutes or until golden brown. Place chicken breast in a small casserole dish and pour 2 cups boiling water over chicken ensuring that water has covered chicken. Drizzle with the 1 tbsp olive oil and season with salt and pepper. Roast for 30–40 minutes or until the chicken is golden brown all over and the cauliflower is cooked, basting the chicken with the juices halfway through.įor the toasted sourdough, 20 minutes before the end of the cooking time, scatter the sourdough chunks on a small baking tray. Remove the vegetables from the pot set aside. Add cauliflower florets first, then top with broccoli florets steam, covered, until slightly tender, about 6 minutes. Add 1 inch of water to a large stockpot fitted with a steamer basket cover and bring to boil. Place the tray on the bottom shelf of the oven. Coat a 2-quart baking dish with cooking spray set aside. While it is coming up to temperature, add the cauliflower florets to the roasting tray and pour in the chicken stock. When the time is up, take the tray from the oven and lift off the foil. 22K likes, 631 comments - thebodycoach on April 18, 2023: This curried chicken and cauliflower tray bake tastes absolutely incredible Youve got to. In the meantime, break the cauliflower into florets. Cover the tray with foil and seal it to the rim of the tray all round. Season with pepper and crumble the stock cube evenly over. Trickle the remaining olive oil mix over the surface of the chicken and rub in well with your hands. Sit the chicken on the cauliflower stalks. Transfer everything to a rimmed baking sheet roast until chicken and cauliflower are golden, 40 to 50 minutes. Add 4 ounces (about 1 cup packed) of the grated cheese (this leaves 2 ounces for later). Pour the cream into a 1 1/2 quart heavy saucepan. Top with the last third of the cauliflower mixture.
#Cauliflower chicken bake skin#
Push most of the olive oil mixture under the skin and spread it over the breast meat with your fingers. Repeat for the second rd of the cauliflower mixture and the second half of the chicken. Finish by adding a generous sprinkle of grated cheese (I used low fat cheddar) and then bake it in the oven on a medium heat for 15/20 mins until the top is nice and brown/crispy. Once this is all mixed in, pour it on top of the bake in the oven proof dish. Carefully insert your fingers under the skin of the chicken breasts and loosen the skin from the breasts. If using cauliflower rice, it will be ready to mix in with the sauce after cooking it. In a small bowl, mix the extra-virgin olive oil with the garlic, chopped thyme and a little salt and pepper. Lay the leafy stalks from the cauliflowers in a large roasting tray (to sit the chicken on). He had no idea it was made with cauliflower rice.Take the chicken out of the fridge 30 minutes before you want to cook it. Whatever you choose, I promise you're going to love it!Īs a PS- my family, especially my son LOVED this. Try Rockin' Ranch for a more tarragon forward flavor, Kickin' Cajun for a little spicy twist or even Skinny Scampi for a lemon, garlic herb flavor. One great thing about this recipe is that it's another of what I call my "Little Black Dress Recipes." You can easily interchange the seasonings to change the flavors of the dish to make it whatever you want. The chicken comes out so tender, the rice is delicately flavored and the gooey cheese. It takes only a few minutes to throw together, then throw in the oven and go! You can even pre-make it in the morning and then put in the fridge and throw in the oven when you get home.
Since I had a few basics on hand, I decided to try this Cheesy Chicken and Cauliflower Bake and the results were RAVE! I stumbled on this recipe not too long ago when I was staring at the fridge (almost empty as it's been a little busy lately.) and trying to conjure up something for dinner. I mean really, why wash more stuff than you have to at night, right?
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