One Tray Bake-Satay Chicken With Steamed Rice and Green Beans

It is another one tray easy family meal from us here! With some simple modifications this is one that is suitable for everyone at the table including babies just getting into solids. We have also been super budget conscious with this recipe, with it coming it at just under $20.00 (Aldi 2kg bulk buy chicken drumsticks for the win at $7.49). This meal fed a family of four for two separate dinners.

Age Recommendation - From 6 + months with appropriate texture modification. The rice and green beans are fine to serve as they are (don't cut the green beans- whole is better until after 12 months and smaller pieces are more likely to be a choking risk).  The Chicken: Between 6 and 8 months you can serve the drumstick whole just remove the skin and any loose pieces. They won't eat much of it served this way, but it is great for oral motor development. Never leave bub to eat unattended as big pieces of meat can break off and become a choking risk. You can also cut it in large finger food pieces to offer bub (think two adult fingers wide and 1 in length). From around 9 months babies are better at tearing and biting pieces of food. Transition to thinly sliced pieces of the chicken now. From 12 + months you can offer small bite sized pieces. As their skills continue to grow you can also offer larger chunks and the whole drumstick again.

Common Allergens:

This recipe contains peanut (peanut butter) and soy (soy sauce).

• Unfortunately you can't swap out the peanut butter in this recipe! So, please go check out our other awesome one tray bake family recipes.
• You can swap the soy sauce for coconut aminos.

The salt: there is a little bit of soy sauce and sugar in this dish which does increase the salt/sweetness. However, once you take the skin off the chicken to serve to bub there is minimal sauce left- only a juicy and tender piece of chicken. You can choose to add a little bit of the satay for flavour to the chicken or rice, but it is up to you!