Baked Chicken and Sweet Potatoes

In some families, like mine, there isn't much time to make a huge meal, sit down and enjoy it with everyone. But some days there are and when we have the time to eat man do we enjoy. This week I come to you guys with a nice hardy meal that would make any meat and potatoes person happy. But this isn't just any meat and potatoes kind of meal. Mainly because this is actually a chicken and sweet potatoes kind of meal. Now this meal takes a little longer than some of the other recopies you might find here but believe me it’s worth the wait.

Oven Baked Chicken and Sweet Potatoes

Yields: 4 servings                                               Prep Time: 30 minutes                                     Cook Time: 45 minutes

4 Chicken Breast                    2 Sweet potatoes                    4 Tbs. of Butter

1 Cup of Flour                       1 Cup of Sugar                       1 Cup of Brown Sugar

2 Eggs                                   8 Tbs. of Butter                      1 Cup of Pecans

1 ½ Cups of Breadcrumbs     ½ Cup of Evaporated Milk      ½ Cup of Flour

4 Tbs. of Butter                     2 Eggs

First things first you’re going to want to clean the chicken and get it ready. Once that is done your going to need 3 bowls and one plate. In the first bowl you add the cup of flour, in the second bowl you put the 2 eggs cracked and scrambled, in the third and final bowl goes the breadcrumbs. You want to take the chicken and coat it in flour (this is going to help your egg and breadcrumbs stick to the chicken. So you guessed it next it gets fully dipped into the eggs. And finally into the bread crumbs. Now you need to pan fry the chicken using the 4 Tbs. of butter. This is simply just to brown the breadcrumbs and ensure that everything is going to stick to them. Once they are browned they go into a greased 9 x 13 pan to be baked in the oven for 20 minutes covered with foil (to internally cook the chicken) and then 20 minutes uncovered (to finish cooking internally and crisp up the outside) on 350 degrees.

Well your waiting for these to cook you can peel, chop, and boil your sweet potatoes. Once they are peeled, chopped, and boiled you need to mash them and then add the sugar, 8 Tbs. of butter, evaporated milk and eggs. Make sure these are smooth like eating mashed potatoes from KFC.

In the mean time you also want to make the topping for these because if sweet potatoes are not already sweet enough this topping makes it seem like you are eating candy. So in a bowl combine 4 Tbs. of melted butter, brown sugar, flour and pecans copped finely. Once this mixture becomes like play dough you’re going to want to sprinkle it over the top of your sweet potatoes. Now put the sweet potatoes in the same oven at 350 degrees but only for 30-35 minutes or you can stick a knife in them and it comes out clean.

This meal may take longer to make but like motioned earlier, worth the wait and a great way to try something different.