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Roast chicken with sweet potatoes and green beans

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 70 minutes, around $4.20 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.

70mintotal
≈ $4.20a serving
965kcalper 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 on to 200 °C, convection if you have it.

  2. Prep the sweet potatoes

    Peel the 600 g of sweet potatoes and cut them into cubes of about 3 cm. Put them in the baking dish with half the olive oil (1 tbsp) and a pinch of salt.

  3. Season the thighs

    In the mixing bowl, toss the 4 thighs with the rest of the oil (1 tbsp), the paprika, salt and pepper. Rub the skin well to spread the spices.

  4. Get the sweet potatoes in

    Put the dish of sweet potatoes in the oven on its own at 200 °C. They get a head start while you handle the rest.

  5. Add the chicken

    Pull out the dish, push the sweet potatoes to the sides and lay the 4 thighs in, skin side up. Back into the oven at 200 °C for 40 min, stirring the sweet potatoes halfway through.

    Tip · Don't cram the thighs against the sweet potatoes. Leave a little room so the skin turns golden instead of going soft from the steam.

  6. Cook the green beans

    About 10 min before the chicken is done, trim the 400 g of green beans. Drop them into a saucepan of salted boiling water and cook 8 to 10 min, then drain.

    Tip · Run the beans under cold water after draining if you're not serving them right away, they'll stay nice and green.

  7. Check for doneness

    Poke a thigh at its thickest part: the juices should run clear and the meat shouldn't be pink (74 °C inside). If it's not there yet, give it 5 more min and check again.

  8. Plate and serve

    Divide the green beans, sweet potatoes and 2 thighs per plate. Add pepper to taste.

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 965 kcal. 25% comes from carbs, 24% from protein and 48% from fat.

60 gCarbs
57 gProtein
52 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy965 kcal
Protein57 g
Carbs59.8 g
of which sugars19.2 g
Fat51.5 g
of which saturated fat12.9 g
Fiber14.8 g
Salt1.3 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 $4.20 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $8.40for 2 people
≈ $4.20a 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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