Summer Sheet Pan Chicken and Veggies 🍗🥒 is a FAST, EASY, one pan dinner loaded with seasonal zucchini, squash, and juicy tomatoes. Everything cooks together on one sheet pan for a healthy meal with almost no cleanup. It’s perfect for lazy summer days or busy weeknights when you want dinner on the table without much fuss!
Easy Summer and Veggies Chicken Recipe
- This is exactly why I love sheet pan dinners: they’re easy, tasty, ready fast, and don’t leave me staring down a sink full of dishes at the end of the night.
- The chicken stays tender and juicy, with bright lemon flavor from lemon pepper and savory seasoning from the Italian herbs. It’s simple, but not boring.
- This is a lighter dinner that still feels satisfying, with lean protein, plenty of zucchini, summer squash, and tomatoes, and it’s naturally gluten-free.
- It’s also a great way to use inexpensive summer produce when squash and tomatoes are everywhere at the stores and markets.
- With year-round sports practice and what feels like constant busy-weeknight mode, I’m always happy when dinner cooks on one pan and cleanup is as easy as tossing the foil.
Ingredients in Sheet Pan Chicken and Veggies
- Chicken breasts: This easy sheet pan dinner is made with lean protein and plenty of vegetables, all on one pan. Chicken breasts work well because they cook quickly and stay juicy when roasted with the veggies.
- Zucchini, yellow squash, and tomato: These summer vegetables roast quickly and make the dish colorful, fresh, and naturally gluten-free. You can also mix and match with broccoli, sugar snap peas, bell peppers, mushrooms, green beans, red onions, or whatever your family enjoys.
- Olive oil, lemon pepper seasoning, Italian seasoning, kosher salt, and black pepper: These keep the chicken and vegetables flavorful without a lot of prep. For extra flavor, add Parmesan cheese, minced garlic, soy sauce, or chili garlic sauce.
Note: Scroll down to the recipe card section of the post for the ingredients with amounts included and for more complete directions.
How to Make Roasted Chicken and Veggies
- Cut the chicken and vegetables into evenly sized pieces so everything cooks at the same rate.
- Add the chicken and vegetables to a sheet pan, then drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with lemon pepper seasoning, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
- Bake until the chicken is cooked through and the vegetables are tender.
- Finish with sliced tomato and serve right away for an easy, colorful weeknight dinner.
What to serve with
Sheet Pan Summer Vegetables and Chicken
Ingredients
- 1.25 to 1.50 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into bite-sized pieces
- 2 medium/large zucchini, cut into half moons or quartered
- 1 medium/large yellow squash, cut into half moons or quartered
- 2 to 3 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon freshly ground lemon pepper seasoning blend
- 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon kosher salt, or to taste
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper, or to taste
- 1 medium tomato, diced (I used Roma)
- grated Parmesan cheese, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400F, line a baking sheet with aluminum foil for easier cleanup.
- Add the chicken, zucchini, squash, evenly drizzle with olive oil, evenly season with lemon pepper, Italian seasoning, salt, and pepper.
- Bake for about 17 to 22 minutes or until chicken is cooked through and vegetables are tender. Cooking time will vary based on the thickness of the chicken and being that this is quite a hot oven, check early and often so you don’t overcook the chicken which can dry out.
- Add the tomatoes, optionally garnish with Parmesan, and serve immediately.
Notes
- Recipe is best warm and fresh but extra will keep airtight in the fridge for up to 5 days.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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This was really good! The only changes I made were to bump up the heat to 425 and add cubed potatoes, which I started about 15 minutes before adding the squash and chicken. The chicken ended up being cooked on its own tray because my original sheet pan would have been overcrowded. Total cook time, about 30 minutes. Turned out beautifully! Thanks for sharing. Will definitely be a summer staple.
Good call on adding the diced potatoes about 15 minutes before the chicken and veggies, I do the same since potatoes always are the slowest of everything to fully cook through. Glad this will be a summer staple for you!
This was quite good! I have a huge eating disorder and am not supposed to eat so many things that it’s discouraging for me, a person who likes to cook! But this worked, in specific amounts. I added a few baby gold potatoes. I’m going to make it again, varying the vegetables . It’s perfect for me! Thank you.
This was quite good! I have a huge eating disorder and am not supposed to eat so many things that it’s discouraging for me, a person who likes to cook! But this worked, in specific amounts. I added a few baby gold potatoes. I’m going to make it again, varying the vegetables . It’s perfect for me! Thank you.
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad this was perfect for you!
Great recipe! We loved it! What other veggie combos have you dine together? We really like fresh mushrooms and wonder what would be good with them. Suggestions would be great!
Great recipe! We loved it! What other veggie combos have you dine together? We really like fresh mushrooms and wonder what would be good with them. Suggestions would be great!
Thanks for the 5 star review and glad this was a winner for you!
I have so many sheet pan recipes but in particular this mushroom one may work for you https://www.averiecooks.com/skinny-sheet-pan-chicken-with-mushrooms-and-onions/
Make sure to scroll PAST the recipe for another half dozen related similar sheet pan recipes that you may like!
Thanks for the link!
Of course hope you enjoy!
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Awesome recipe I added the sprinkle of Parmesan cheese and did have a small piece of Italian bread on the side to dip in a little of the olive oil! Yummy!
Thanks for the 5 star review and it sounds perfect with some Italian bread and olive oil for dipping!
Awesome recipe I added the sprinkle of Parmesan cheese and did have a small piece of Italian bread on the side to dip in a little of the olive oil! Yummy!
Do you marinate this What do you use to marinate it?
No, read the recipe section, there is no marinade in this recipe.
Looks delicious! Love the easy clean up!
Easy clean up is the name of my dinner game :)
Perfect supper idea!
Thank you! :)
I have all of these ingredients on hand already since I do have a garden!! Perfect timing :)
Well isn’t that handy! Good for you for keeping up a garden!
I love your sheet pan recipes! The mix of Italian seasoning and lemon pepper sounds wonderful on all of this–and parmesan over all of it would be a “must” for us!!
It’s a great seasoning mix and definitely jazzes everything up!
This was fantastic!! Someone left a behemoth sized zucchini at the office and I was the only one brave enough to take it home. I peeled and seeded it and it was quite delicious out of the oven!
Glad this turned out fantastic for you! It pays to be brave and take those behemoth zucchinis home :)