Sheet-Pan Chicken With Sweet Potatoes and Peppers

Sheet-Pan Chicken With Sweet Potatoes and Peppers
Andrew Scrivani for The New York Times
Total Time
40 minutes, plus 30 minutes' marinating
Rating
5(2,501)
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This sheet-pan supper brings velvety sweet potatoes together with soft bell peppers, pungent sage and roasted chicken thighs. To counter the rich and caramelized flavors, quick-pickled thinly sliced red onion adds a bright and zippy note right at the end. If you prefer chicken breasts, you can use them here instead of the thighs. Choose bone-in, skin-on breasts if possible, and keep an eye on them. They’ll cook faster than the thighs. Remove them when they’re ready, but let the vegetables roast until they thoroughly golden and tender.

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Ingredients

Yield:3 to 4 servings
  • 3tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • teaspoons honey
  • 1medium red onion, thinly sliced
  • teaspoons kosher salt, more as needed
  • 1 to 2cloves garlic, grated or minced
  • 1teaspoon ground coriander
  • ½teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
  • 2pounds bone-in, skin-on chicken thighs (4 to 6 thighs)
  • tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
  • 12ounces sweet potato (1 large), peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes
  • 1large red, yellow or orange bell pepper, thinly sliced
  • tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage
  • ¾teaspoon sweet paprika
  • teaspoon cayenne
  • teaspoon ground allspice
  • Cilantro leaves, for serving
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Nutritional analysis per serving (4 servings)

725 calories; 49 grams fat; 12 grams saturated fat; 0 grams trans fat; 23 grams monounsaturated fat; 9 grams polyunsaturated fat; 27 grams carbohydrates; 5 grams dietary fiber; 8 grams sugars; 42 grams protein; 953 milligrams sodium

Note: The information shown is Edamam’s estimate based on available ingredients and preparation. It should not be considered a substitute for a professional nutritionist’s advice.

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Preparation

  1. Step 1

    In a small, shallow bowl, mix together vinegar and honey. Mix in half the red onion and a pinch of salt and set aside for garnish, tossing the mixture occasionally as the chicken cooks.

  2. Step 2

    In a large bowl, mix together 1 teaspoon salt, garlic, coriander and black pepper. Add chicken to bowl and rub the mixture all over it. Let marinate for 30 minutes.

  3. Step 3

    Heat oven to 425 degrees. In a large bowl, toss together 2 tablespoons oil, sweet potato, pepper, remaining onion, sage, remaining ½ teaspoon salt, paprika, cayenne and allspice. Spread vegetables out on a rimmed baking sheet.

  4. Step 4

    Add remaining ½ tablespoon oil to marinated chicken and turn to coat. Place chicken pieces, skin-side up, among the vegetables, making sure chicken is surrounded by them, but not on top of them. (Chicken should rest directly on the baking sheet.)

  5. Step 5

    Roast for 15 minutes. Remove pan from oven and raise heat to 450 degrees. Use a wide spatula to flip vegetables over (but not chicken). Drizzle chicken (but not vegetables) with 2 teaspoons liquid from the onion-vinegar mixture. Roast until chicken is cooked through, 15 to 20 minutes longer.

  6. Step 6

    To serve, top chicken and vegetables with a spoonful of onion-vinegar mixture and plenty of cilantro leaves.

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Substituted boneless chicken breasts; used same directions but shortened baking time to 15 minutes at 425F, followed by an additional 12 minutes at 450F. They came out tender and delicious!

Substuted: 2 tbsp red wine vinegar, 1 tbsp rice wine vinegar. Didn't have sage; sprinkled dried herbes de provence on the chicken at the 15-minute changeover. Oh! My! Word! Unbelievably good. Easy, tasty, ... keeper.

Super recipe for Super Bowl dinner! Delicious. Left out cilantro and sage and used boneless skinless chicken thighs (6) but otherwise made according to directions. Will cut sweet potato chunks smaller next time or remove chicken and let veggies roast an extra 10 minutes. Some were underdone. One thought on directions - I found it easier to put the chicken pieces on roasting pan first and spread vegetables around them than vice versa as directions say to do.

This was easy and delicious. I saved the use of an additional bowl by mixing the vegetables, oil and spices on the sheet pan. I also used a regular yellow onion and it was fine, but it might have been better with the red one. Chicken was done and crispy after the second 15 minutes cook time

The recipe I read right before this was sheet pan chicken with tangy greens, and I just got rainbow chard from the farmer's market. I think I will make last portion of cooking that recipe and substitute in greens rather than sweet potatoes. Or maybe both.

This was so good...better than expected! ;) Used boneless, skinless thighs. Doubled (tripled?) the sweet potatoes. Crowded pan, but everything roasted fine! Made the pickled onions earlier in the day (but forgot to use them!!)

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