CHICKEN ROASTED ON SWEET POTATOES AND GARLIC

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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.

Provided by KitchenManiac

Categories     One Dish Meal

Time 50m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 8

2 tablespoons olive oil
4 sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped
1/4 cup fresh oregano
12 cloves garlic, unpeeled
sea salt
cracked pepper
4 chicken breast fillets, skin on
oil, for brushing

Steps:

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

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