Ancient Chinese Chicken and Vegetable Secret

I’m cooking the chicken and vegetables on one baking sheet in the oven. The prep takes almost no time (5 minutes!). What’s my real secret? I’m using the Big Cove Foods Ancient Chinese Spice Mix!

I love this spice mix! It’s a blend of garlic, lemon, pepper, sesame seeds, oranges and ginger! Here’s the best part: all I have to do is spoon it out and mix it with some oil. Prep magic!

Want another great dinner recipe for one pot cooking? Try the One Pot Egyptian Summer Dinner. Want a cocktail for that? Try the Big Covearita! 

Prep time: 5 minutes; Cook time: 35 minutes; Serves: 4 (or 2 + leftovers)

What you need:

• 4 bone-in, skin on, chicken thighs
• 8 oz (4 large) king oyster mushrooms, cut in half (or you can use white mushrooms)
• 6 oz broccolini, ends trimmed
• 8 small bok choy (or 4 large bok choy, halved)
• 2 1/2 tbsp Big Cove Foods Ancient Chinese Secret Spice mix*
• 3 1/2 tbsp olive oil
• salt
• pepper
• green onion (garnish)

What you do:

• Put your baking sheet in the oven, turn oven on to 400°F

• While oven is coming to temperature, mix 1 1/2 tbsp olive oil and 1 tbsp Big Cove Foods Ancient Chinese Spice in a bowl

• Toss chicken thighs to coat

• In a large bowl, add 2 tbsp olive oil and 1 1/2 tbsp Big Cove Foods Ancient Chinese Spice, mix well
• Add to the large bowl, the broccolini, bok choy and king oyster mushrooms

• Toss vegetables to coat with the spice mix (get messy, use your hands)

• Take the baking sheet out of the oven (be careful, it will be hot)
• Put the chicken, SKIN SIDE DOWN, on the baking sheet, return to oven (this trick will get the skin crispy)

• Cook 15 minutes
• Remove from oven
• Turn chicken thighs

• Add vegetables and mushrooms, (place mushrooms and bok choy cut side down)

• Return to oven
• Cook for another 15 minutes

• Flip your vegetables and cook for another 5 minutes
• Serve

• Garnish with sliced green onion

• Salt and pepper to taste

• Enjoy!

• Enjoy the easy cleanup!

*the Big Cove Foods Ancient Chinese Spice Mix is awesome. If you don’t have it (why not?!), try using 1 tsp ginger powder, 1 tsp black sesame seeds, 1 tsp white sesame seeds, orange zest, lemon zest, 1 tsp garlic powder, 1 tsp lemon pepper mix and 1/2 tsp cinnamon

Shoutout to Big Cove Foods for letting me play with their spice mixes! They are awesome!

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