Easy Bake Real Meal

Italian Dressing
Roasted Chicken Green Beans
A Fool-Proof Family Dinner

This easy bake real meal is a no brainer.  You don’t need to think too much and literally throw everything together and pop it into the oven.  Before you know it, a very flavorful dinner is ready.

Total Time: 5-10 Minutes  Prep Time: 5-10 Minutes
Inactive Cook Time: 90 Minutes   Serving: 4-6

You would not believe how tasty this chicken dish is going to be, including green beans.  I swear that you will even addict to the vegetables.

I personally prefer bone-in skin-on chicken thighs or breasts even though they take much longer to cook through.  The meat comes out tastier and juicier.  But there were times when skinless boneless chicken thighs were on sale, I use that cut of meat, too.  In fact, you can use it for Keto diet if you happen to be watching your weight.  In fact, I will show you, at the bottom of this page, how to prepare this easy bake real meal in low-carb/Keto style.

CHEF NOTES

If you are on a low-carb/Keto diet, you may need to pay more attention of the Total Carb of the store-bought dressing.

This easy bake real meal is very versatile.  I use Italian dressing here.  But you can use many other store-bought or homemade dressings to make your own theme of roasted chicken and green beans.

If you like varieties, this single recipe just created several easy dinner ideas by using different dressings.  How does that sound when  you have a few chicken recipes under your sleeves whenever you need it?  Pretty awesome, huh?

Easy Bake Real Meal Recipe and Instructions

Ingredients

3-4lbs (1.3-1.8kg) Bone-in Skin-on Chicken Thighs (you can also use bone-in skin-on chicken breasts, quarters and legs.  Cook time will be the same)
1 Cup (8oz / 227g) of store-bought Italian Dressing
2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
2 lbs (907g) Frozen Cut Green Beans

1. Combine chicken, dressing and seasonings in a big mixing bowl and marinate the meat overnight.
2. Preheat oven at 450F (232C).
3. Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil for easy clean up later and coat with no-stick cooking spray.
4. Single layer chicken, skin side down on the pan.
5. Save the marinade for cooking green beans later.
6. Cook chicken for 50 minutes.
7. Line another baking sheet with aluminum foil and add green beans and marinade on top
8. Turn over chicken; put green beans into the oven at the same time and cook another 30 minutes until meat is cooked through.
9. Transfer meat to serving plate and rest for 10 minutes.
10. Quick stir green beans and continue to cook the vegetables in the oven until crisp tender.
11. Serve meat and vegetables immediately.

Italian Dressing Roasted Chicken Green Beans
Keto/Low Carb Version

Prep time is the same.  Inactive cook time is 65 minutes.  Serving can stay the same in order to cut down the quantity of each portion.  But if you are like me, eating a lot, this will make 3-4 servings only.

Ingredients

2 lb (907g) Boneless Skinless Chicken Thighs or Butterflied Breasts
1 Cup (8oz / 227g) of store-bought Italian Dressing
2 tsp Salt
1/2 tsp Black Pepper
2 lbs (907g) Frozen Cut Green Beans

1. Combine chicken, dressing and seasonings in a big mixing bowl and marinate the meat overnight.
2. Preheat oven at 450F (232C).
3. Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil for easy clean up later and coat with no-stick cooking spray.
4. Single layer chicken, smooth side down on the pan which will be the side facing up for plating later.
5. Save the marinade for cooking green beans later.
6. Cook chicken for 40 minutes.
7. Line another baking sheet with aluminum foil and add green beans and marinade on top
8. Turn over chicken; put green beans into the oven at the same time and cook another 15 minutes until meat is cooked through.
9. Transfer meat to serving plate and rest for 10 minutes.
10. Quick stir green beans and continue to cook the vegetables in the oven until crisp tender.
11. Serve meat and vegetables immediately.

Easy Bake Real Meal Steps with Photos

Combine 2 tsp Salt

1 Cup (8oz / 232g) of store-bought Italian Dressing and 1/2 tsp Black Pepper in a mixing bowl

Whisk to combine

Toss in either bone-in skin-on or boneless skinless chicken

No matter it is bone-in skin-on or boneless skinless chicken always skin or smooth (where the skin was) side down on baking sheet

Put frozen green beans on a separate baking sheet

Put green beans into the oven with chicken after turning meat over

Boneless skinless chicken will shrink down significantly after cooking

After turning meat over and before putting it back into the oven, spoon out the juice and add into the green beans. Extra flavor!

While chicken is resting, continue to cook green beans, then serve together

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