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Sweet potato and herb roast chicken gratin

An everyday dish for 2, ready in 55 minutes, around $2.07 a serving. People actually plan it with Popotam, and it's in season in October.

55mintotal
≈ $2.07a serving
535kcalper serving
44gof protein
In season in OctoberFreezes well
Sweet potato and herb roast chicken gratin, a serving idea
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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. Peel and slice the sweet potatoes

    Peel the 400 g of sweet potato and cut it into 5 mm thick rounds.

  3. Parboil the sweet potatoes

    Drop the rounds into a saucepan of salted boiling water and cook 10 min, until the tip of a knife slides in easily, then drain.

    Tip · Keep the sweet potatoes a little firm when you drain them, they finish cooking in the oven and won't turn mushy.
  4. Prep the onion, chicken and parsley

    Finely slice the half onion, cut the 300 g of chicken breast into 2 cm cubes and snip the parsley.

  5. Sear the chicken and onion

    Heat the olive oil in the skillet over medium-high heat, add the chicken, salt and pepper it and brown it for 5 min, stirring. Add the onion and keep going for 4 min.

  6. Make the sauce

    In a bowl, stir the 10 cl of crème fraîche with half the parsley, plus salt and pepper.

  7. Build the gratin

    Butter the dish with the 5 g of butter, spread out the sweet potatoes, add the chicken and onion, then pour the cream over. Sprinkle with the 30 g of shredded cheese.

  8. Bake

    Bake at 200 °C for 20 min, until the top is golden and the chicken is cooked all the way through, with no pink left.

    Tip · Cut a piece of chicken in the middle to check: the meat should be white and the juices clear. If not, put it back in the oven for 5 min.
  9. Finish and serve

    Take the dish out, let it rest 2 min and sprinkle with the rest of the parsley.

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How many calories in a serving?

One serving has about 535 kcal. 29% comes from carbs, 33% from protein and 35% from fat.

38 gCarbs
44 gProtein
21 gFat
Per serving (the dish for 2, divided by 2)
Energy535 kcal
Protein44.3 g
Carbs38.3 g
of which sugars11 g
Fat20.6 g
of which saturated fat9.6 g
Fiber7 g
Salt0.7 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 $2.07 a serving, adding up the average prices of the ingredients you need to buy.

≈ $4.15for 2 people
≈ $2.07a 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. And it freezes really well.

2 daysin the fridge
Very wellin 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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