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Roast Chicken & Sweet Potato
Juicy chicken thighs roast atop sweet potatoes and red onions until the vegetables turn soft and caramel sweet and the chicken emerges deeply browned and savory.

- Total
- 50 min
- Prep
- 15 min
- Cook
- 35 min
- Serves
- 4
Nutrition per Serving
- Calories
- 408
- Protein
- 27g
- Carbs
- 34g
- Fat
- 17g
- Fiber
- 5g
- Sugar
- 12g
- Sodium
- 554mg
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons whole-grain or Dijon mustard
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme or 2 teaspoons dried
- 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper, divided
- 1 1/2 -2 pounds bone-in chicken thighs, skin removed
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1-inch pieces
- 1 large red onion, cut into 1-inch wedges
Instructions
- Position rack in lower third of oven; preheat to 450 degrees F. Place a large rimmed baking sheet in the oven to preheat.
- Combine mustard, thyme, 1 tablespoon oil and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a small bowl; spread the mixture evenly on chicken.
- Toss sweet potatoes and onion in a bowl with the remaining 1 tablespoon oil and 1/4 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Carefully remove the baking sheet from the oven and spread the vegetables on it. Place the chicken on top of the vegetables.
- Return the pan to the oven and roast, stirring the vegetables once halfway through, until the vegetables are tender and beginning to brown and an instant-read thermometer inserted into a chicken thigh registers 165 degrees F, 30 to 35 minutes.