Roasted Spiced Chicken with Cinnamon- and Honey-Glazed Sweet Potatoes
A flavorful Caribbean-inspired dish featuring chicken marinated in aromatic spices like allspice, ginger, and scotch bonnet chile, served alongside sweet potatoes glazed with honey and cinnamon. The chicken is tender and well-seasoned while the sweet potatoes offer a perfect balance of sweet and spicy.
Ingredients
- •½ cup chopped onion
- •4 cloves garlic
- •3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
- •2 tablespoons honey
- •1 tablespoon allspice berries
- •1 tablespoon fresh ginger
- •1½ teaspoons fresh thyme
- •1 teaspoon salt
- •1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- •½ piece Scotch bonnet chile
- •½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- •¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- •4 pieces chicken leg-thigh pieces
- •2 tablespoons olive oil
- •1 spray nonstick vegetable oil spray
- •2 tablespoons butter
- •2 tablespoons honey
- •1 tablespoon fresh lime juice
- •½ teaspoon ground cinnamon
- •2 pounds red-skinned sweet potatoes
- •1 serving mango chutney
Cooking Instructions
- 1.
Place onion, garlic, apple cider vinegar, honey, ground allspice, chopped fresh ginger, chopped fresh thyme, salt, ground black pepper, seeded and minced chile, cinnamon, and nutmeg in processor. Purée marinade until coarse paste forms. Place chicken in large resealable plastic bag. Add marinade to chicken in bag and seal. Turn chicken to coat. Refrigerate at least 8 hours or overnight, turning chicken occasionally.
480 min
- 2.
Preheat oven to 400°F. Arrange chicken pieces, with marinade still clinging to chicken, on rimmed baking sheet. Brush chicken with oil. Roast until cooked through, about 45 minutes.
45 min
- 3.
Spray another rimmed baking sheet with nonstick spray. Whisk butter, honey, lime juice, and ground cinnamon in large bowl. Add potato slices; toss to coat. Arrange potato slices in single layer on prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Bake potatoes alongside chicken until tender, about 25 minutes. Serve chicken with potatoes, passing mango chutney separately.
25 min