This flavorful skillet maple glazed chicken cooks up in only one pan with an incredible sweet potato hash and a sweet maple glaze. — This 30-minute skillet dinner is a weeknight keeper!
Also known as the easy as HECK chicken dinner. The best kind of way to eat dinner.
We could also go with the only way if your dinner making motivation is at a current low like mine is…
Whatever the case, these maple glazed chicken breasts fit the dinner bill.
Honestly it always is. Easy dinners are just where it’s at.
And these skillet chicken breasts are just absolutely fitting the dinner bill right now. A moment of silence please for the dinner greatness staring all of us in the face.
Multiple moments of silence. Because you know we have to eat now. ♥
Okay! Here’s how dinner goes down, guys. Don’t blink because you may miss it because it’s for REAL that easy.
Let’s make this maple glazed chicken!
First off, we grab our biggest heavy-duty skillet. We’re gonna keep things basic and season, flour, and sear our chicken breasts.
The chicken won’t be cooked through but that’s okay. We’re gonna throw it all in the oven shortly.
Next, we pan-fry a mess of sweet potato cubes, onion, and garlic in a little olive oil in the same pan until nice and caramelized. Again, the sweet potato won’t be cooked through either. No worries!
Arrange the seared chicken breasts in among the sweet potato goodness and slide everything into the oven.
Meanwhile…sauce time! A simple maple syrup reduction sauce is the key to getting the max amount of flavors outta this skillet dinner.
Once the chicken is cooked through and the sweet potatoes are tender….
…Drizzle/dump/go nuts with the maple sauce. It’s sweet, tangy, perfect, and large amounts are necessary.
And there we have the ultimate lazy-person’s skillet dinner. Do attempt to eat it all at once, please.
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Maple-Glazed Skillet Chicken Breasts with Sweet Potato Hash
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Ingredients
Chicken:
- 1 lb boneless skinless chicken breast cutlets
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup white whole wheat flour
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
Sweet Potatoes:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 2 medium sweet potatoes peeled and diced into 1/2-in cubes
- 1 small onion finely diced
- 2 cloves garlic minced
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- Salt and pepper to taste:
Maple Glaze:
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
- 1/4 cup maple syrup
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Pat chicken dry and season with salt and pepper on both sides. Dredge chicken breasts in flour. In a large skillet over medium-high heat, heat oil until shimmery. Place chicken in pan and brown on both sides, 3-4 minutes on each side until golden-brown. Transfer chicken to a plate and set aside for a moment.
- Make the sweet potatoes: Heat 1 tablespoon oil in same skillet over medium-high heat until hot. Saute sweet potatoes, onion, and garlic in oil 5-8 minutes until veggies are golden and caramelized (sweet potatoes won’t be cooked through) Stir in paprika and season with salt and pepper to taste.
- Arrange chicken breasts around the sweet potatoes in skillet. Bake at 400F 20-25 minutes or until chicken registers 165F and sweet potatoes are tender.
- While chicken bakes, make the sauce: In a small skillet over medium-high heat, heat olive oil then saute garlic in oil until just fragrant. Stir in vinegar, syrup, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Bring sauce to a boil, then reduce heat to medium and let simmer until reduced and thickened, about 10 minutes.
- Once chicken is done, drizzle with maple sauce. Enjoy!
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
Easy dinners are the best, especially when it involves a maple glaze! I don’t use maple often enough when I cook, so this chicken is calling my name. This needs to go on my menu, and soon! Love that sweet potato hash, too!
Ashley - The Recipe Rebel says
There is nothing that gets to me like a sticky glaze over chicken — yum! And maple?!?? I mean, there’s no resisting that! It looks amazing!
Danielle says
This is definitely my kind of easy dinner, Sarah! We love anything with chicken and sweet potatoes around here 🙂
Bethany @ Athletic Avocado says
I spy a winner winner chicken dinner here! I eat chicken and sweet potatoes almost every night, but this is a variation I need to try realllll soon 🙂
aimee @ like mother like daughter says
This looks amazing Sarah! I love chicken with a sweet glaze, and this maple glaze with balsamic sounds divine!
Baker says
We enjoyed this dinner very much. I cut them about as thin as McDonald’s fries and cooked for 20. They weren’t crispy at all, but were still soooo tasty. – Zomick’s
laura cooper says
Yummy! I made this for dinner last night, using bone in chicken breasts and leg/thighs. I goofed up with the sauce and just added the minced garlic w/out first sautéing with the oil, but it was still very very tasty. My husband said there are the best sweet potatoes he’s ever had! Looking forward to the leftovers tonight 🙂 Thanks for sharing this keeper recipe!
Wanda says
This is a very simple but delicious recipe. The drizzle really makes the dish. I know this because I forgot it until my husband asked about it.
Ruth Auker says
The cook time is embarrassingly wrong. Chicken 3-4 per side = 8 minutes
Sweet potatoes 5-8 minutes
Bake 20-25 minutes
Boil 10
So that’s pretty much 45 min minimum.
Hoping it still tastes good.
Ruth Auker says
Correction. Boil is for the sauce. My bad.
Sophie says
Right?! I love a simple and fast dinner, but I’m a little surprised the author hasn’t updated to stop pushing the 30 minute aspect. 40 to 45 minutes is fine for dinner–but when you add in the prep of the sauce, this is neither one pan nor 30 minutes.
Josey says
could I use a glass pan instead of a skillet in the oven?
Sarah says
A glass pan would work fine, Josey!
Christina says
I never comment but this dish was amazing! I didn’t Bread the chicken. However followed the rest of the recipe. Thank you for this delicious and filling recipe.
Christi says
I have made this twice in the past two weeks. So, so good!
Lexi says
Now that the fall weather has come, my husband and I were looking for a sweet potato recipe and this came up when I searched. Delicious recipe and simple to make! Will definitely be making again and is going to be a new favorite of ours. The only thing I would do next time is add more sweet potatoes since we love them so much!
Megan says
This was delicious! The sauce tastes just like TGI Friday’s Jack Daniel’s sauce. My boyfriend said it was the best meal I’ve ever made, which is pretty impressive after 3 1/2 years together.
Alisha Mills says
Loved it! Changed to fit our diet: no breading on chicken (gluten intolerance), fried in coconut oil sprinkled with thyme & Sage. Added Brussels sprouts to sweet potato mix, added a bit of bacon grease to get smokiness and skipped paprika (nightshade intollerance). Fantastic. Next I’m going to figure a way to turn it into a make ahead freezer meal. Thanks for the recipe.
Sandy says
WELL????? Everything was looking good and smelling great UNTIL I drizzled the maple syrup sauce. It hardened up like concrete on the chicken, dinner plates & utensils! Sweet potatoes were good though! Sorry!