Sheet Pan Chicken Caramelized Onions Sweet Potato
Nothing beats a sheet pan when you looking for a full meal in less than an hour. This simple, easy and effortless recipe for sheet pan chicken caramelized onions and sweet potato is like a one pot meal with juicy moist chicken for meat, potatoes for starch. The roasted garlic and caramelized onions beg for some delicious crusty bread. Sheep pan dinners are truly a blessing on busy days.
Sheet Pan Chicken Caramelized Onions Sweet Potato, Sheet Pan Dinners, Sheet Pan Chicken Recipes
A sheet pan meal is always a big hit in our home. Ziv being born Middle-Eastern loves, roast or grilled meat and veggies compared to stews, sauces or curries. My kids are such a blessing as long as it tastes good they will enjoy it. They love roast chicken and potatoes. Believe it or not, Rhea loves caramelized onions!! Yeah, she’s only 8. Not usually what kids would pick but then again people are always surprised at how my kids enjoy veggies like broccoli and carrots.
For me as a working mom who works from home, sheet pan recipes are a blessing on busy days. I can take ten minutes off my work and then the oven does the rest. Cake decorating is really time-consuming and while you think you will do something quick it never is quick enough. Suddenly you realized an hour or two has passed by while you were so engrossed in those detailing works that now you have no time to cook lunch. Yup! happens often with me.
I do make quite a few of these, you must remember my Sheet Pan Paprika Chicken and Sheet Pan Shawarma Chicken with potatoes
Sheet Pan Chicken Caramelized Onions Sweet Potato, Sheet Pan Dinners, Sheet Pan Chicken Recipes
Sheet Pan for my busy work life
That’s when sheet pan recipes like these come in handy. Look at that chicken, so moist inside with golden color on the outside. My kids will happily pick the chicken and potatoes on this platter. Why Ziv will feast on those caramelized onions and I will lick my fingers after I devoured those crisp lemon skins. Those are my treat! If you love lemon you know what I mean.
The success of a sheet pan really depends on you understanding the ingredients you add to your pan. For example, if you use skinless chicken like I am here – it’s best to tuck in under the veggies to prevent it from getting dry so the moisture from the veggies can keep it moist. On the other hand, if you using chicken with skin on – Keep it above the veggies so the fat from the chicken will drip down and flavor the chicken. See? Same recipe but the out could be different.
Sheet Pan Chicken Caramelized Onions Sweet Potato, Sheet Pan Dinners, Sheet Pan Chicken Recipes
Let’s talk ingredients and substitutes (Save/Pin)
- Chicken – I prefer to use chicken thighs with bone in but feel free to use boneless chicken thighs. However, I would not recommend using breast. It cooks much faster so by the time the potatoes get done the chicken breast will be dry.
- Potatoes – Feel free to add anyone potatoes – I love adding both because we are a huge potato family and love all kind of potatoes.
- Onions – Who doesn’t love caramelized onions? I highly recommend red onions. Having said that if you don’t like onions feel free to omit them.
- Lemon – Well, I know it’s optional so feel free to omit but if you love all things lemon like me – try these – you will thank me later.
- Garlic – Again optional if you love roasted garlic? They are not garlicky. The roasting transforms them into this sweet delicious jam-like paste you will really enjoy with bread and the pan juices.
Sheet Pan Chicken Caramelized Onions Sweet Potato, Sheet Pan Dinners, Sheet Pan Chicken Recipes
Recipe – Sheet Pan Chicken Caramelized Onions Sweet Potatoes (Save/Pin)
Tools
Ingredients
- Chicken thighs – 8 pieces
- Potato – 2 large
- Sweet potatoes – 2 large
- Red onions – 2 large
- Lemon – 1 large (optional)
- Garlic bulb – 1 large (optional)
- Garlic – 2 large – minced or grated
- Dried thyme – 1 tsp
- Fresh rosemary – 3 sprigs or more
- Lemon juice – 2 tbsp
- Olive oil – 4 tbsp
- Salt – 1 tsp
- Pepper – 1 tsp
Method
Prepare
- Preheat the oven at 200 C / 400 F
- Add minced garlic, lemon juice and dried thyme to the olive oil – set aside.
- Clean and skin chicken pieces. Remove any excess trimmings
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Drizzle one tbsp prepared oil mix – set aside
- Wash, peel and cut potatoes into circles.
- Same with sweet potato but cut into large bite-size pieces
- Cut onions and lemon into round slices – remove seeds from lemon slices.
- Separate garlic cloves from the bulb but leave the skin on.
- Drizzle another 1 tbsp prepared oil/lemon mix,
- Season with salt and pepper
- Toss veggies so it’s all well coated
Layer Sheet Pan
- Grease the sheet pan with 1 tbsp olive oil to prevent sticking.
- Start layering – there is no right or wrong method.
- I prefer to keep the chicken at the bottom so the potatoes don’t stick to the pan.
- Place chicken on the sheet pan
- Then spread potatoes and sweet potatoes over and around the chicken
- Place onion and lemon slices and all over
- Spread the garlic cloves all over but tucked under the veggies so they do not burn.
- Drizzle remaining olive oil all over the ingredients.
- Sprinkle fresh rosemary sprigs
Bake in Preheated oven
- Bake the prepared sheet pan in a preheated oven for about 45 mins
- Turning and mixing ingredients gently every 15 mins for even cooking.
- If the Rosemary gets too dark – tuck it under the veggies.
- Use pan juices to moisten any veggies that may need moisture.
Remove Sheet pan from oven
- After 45 mins the chicken should be done.
- You can remove the whole sheet pan from the oven
- Or you may choose to remove the chicken and leave the veggies to get a little more color and crisp.
- I love to leave the potatoes in a bit longer.
- You can serve this from the sheet pan or transfer to a platter.
- Enjoy!
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Sheet Pan Chicken Caramelized Onions Sweet Potato, Sheet Pan Dinners, Sheet Pan Chicken Recipes
Sheet Pan Chicken Caramelized Onions Sweet Potatoes
Ingredients
- 8 Chicken thighs
- 2 Potato large
- 2 Sweet potatoes large
- 2 Red onions large
- 1 Lemon optional
- 1 Garlic bulb optional
- 2 cloves Garlic minced or grated
- 1 tsp Dried thyme
- 3 sprigs Fresh rosemary
- 2 tbsp Lemon Juice
- 4 tbsp Olive oil extra virgin
- 1 tsp Salt
- 1 tsp Pepper
Instructions
Prepare
- Preheat the oven at 200 C / 400 F
- Add minced garlic, lemon juice and dried thyme to the olive oil - set aside.
- Clean and skin chicken pieces. Remove any excess trimmings
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Drizzle one tbsp prepared oil mix - set aside
- Wash, peel and cut potatoes into circles.
- Same with sweet potato but cut into large bite-size pieces
- Cut onions and lemon into round slices - remove seeds from lemon slices.
- Separate garlic cloves from the bulb but leave the skin on.
- Drizzle another 1 tbsp prepared oil/lemon mix,
- Season with salt and pepper
- Toss veggies so it's all well coated
Layer Sheet Pan
- Grease the sheet pan with 1 tbsp olive oil to prevent sticking.
- Start layering - there is no right or wrong method.
- I prefer to keep the chicken at the bottom so the potatoes don't stick to the pan.
- Place chicken on the sheet pan
- Then spread potatoes and sweet potatoes over and around the chicken
- Place onion and lemon slices and all over
- Spread the garlic cloves all over but tucked under the veggies so they do not burn.
- Drizzle remaining olive oil all over the ingredients.
- Sprinkle fresh rosemary sprigs
Bake in Preheated oven
- Bake the prepared sheet pan in a preheated oven for about 45 mins
- Turning and mixing ingredients gently every 15 mins for even cooking.
- If the Rosemary gets too dark - tuck it under the veggies.
- Use pan juices to moisten any veggies that may need moisture.
Remove Sheet pan from oven
- After 45 mins the chicken should be done.
- You can remove the whole sheet pan from the oven
- Or you may choose to remove the chicken and leave the veggies to get a little more color and crisp.
- I love to leave the potatoes in a bit longer.
- You can serve this from the sheet pan or transfer to a platter.
- Enjoy!
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This is such a great way to prepare a meal. Perfect for busy weeknights. We love chicken, and I know the grandkids would devour this in no time. This is also a great way to feed a crowd…you could do 2 pans at once.
I’m sure they grandkids would enjoy this.. The is such a crowd pleaser for sure.
This is the type of recipe every busy person needs whether they work from home or not. Just toss ingredients in a sheet pan plus a few veggies and aromatics, stick in the oven and just wait for the delicious aroma to fill the house. The juices from the chicken bath the rest of the ingredients so everything tastes yummy. Great recipe.
Absolutely Marisa. So simple and easy..Juicy and tender.. love this on my busy cake days
Oh that looks so good. I love sheet pan recipes for simple dinners I can prep quickly and then forget about while I get other things done. So many good flavors in this one!
Me too Michelle. Love sheet pans for quick and easy dinners.
Thanks for the tip to keep the chicken tucked under the veggies to keep it moist. I never use skinless because I’m always afraid of it becoming dry. Now I’m going to try skinless chicken – Thanks love your blog
You are welcome Simon. Yes, if you tuck the chicken under the veggies it will keep it from direct oven heat and the juices from the veggies will keep it moist.
You make all recipes look so easy I always wanna try them. I love your recipes and this one looks promising too. Thanks. Will let you know when I make it.
Aww thank you Leonore. So happy to hear you enjoy my recipes. Let me know what you think. Thanks
I think I am the only one that hates onions – raw of caramelized but I do love the flavor of this chicken. So simple and easy recipe. I definitely wanna try this summer.
No you are not the only one Eudy. I’m sure there are more. Definitely omit the onions and it will still be absolutely delicious.
We love sheet pan meals in our home mostly because we love roast chicken. I often just switch the same recipe with new veggies and the outcome is different.
Thank you April. We love roast chicken in our home too. Always a winner in my books.
I love such simple and easy recipes that you don’t have to think so much. Love sweet potato and you are right who doesn’t love caramelized onions.. going to have to try this soon.
Thank you Sarah. Yes, it is really simple and easy.
Oh this is my kind of meal! I love caramelized onions like your daughter….so good with roasted chicken! I need to make more sheet pan meals like this. I love your tips about keeping the chicken moist with the veggies. Great post!
Thank you Denise. I love sheet pan recipes but often people complain that the chicken becomes dry. So it’s important to understand your recipe and ingredients. Thanks