Mojo Chicken Sheet Pan Bake
Run to the store, stock up on all the ingredients and make this tonight. The flavors are out of this world good – plus you cook it on a sheet pan (high fives all around).
It’s all in the marinate and then the reserve marinate you use for sauce. It’s spicy (not over powering though), tangy, salty and all the things. Plus using bone line chicken thighs – gosh all that flavor and juciness. This is good.
I make this for a client. Then I want it.
This happens often. I’m cooking away in the kitchen for 2-4 … or even 6 hours for clients and then I’m like wow that tastes amazing I should make that for my family and I.
So that happened a couple of weeks ago, again.
I ended up having more chicken thighs in my home refrigerator so I marinated them (for longer than the recipe calls for – because work comes first) and then they were ready when everyone starts asking what we are having for dinner.
Let's serve some rice + beans with it.
After making the main part of the entree, you may loose steam (no pun intended) or even forget that you might want a side dish or two. Here are two that take little to no time and are delicious with this Mojo Chicken.
Jasmine Rice – how I make it a little bit different.
- Melt 1 tablespoon of salted butter over medium/low heat in the pan/pot you are using to steam the rice. Add the rice to the pan and toss to coat the rice with the butter.
- Add 1 cup of chicken bone broth to the rice along with 1 tablespoon olive oil. Mix to combine. Then add the remaining liquid that the recipe calls for in water form.
Black Beans + Roasted Tomatoes
- Drain a can of black beans.
- Add a can of diced roasted tomatoes to the beans.
- Mix in 1 teaspoon each cumin, dried oregano and garlic powder.
- Heat over low heat or quickly in a microwave.
Delish.
Get cooking. More sheet pan meals, please.
Mojo Chicken Sheet Pan Bake
- Total Time: 40 minutes
- Yield: 2-4 1x
- Diet: Gluten Free
Ingredients
Marinade (and sauce)
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- juice from 3 limes
- zest from 1 lime
- 4 large garlic cloves
- 1/4 cup or small bunch fresh cilantro
- 1/2 tablespoon cumin
- 1 teaspoon dired oregano
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
- 1/4 cup olive oil (add after it’s been blended)
Remaining Ingredients
- 4 shallots, sliced
- 6–8 bone in chicken thighs
- 1 can black beans
- 1 can roasted tomatoes
- 1 cup cooked jasmine rice
- 1 lime
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
Instructions
- To make the marinade (and sauce), combine all marinade ingredients except the olive oil into a blender. Pulse for 4-5 seconds. Add in the olive oil and stir to combine (do not blend the oil in).
- Add the chicken and sliced shallots to a shallow bowl or baking dish with sides. Pour 1/2 of the marinade over the chicken and reserve the remaining for the sauce.. Toss the chicken around in the marinade. Cover and place in your refrigerator for 2 hours.
- When you are ready to cook, preheat your oven to 400F. Remove the chicken from the oven and place everything (chicken, onions and marinade) on a baking sheet tray with edges.
- Place in your reheated oven. Cook for 15-20 minutes. Turn the heat to broil on high. Make sure you watch the chicken. This is just to toast or brown the tops of the chicken thighs slightly – they are burn quickly so set a timer for 1 minute. It took my chicken 5 minutes with a 180 degree turn of the pan half way through. Remove the chicken from the oven once they are slightly browned on top.
- Serve with rice and beans with the extra sauce on the side. I like to serve with fresh cilantro on the side too.
Notes
I added my halved oranges to the pan in step 3. Don’t need to if you already threw them away – just adds more color and juice.
If you are making the rice and beans, start cooking the rice after the chicken has been in the oven for 5 minutes. Timing should be perfect at that point.
- Prep Time: 15
- Cook Time: 25
- Category: chicken
- Method: oven
- Cuisine: dinner
Did you make this recipe? Take a picture and tag me @whitesparrowfoodco or #whitesparrowfoodco I’d love to hear what you thought of the recipe!
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