Chile Jam Chicken With Caramelized Sweet Potatoes and Peaches Recipe
Source:
Epicurious
Ingredients
1 tablespoon organic coconut oil, melted
2 tablespoons pure maple syrup, room temperature (if it is cold, the coconut oil will solidify on contact)
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Iodized salt
1 medium sweet potato, scrubbed and cut into 1-inch chunks
2 medium peaches, pitted and sliced into 4 wedges each
1 medium sweet onion, peeled and quartered
For the chicken :
4 skinless, bone-in chicken thighs
Sea salt
Fresh-cracked black pepper
4 tablespoons chile jam (some of my favorites: Hell Fire Pepper Jelly from Jenkins Jellies or INNA Jam’s Plenty Spicy Jalapeño for heat seekers)
Juice of 1/2 lemon
PREP TIME
10m
COOK TIME
45m
TOTAL TIME
55m
YIELD 2 servings
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 450°F.
In a small bowl, whisk the coconut oil, syrup, cinnamon, and salt.
Put the potato and peaches in 2 separate bowls.
Pour three quarters of the syrup mixture over the sweet potato and one-quarter over the peaches and toss.
Spread the potato in an even layer in a large baking dish and roast for 10 minutes.
Toss the potato and roast for 5 minutes more.
Add the onion and roast for 15 minutes.
Toss the potato and onion, add the peaches in an even layer, and roast 10 minutes, or until the potato and onion are fork tender and the peaches have caramelized.