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Herb roast chicken with roasted sweet potatoes and green beans

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 45 minutes, around $4.31 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.

45mintotal
≈ $4.31a serving
985kcalper serving
57gof protein
In season in OctoberFreezes well
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Step-by-step recipe

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  1. Preheat the oven

    Turn the oven to 200 °C, convection if you have it, and line the baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. Cut the sweet potatoes

    Wash the 600 g of sweet potatoes, then cut them into 2 cm cubes, skin on. Put them in the mixing bowl with half the olive oil, salt and pepper.

  3. Season the chicken

    Pat the 4 thighs dry with paper towels. Rub them with the rest of the oil, the thyme, garlic powder, salt and pepper.

  4. Roast the sweet potatoes and chicken

    Spread the sweet potatoes on the sheet and set the chicken thighs skin side up between the cubes, not too tight. Slide it all onto the middle rack.

    Tip · Don't crowd the sheet, or the sweet potatoes steam and won't brown. If it's too tight, put them on one side and the chicken on the other.

  5. Roast and flip

    Roast for 35 min at 200 °C. Halfway through, flip the sweet potatoes with a spatula, leaving the chicken skin side up. The chicken is done when the juices run clear and the center hits 74 °C.

    Tip · Poke the thigh at its thickest point, near the bone. If the juices are pink, give it 5 more min in the oven.

  6. Cook the green beans

    During the last 15 minutes in the oven, trim the 400 g of green beans and drop them into a saucepan of salted boiling water. Cook them for 8 to 10 min, then drain.

  7. Sauté the beans in butter

    Melt the 20 g of butter in the skillet over medium heat. Add the drained beans, season with salt and pepper, and sauté for 3 min.

  8. Serve

    Take the sheet out of the oven and let the chicken rest 3 min. Plate the thighs with the sweet potatoes and buttery green beans.

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The questions you're asking

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 985 kcal. 25% comes from carbs, 23% from protein and 49% from fat.

61 gCarbs
57 gProtein
53 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy985 kcal
Protein57.2 g
Carbs60.7 g
of which sugars19.2 g
Fat53.2 g
of which saturated fat17.9 g
Fiber14.7 g
Salt1.1 g

Worked out ingredient by ingredient with the ANSES Ciqual 2025 table, never written by an AI. It's an estimate: veggie sizes and brands make the numbers vary.

How much does it cost?

About $4.31 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $8.63for 2 people
≈ $4.31a serving

Pantry salt, oil and spices aren't counted. Your store and your brands will move the total, but the ballpark is right.

How long does it keep?

2 days in the fridge, in a closed container, once cooled within two hours. After that, into the freezer it goes.

2 daysin the fridge
Yesin the freezer, thaw it in the fridge the day before

Times Popotam uses for meal prep, based on ANSES guidance, rounded down. The details: how long cooked dishes keep.

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