Description
A delicious and easy recipe for Maple Roasted Chicken with Sweet Potatoes, featuring crispy chicken thighs roasted with sweet potatoes, apples, and onions in a maple syrup glaze.
Ingredients
Scale
Chicken:
- 4 bone-in chicken thighs
Vegetables:
- 1 small onion, quartered
- 2 medium sweet potatoes, chopped
- 1 medium apple, diced
Seasonings:
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon black pepper
- 3 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1 tablespoon fresh thyme, chopped
- 1 tablespoon fresh sage, chopped
Instructions
- Preheat and Brown Chicken: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Brown chicken thighs skin side down in a hot skillet.
- Prepare Vegetables: Peel and chop sweet potatoes, quarter onions, and dice apples.
- Season and Toss: Mix olive oil, salt, pepper, and maple syrup. Toss sweet potatoes, apples, and onions in the mixture.
- Roast: Flip chicken and arrange vegetables around. Sprinkle with thyme and sage. Bake for one hour.
- Serve: Allow to cool before serving.
Notes
- You can marinate the chicken in the maple syrup mixture for extra flavor.
- Feel free to add other seasonal vegetables like carrots or parsnips.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 1 hour
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Roasting
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 thigh with vegetables
- Calories: 380
- Sugar: 18g
- Sodium: 540mg
- Fat: 15g
- Saturated Fat: 3.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 9g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 38g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 23g
- Cholesterol: 85mg
Keywords: Maple Roasted Chicken, Sweet Potato Recipe, One-Pan Chicken Dinner
