Sweet potato and chicken, a perfect combination…
Seriously, why do weekends have to end??? I remember once one of my good friends answered to this question: so that we could have another weekend. Hmm, well said my dear friend; but still why??? sigh! Every Sunday evening I get the empty feeling and on top of that today has been a gloomy day with frequent drizzling. Rain always make me home sick and depressed too. Spending some time with my plants and sipping a cup of coffee did make me feel good, to make me feel better I decided to blog.
One of my favorite ways of making sweet potato is to bake till it gets crunchy and then munch it. Last week when I got sweet potatoes I was very tempted to make the baked fries out of it. I did fall for the temptation and baked it, but this time I combined it with chicken and made a totally different dish. I also prepared an Asian sauce and sauteed the chicken and sweet potato in it which made the dish taste phenomenal!
Baked Sweet Potato and Chicken in an Asian Sauce
Ingredients:
For marinating sweet potato:
- Sweet potatoes, cubed- 2
- Soy sauce- 2 tbsp
- Chili paste- 1/4 tsp
- Ground pepper- 1/4 tsp
- Brown sugar- 1/4 cup
For marinating chicken:
- Chicken breasts, cut into stripes- 3 breasts
- Egg white- 1
- Corn flour- 2 tbsp
- Soy sauce- 2 tbsp
- Chili paste- 1/4 tsp
- Ground pepper- 1/4 tsp
- Ginger-Garlic paste- 1 tsp
For making sauce:
- Soy sauce- 3 tbsp
- Brown sugar- 2 tbsp
- Ground Pepper- 1/2 tsp
- Chili paste- 1/4 tsp
- Ginger-garlic paste- 1 tsp
- Water- 1/4 cup
Other ingredients:
- Oil- enough for frying chicken
- Cooking spray- to spray on baking sheet
- Spring onions, cut into stripes- 2 stalks
Instruction
- Cut the sweet potatoes into cubes and marinate it in the above mentioned ingredients for “marinating sweet potatoes”.
- Preheat oven to 400 F or 200 C.
- Spread the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil and sprayed with cooking spray.
- Bake for 25 minutes, let cool down and keep aside.
- Sweet potatoes will turn caramelized and perfectly cooked with a spicy hint in it, you’ll find it hard to stop tasting it.
- But remember we need to combine it with the chicken so you need to overcome this temptation 🙂
- Marinate the chicken in the above mentioned ingredients for “marinating the chicken”, keep aside for 15 minutes.
- Fry the chicken in enough oil till it turns golden in color.
- Transfer to a paper towel and keep aside.
- After you fry the chicken, there will be some marinade that you used to marinate the chicken in the bowl.
- Put the cut green onions in that marinade and fry it as well till golden brown in color, keep aside.
- Place a saucepan over medium heat, add the all the above mentioned ingredients “to make the sauce”.
- Combine well and let the sauce come to a boil.
- Heat for a minute and remove from the heat.
- In a large pan, add the baked sweet potatoes, fried chicken, fried green onions and combine well.
- Pour the sauce over it and combine well.
- Heat for 2 minutes and remove from the stove.
- Serve on a plate along with red rice or white rice.
Tips:
- If you want more sauce, double the amount of ingredients to make the sauce.
- Sweet potatoes, cubed- 2
- Soy sauce- 2 tbsp
- Chili paste- ¼ tsp
- Ground pepper- ¼ tsp
- Brown sugar- ¼ cup
- Chicken breasts, cut into stripes- 3 breasts
- Egg white- 1
- Corn flour- 2 tbsp
- Soy sauce- 2 tbsp
- Chili paste- ¼ tsp
- Ground pepper- ¼ tsp
- Ginger-Garlic paste- 1 tsp
- Soy sauce- 3 tbsp
- Brown sugar- 2 tbsp
- Ground Pepper- ½ tsp
- Chili paste- ¼ tsp
- Ginger-garlic paste- 1 tsp
- Water- ¼ cup
- Oil- enough for frying chicken
- Cooking spray- to spray on baking sheet
- Spring onions, cut into stripes- 2 stalks
- Cut the sweet potatoes into cubes and marinate it in the above mentioned ingredients for "marinating sweet potatoes".
- Preheat oven to 400 F or 200 C.
- Spread the sweet potatoes on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil and sprayed with cooking spray.
- Bake for 25 minutes, let cool down and keep aside.
- Sweet potatoes will turn caramelized and perfectly cooked with a spicy hint in it, you'll find it hard to stop tasting it.
- But remember we need to combine it with the chicken so you need to overcome this temptation 🙂
- Marinate the chicken in the above mentioned ingredients for "marinating the chicken", keep aside for 15 minutes.
- Fry the chicken in enough oil till it turns golden in color.
- Transfer to a paper towel and keep aside.
- After you fry the chicken, there will be some marinade that you used to marinate the chicken in the bowl.
- Put the cut green onions in that marinade and fry it as well till golden brown in color, keep aside.
- Place a saucepan over medium heat, add the all the above mentioned ingredients "to make the sauce".
- Combine well and let the sauce come to a boil.
- Heat for a minute and remove from the heat.
- In a large pan, add the baked sweet potatoes, fried chicken, fried green onions and combine well.
- Pour the sauce over it and combine well.
- Heat for 2 minutes and remove from the stove.
- Serve on a plate along with red rice or white rice.
