Roasted Chicken and Veggies with Baked Sweet Potatoes
This entire meal takes 45 minutes start to finish. Your oven does most the work, so take some time for yourself to relax while dinner is cooking.
Prep Time 5 minutesminutes
Cook Time 45 minutesminutes
Total Time 50 minutesminutes
Servings 4
Author Meme
Ingredients
4sweet potatoes1.5 pounds, well scrubbed
2bell peppersroughly chopped
8ouncesmushroomsquartered
2onionsroughly chopped {any color}
2clovesgarlicminced
¾teaspoonsaltdivided
2sprigsrosemary
1lemon
2tablespoonoilolive or avocado, divided
1.5lbbone-in skin-on chicken breast split, pat dry
¼teaspoonblack pepper
Instructions
Arrange oven racks with one on the lowest position and one on the middle position. Preheat oven to 425°F.
Prick the potatoes with a fork and wrap individually in foil. Place in the oven on the middle rack {to the side, leaving room for the veggies}. Bake until soft all the way through, about 50-60 minutes.
Toss together the bell peppers, mushrooms, onions, garlic, ½ teaspoon salt, rosemary, juice from ½ lemon, and 1 tablespoon oil. Transfer to a large baking dish or rimmed baking sheet {make sure the veggies are in a single layer}, and put in oven on the middle rack {next to potatoes}. Roast until lightly browned & crispy {about 30-45 minutes}, making sure to stir occasionally.
Heat a large oven-proof skillet over medium-high heat. Sprinkle both sides of chicken with remaining ¼ teaspoon salt and pepper. Add remaining tablespoon oil to skillet, and put chicken in skillet skin-side down.
Brown chicken on skin side for about 5 minutes. Turn chicken skin side up, squeeze remaining ½ lemon over chicken, and transfer {in the skillet} to oven on the lowest rack.
Roast chicken until done, about 35-40 minutes {chicken should register 165°F inside}. Let sit for about 5 minutes before serving.
Serve chicken with roasted veggies & baked sweet potatoes. I like to put a tiny pat of butter & a sprinkling of salt on my potatoes.
Reserve leftover chicken and veggies for leftover lunch.
Notes
*You start cooking the potatoes first since they take the longest. The veggies & chicken take about the same time plus or minus a few minutes, so you can start the chicken first if you prefer. Just be sure to check to make sure they aren't burning while everything is cooking.