Name: Christmas Dinner Tray Bake
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 45 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: British
Ingredients: 1kg potatoes - peeled and chopped into chunks; 4 carrots - peeled and chopped into chunky batons; 3 parsnips - peeled and chopped into chunky batons; 200g sprouts - trimmed and cut into halves; 2 tablespoon olive oil; 2 sprigs rosemary; 650g chicken breasts; 1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs; 4 stuffing balls; 12 mini pigs in blankets

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This EASY Christmas Dinner tray bake, is for when you want ALL the vibe and flavors of a Christmas dinner but with minimum effort!

Why You'll LOVE This Recipe

Super Easy - this is one of those lovely, easy family dinners you can just throw together, cook and enjoy eating. Minimum prep and hardly any effort.

It's Way Less Faff Than A Big Roast Dinner - okay, you'll literally only use a pan and a baking sheet. So there's very little cleaning up to do after dinner. And you still get to enjoy a flavor packed Christmas Dinner!

Budget Way To Do Christmas - cooking an easy tray bake dinner is a much lower cost version of a Christmas dinner.

Christmas dinner tray bake served with cranberry sauce, apple sauce and jug of gravy

Christmas Dinner Tray Bake Recipe

Serves – 4

Prep Time – 10 minutes

Cook Time – 45 minutes

Total Time – around 55 minutes

Equipment Needed

Chopping board
Vegetable knife
Saucepan - with a lid
Baking sheet
Teaspoon
Tablespoon

Ingredients For Christmas Dinner Tray Bake

Everything you'll need to make our super easy Christmas Dinner recipe

pan full of peeled and chopped potatoes, parsnips and carrots

1kg potatoes - peeled and chopped into chunks
4 carrots - peeled and chopped into chunky batons
3 parsnips - peeled and chopped into chunky batons
200g sprouts - trimmed and cut into halves
2 tablespoon olive oil
2 sprigs rosemary
650g chicken breasts
1 teaspoon dried mixed herbs
4 stuffing balls
12 mini pigs in blankets
Couple of sprigs of fresh rosemary - rosemary is one of those fantastic herbs to grow at home

To Serve With The Christmas Dinner Tray Bake

Cranberry sauce
Apple sauce
Gravy - just made from gravy granules

How To Make A Christmas Dinner Tray Bake

You're going to LOVE how easy this simple roast dinner is to make

Step One - preheat the oven

Preheat the oven to 200C / 400F / Gas Mark 6 (180C fan)

Step Two - parboil the root vegetables

Place the potatoes, carrots and parsnips into a large saucepan, cover with cold water, add a pinch of salt. Bring the pan to the boil, then reduce the heat to low, and simmer with the lid on for around 7-8 minutes.
Then drain the vegetables and return them to the pan. Pour over the olive oil, and season with salt and black pepper. Give the pan a shake so all the vegetables get coated with oil.

Step Two - roast the root vegetables

Tip the parboiled root vegetables onto the baking sheet and roast in the oven for 15 minutes.

parboiled potatoes carrots and parsnips on a baking sheet ready to cook

Step Three - add the rest of the ingredients to the Christmas Dinner tray bake

Remove the tray from the oven, lay on the seasoned chicken breasts (just sprinkle with the mixed herbs), the pigs in blankets, frozen stuffing balls and halved sprouts. Tuck in the rosemary sprigs. Season with salt and black pepper. Drizzle over a little more olive oil too if you like.

baking sheet with potatoes, carrots, parsnips, sprouts, chicken breasts, pigs in blankets and sprigs of fresh rosemary

Return the tray to the oven and roast for around 40 minutes or until everything is cooked through properly.

Step Four - serve the Christmas Dinner Tray Bake

Serve the Christmas Dinner tray bake along with some cranberry and apple sauce and make up some gravy just using granules.

Recipe Tips And Variations

Use Chicken Thighs or Chicken Legs - you can swap the chicken breasts for thighs or legs if you prefer, just adjust the cooking times as needed.

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