Chicken Roasted On Sweet Potatoes And Garlic

Total Time: 50 mins Preparation Time: 5 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 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

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 200c (400f).
• 2 place oil, sweet potatoes, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper in baking dish and toss to combine.
• 3 bake for 25-30 minutes or till potatoes are almost cooked.
• 4 while potatoes are cooking, brush chicken fillets with a little oil and sprinkle skin with extra salt and pepper.
• 5 heat frying pan over medium-high heat, add chicken skin side down, and cook for 3 minutes till well browned.
• 6 place chicken skin side up, on top of potatoes and garlic in baking dish.
• 7 bake for a further 10 minutes or till chicken is cooked through, and juices run clear in the thickest part.
• 8 to serve, place the chicken and sweet potatoes on serving plates.
• 9 squeeze the garlic from its skin and spread on the potatoes and chicken.
• 10 serve with steamed beans and a squeeze of lemon.