Sheet Pan Harissa Chicken with Chickpeas
Everything on one pan, everything in the oven, everything delicious. Spicy harissa chicken with crispy chickpeas that you will eat like popcorn.
Main Dish · Prep 10 min · Cook 35 min · Serves 4 · Easy · By Tina · Published
Ingredients
- 6 chicken thighs, skin-on, bone-in
- 2 cans (400g) chickpeas, drained, dried
- 3 tbsp harissa paste
- 3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp cumin
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 100 g Greek yogurt, for serving
- 1 handful fresh cilantro
Sheet pan dinners get a bad reputation for being boring. This one is not. The harissa turns the chicken into something fiery and beautiful, and the chickpeas underneath get this incredible crunchy texture from roasting in all the chicken juices.
The setup is dead simple: toss chickpeas with harissa and spices, spread on a pan, put chicken thighs on top, and roast. The chicken fat drips down and flavors the chickpeas while everything gets crispy and caramelized.
I make this on weeknights when I want something that feels special but requires almost no effort. The oven does everything.
Pro Tips
- Pat the chickpeas DRY. I mean really dry. Roll them in a kitchen towel. This is the key to crispy chickpeas.
- Skin-on thighs. The skin protects the meat and gets beautifully crispy.
- Do not overcrowd the pan. Use two if needed. Crowding steams instead of roasts.
- Start at high heat (220C) and do not open the oven for the first 25 minutes.
Serving
Serve straight from the pan with a big dollop of yogurt, fresh herbs, and flatbread for scooping.
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