This sheet pan red curry chicken is the kind of recipe that feels like it shouldn’t be this easy.Under 10 ingredients, one sheet pan, and a can of Thai red curry paste doing the heavy lifting while you do… not much.Chicken thighs go golden, crispy-skinned, and full of flavor, while the butternut squash roasts away underneath, soaking up all those drippings.

By the time the timer dings, you’ve got a meal that tastes like you tried way harder than you did.And then comes the best part: cleanup.Crumple up the heavy duty foil, toss it, and that sheet pan can go straight back into the cabinet.

No scrubbing, no soaking, no mountain of dishes staring you down at 8pm.This one was made for weeknights!  Making Weeknight Dinner Cleanup Simpler Sometimes, when dinner is over and I’m staring down bath time, toys scattered all over the family room, and a mess on the high chair, I look at the pile of dishes in the kitchen and wonder how I got there.  How did what I perceived to be a “simple” meal generate that much cleanup? Well, with this recipe, you end up with the opposite situation: a delightfully peaceful kitchen with little trace of the dinner you just cooked.  This sheet pan red curry chicken comes together on one foil-lined sheet pan.Butternut squash gets tossed with olive oil, chicken thighs get nestled right alongside, and a quick rub of red curry paste, honey, and oil does all the flavor work for you.

No marinating overnight, no multiple

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