Piri-piri chicken breast with smashed sweet potatoes & broccoli

Name: Piri-piri chicken breast with smashed sweet potatoes & broccoli
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 55 min
Total time: 1 h 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Mozambique
Ingredients: 900 g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks; 1 tbsp olive oil, for drizzling; 300 g chicken breast, whole; 2 red onion, cut into wedges; 50 g piri-piri spice mix; 300 g tenderstem broccoli

A quick and easy one-pan traybake of piri-piri chicken with sweet potatoes and broccoli. Get that 3 of your five a day in one dish

Prep 20m Cook 55m Serves 2 Easy Mozambique Dinner

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Ingredients

Serves 2

900 g sweet potatoes, peeled and cut into large chunks 1 tbsp olive oil, for drizzling 300 g chicken breast, whole 2 red onion, cut into wedges 50 g piri-piri spice mix 300 g tenderstem broccoli

Method

1

Heat the oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. In a large bowl toss the sweet potatoes with a generous drizzle of olive oil and some seasoning,
2

Add the potatoes to a very large roasting tin and roast for 20 minutes
3

Move the potatoes to one end and in the other end, toss the chicken with the onions, spice mix, a drizzle of oil and some seasoning. Roast for 20 mins, stirring everything halfway through.
4

Add the broccoli to the tin, drizzle with a little oil and season, then roast for 10-15 mins more.
5

Remove the chicken, onions and broccoli from the tin. Roughly mash the potatoes using a fork, making sure you incorporate all the chicken juices and spices from the pan.
6

Spread the mash over the base of the tin, then top with the broccoli, chicken and onions and serve from the tin in the middle of the table.