Baked Chicken With Turmeric Sauce

When life gets busy, almost one-pan/sheet pan dinners like this Baked Chicken With Turmeric Sauce become staples. And good thing, because this recipe is creamy, savory goodness on a plate!

Guys, two days ago Cody and I became official home owners! We closed on our 1925 bungalow home (photos coming soon) and could not be more excited. As many of you know, the home hunting process can be a crazy one (which I talked about in the Healthy Chicken Fajita Tacos (opens in a new tab) and Healthy Sriracha Shredded Chicken Tacos (opens in a new tab) posts), but thankfully ours was pretty smooth overall. We’re so happy to be on this side of things!

And now the work begins. 🙂 If you follow along over on my personal Instagram, you might have seen my virtual tour of the home and the remodeling/decor plans we have for it. As soon as we got the keys to the house, we went straight to the paint store, but 3 samples of white paint, and tested it on our walls. Who knew that having to decide between 3 ever-so-slightly different shades of white could be so difficult! Cool white? Creamy white? Pure white? Can’t decide.

Side note: Cody really wants to name our house Edna because he feels the need to name everything, LOL (that one time he named his sourdough bread starter Henrietta….yeah…). Thoughts? What should we name it?

Needless to say, we will now be spending every evening and most weekends working on the house. We move in July, so we have a little over a month to get as much done as possible! With that comes this reality: we’re already busy people, but things are about to get SUPER busy. Thank goodness for easy go-to dinner recipes like this Baked Chicken with Turmeric Sauce!

Here’s how to make this Baked Chicken with Turmeric Sauce:

You’ll need chicken, seasoning of choice (I love this one (opens in a new tab)), turmeric powder, (opens in a new tab) kale, quinoa, (opens in a new tab) and potatoes. It’s almost a one-pan recipe because you’ll actually bake the chicken, roast the potatoes, and roast the kale on the same sheet pan. However, while everything is baking/roasting, the quinoa will be cooked separately. The turmeric sauce will also be made separately (don’t worry, it’s SO easy to make)!

Also, pre-cooked quinoa (opens in a new tab) is a life saver for busy times like these! Definitely recommend it. 😉

Love turmeric? Try these other recipes!

• Vegan Turmeric Quinoa Power Bowls (opens in a new tab)
• Turmeric Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps (opens in a new tab)
• Golden Glow Pineapple Turmeric Smoothie (opens in a new tab)
• Lentil Turmeric Detox Soup (opens in a new tab)
• Turmeric Tahini & Roasted Beets Power Bowls (opens in a new tab)
• Vegan Turmeric Ginger Dressing (opens in a new tab)

Personally (as IF you haven’t noticed), I’m a little bit obsessed with turmeric these days. I hope you enjoy this Baked Chicken with Turmeric Sauce recipe as much as Cody and I did!

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4.88 from 41 votes

Baked Chicken With Turmeric Sauce

Gluten-Free

Cook: 30 minTotal: 30 min

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Ingredients

• ▢ 2 chicken breasts (cut into halves)
• ▢ 1/4 cup quinoa, dry
• ▢ 8 small potatoes
• ▢ 1 Tbsp coconut oil (opens in a new tab)
• ▢ 1 Tbsp tahini (opens in a new tab)
• ▢ 1/2 tsp ground turmeric (opens in a new tab)
• ▢ 1/2 Tbsp olive oil (opens in a new tab)
• ▢ 1/2 tsp black pepper
• ▢ 2 cups kale

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 425 degrees.
2. Cut the chicken breasts into halves and loosely wrap in one sheet of foil paper.
3. Place on a baking sheet and bake for about 15 minutes.
4. While the chicken is baking, make the quinoa according to directions and set aside.
5. Wash and slice the potatoes.
6. Drizzle 1/2 Tbsp coconut oil over the potatoes and loosely wrap in one sheet of foil paper.
7. Add the wrapped potatoes to the baking sheet and continue baking for 10 minutes.
8. While the potatoes are cooking, make the turmeric sauce by mixing the tahini, turmeric, olive oil, and black pepper together, then set aside.
9. Finally, drizzle the remaining coconut oil over the kale and loosely warp in a sheet of foil paper.
10. Add the kale to the baking sheet and continue to bake for another 5 minutes.
11. Once the chicken is fully cooked and the potatoes are soft, remove from the oven and fill each bowl with chicken, quinoa, roasted potatoes, and kale.
12. Drizzle the chicken with the turmeric sauce and enjoy!

Nutrition

Calories: 228 kcal

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