Chicken Roasted on Sweet Potatoes And Garlic

KitchenManiac's Note:

I adapted this recipe from Donna Hay's Flavours Cookbook. In HER recipe she used normal potatoes instead of sweet potatoes. But I prefered it with the sweet potatoes. A very delicious and simple recipe. Quick whip up.

• Total Time: 50 mins
• Prep Time: 5 mins
• Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 4

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 4 sweet potatoes , peeled and chopped
• ¼ cup fresh oregano
• 12 cloves garlic , unpeeled
• sea salt
• cracked pepper
• 4 chicken breast fillets , skin on
• oil , for brushing

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 200C (400F).
2. Place oil, sweet potatoes, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper in baking dish and toss to combine.
3. Bake for 25-30 minutes or till potatoes are almost cooked.
4. While potatoes are cooking, brush chicken fillets with a little oil and sprinkle skin with extra salt and pepper.
5. Heat frying pan over medium-high heat, add chicken skin side down, and cook for 3 minutes till well browned.
6. Place chicken skin side up, on top of potatoes and garlic in baking dish.
7. Bake for a further 10 minutes or till chicken is cooked through, and juices run clear in the thickest part.
8. To serve, place the chicken and sweet potatoes on serving plates.
9. Squeeze the garlic from its skin and spread on the potatoes and chicken.
10. Serve with steamed beans and a squeeze of lemon.

Reviews

[dale!]

This was really superb. The sweet potatoes are great with the oregano and garlic. I added some pumpkin along with it too for variety and it was very enjoyable. I didn't pre cook my chicken but put it in a small dish in the oven for a bit before adding it on top of the potatoes and it was lovely and juicy. I served this with a mixture of fresh steamed broccoli and cauliflower with a sprinkle of fresh parmesan. Lovely!

[Tellok]

Great combination of flavors and easy to make.I threw in even more garlic and spread it on some warm, buttered crusty bread.

[Kit Katchen]

We made this for dinner tonight and we really enjoyed it! We did make a couple of adjustments to make a bit healthier and for what we had on hand. For the sweet potates we only used 1 tablespoon of oil, 2 tablespoons each of dried oregano & minced garlic. For the chicken we used 2 boneless, skinless chicken breasts which we cut in half, seasoned with cajun spices, salt, & pepper, and then seared in 2 tsp of oil. Doing it this way our chicken was juicy and flavorful. It also added a nice spicy contrast to the sweet potatoes. We had this with a side of broccoli and were both satisfied at the end of the meal. It also ended up being points friendly (we calculated 7 points plus per serving based on how we made it). Fantastic! Thank you :)