Name: Sheet Pan Harissa Chicken with Chickpeas
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
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

Everything on one pan, everything in the oven, everything delicious. Spicy harissa chicken with crispy chickpeas that you will eat like popcorn.

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