African Chicken & Sweet Potatoes

  Dinner

I came up with this African chicken when I combined some of my favorite ingredients: sweet potatoes, chicken and peanut butter. Add mango chutney and tomatoes and you've got a fantastic busy-week recipe.

African Chicken & Sweet Potatoes

Average Rating: 4.9

TOTAL TIME: Prep: 10 min. Bake: 40 min.
YIELD: 6 servings.

Ingredients

  • 6 bone-in chicken thighs (about 2-1/4 pounds)
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons canola oil
  • 2 medium sweet potatoes, peeled and finely chopped (about 4 cups)
  • 1/2 cup mango chutney
  • 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1 can (10 ounces) diced tomatoes and green chiles, undrained

Instructions

  • 1. Preheat oven to 375°. Place chicken in a greased 13x9-in. baking dish; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes.
  • 2. Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add sweet potatoes; cook and stir 10-12 minutes or until tender. In a small bowl, mix chutney and peanut butter; stir into sweet potatoes. Add tomatoes; heat through.
  • 3. Spoon potato mixture over chicken. Bake 10-15 minutes longer or until a thermometer inserted in chicken reads 170°-175°.

Nutrition Facts

1 chicken thigh with 1/2 cup potato mixture: 480 calories, 24g fat (5g saturated fat), 81mg cholesterol, 733mg sodium, 38g carbohydrate (19g sugars, 3g fiber), 26g protein.

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