Sheet-Pan Chicken With Sweet Potatoes and Peppers

- Total Time
- 40 minutes, plus 30 minutes' marinating
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Ingredients
- 3tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- 1½teaspoons honey
- 1medium red onion, thinly sliced
- 1½teaspoons 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)
- 2½tablespoons 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
- 1½tablespoons finely chopped fresh sage
- ¾teaspoon sweet paprika
- ⅛teaspoon cayenne
- ⅛teaspoon ground allspice
- Cilantro leaves, for serving
Preparation
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.)
- 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.
- Step 6
To serve, top chicken and vegetables with a spoonful of onion-vinegar mixture and plenty of cilantro leaves.
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Comments
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.
Hi...I decided to substitute buying the ingredients listed and called my local pizza shop and ordered a pizza...it was delicious.
This was so, unexpectedly good. Delicious.
Zapped the quick-pickle mixture in the microwave for 30 seconds to soften the onions a bit (learned this from a friend!) and otherwise followed the recipe as written. Delicious caramelization on the veg and a big hit with the whole family!
made exactly according to the recipe with the single change being to roast the chicken separately from the veg. I always skin my chicken thighs and this recipe proves without a doubt that nothing at all is lost by that. Amazing.
