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So delicious! Really easy to pull together and you can mix and match different veggies to keep each bowl interesting. Thanks for the recipe!
Lauren
This Meal Prep Is Life-Changing
I see you, hungry person with an empty fridge on a busy Monday (ugh, aren’t Mondays so rough? come ON, life), and I acknowledge the weariness that you’re carrying, BUT YOU AND I? WE CAN DO THIS.
You can, you can, you can. This requires 45 minutes of mostly-hands off time, and you can feel really good about it because it looks pretty and tastes delicious, especially with a big ol’ side of avocado and hummus. And then you can enjoy it 5x over in all its different forms (cold salad! warm veggie / rice bowl! soup! pasta! taco! cause I don’t know, maybe you like broccoli in your tacos? whatever) and appreciate all the yummy nutrition and back-to-dinner-table-basics it brings into your life.
By making regular meals, feeding myself good food on the most basic level and not stressing about all the other stuffs, this is what I’m trying to do: I’m trying to leave a little margin in my life for some above and beyond food inspiration. Going backwards to go forwards. It’s me and maybe you starting a wave of fresh new energy by just going super simple, totally stripped down, completely basic on ourselves.
Hope you love this!
Sheet Pan Meal Prep
This “recipe” is less of specific recipe and more of a concept that we’ve been loving lately. Loving as in EATING IN OUR REAL LIFE. I didn’t make this for the blog – I made it for real life first. And now I love it so much that I want to share it on the blog. And that order feels refreshing.
Here’s the concept: Fill sheet pans up with good ingredients – vegetables, protein, etc. – toss with olive oil and good salt and spices, roast for a while, then pack into containers for easy eating and lunch-taking and meal-building all week.
Here are the specific ingredients we love:
- Protein: Chicken aggressively covered in yummy spices, but you could also use tofu for a veg version.
- Carbs: Sweet potatoes! So filling and so satisfying – regular potatoes would work too.
- Veggies: I love love love broccolini, but any other green vegetable would work (asparagus, regular broccoli, cauliflower, or brussels sprouts).
How To Meal Prep These Chicken Bowls
1
Toss Chicken with Spices.
I love this cajun seasoning! Toss together in a bowl with some oil and you’re ready to go.
2
Prep Your Vegetables.
Rinse and cut your broccolini into bite-sized pieces. Cube your sweet potatoes. Drizzle with oil and sprinkle with salt.
3
Bake In The Oven.
Load up your sheet pans with the chicken, broccolini, and sweet potatoes. Bake!
4
Prep Containers and Store.
Divvy out all this goodness into containers and store in the fridge!
Sauce Options For These Bowls
These bowls are great on their own for lunch and meal prep, but I really really love a good sauce. Here are some delicious options to highlight:
- Magic Green Sauce: Herby, nutty, avocado goodness!
- Green Tahini: Another green herby gem, and keeps so well throughout the whole week.
- Chipotle Tahini: The smokiness of this works so well with the chicken and sweet potatoes. Love it so much!
- Hummus: Store-bought or homemade! Perfect little swoop on the bottom adds some extra protein and fiber.
Best Containers For Meal Prep
I love these round glass storage containers for meal prep. (affiliate link)
They hold up to 4 cups, have a super secure lid, and stack beautifully in the fridge!
Watch How To Meal Prep These Bowls
Sheet Pan Chicken and Sweet Potato Meal Prep
- Total Time: 45 minutes
- Yield: 8 servings 1x
Description
Spicy Chicken and Sweet Potato Meal Prep Magic! Just chicken, sweet potatoes, broccoli, avocado, and seasonings. 3 big sheet pans + 45 minutes = healthy meals for a week!
Ingredients
- 2 lbs. boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into small pieces
- 3 tablespoons spicy seasoning mix
- a few tablespoons of olive oil
- 3 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 5–6 cups broccoli florets (broccolini FTW)
- coarse sea salt and freshly cracked pepper
- avocado / hummus / lemon juice / chives / olive oil for serving
Instructions
- Marinate Chicken: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Toss the chicken pieces with the spices and a quick stream of olive oil. Stir to combine; store in the fridge for about 30 minutes while you prep other ingredients.
- Prep Sheet Pans: Arrange the vegetables on their own sheet pans (preferably ones with edges to catch drips, etc.). Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle generously with salt. Arrange the chicken on a separate sheet pan.
- Bake Chicken and Veggies: Bake all ingredients for 12-15 minutes. Remove the broccoli and chicken. Stir sweet potatoes and roast another 15 minutes or so.
- Serve: Done! Divide your servings out into containers and be happy you have meal starters ready for the week! 😀
Equipment
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- Cook Time: 30 minutes
- Category: Lunch
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: chicken and sweet potatoes, meal prep chicken, sheet pan chicken and sweet potatoes
Spicy Chicken and Sweet Potatoes: FAQs
I am currently having a moment with this Cajun seasoning mix – it’s a super versatile mix of garlic, salt, onion, paprika, oregano, white pepper, and red pepper, and just the right amount of spicy for us. It would be really easy to make yourself, too, like so. But really, any spice mix you like could work here. The only guidelines I’d give would be to adjust based on salt and spiciness. So if your mix doesn’t have salt in it, add plenty of salt yourself, and if it’s not spicy enough, add a little cayenne.
Yes! Any vegetables will work here! This is the combo we’re currently loving, but asparagus has treated us well as have cauliflower, brussels sprouts, and carrots.
You sure can! Pan-fried tofu would be soooo yummy here.
This lasts up to 4 days in fridge storage!
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I was very skeptical about combining chicken with sweet potatoes! But to my surprise, it turned out amazing! Thank you.
Hello. This is very good; however, I am not sure how you came up with the nutrition information. With the ingredients and servings listed, this is around 580 calories and 74 carbs.
It’s actually not a recipe when you just say”spicy mix” and link to a product.
Super excited to try making this Spicy Chicken and Sweet Potato Meal Prep Magic recipe, this one seems truly delicious and unique. Thanks for sharing this recipe with us.
I have made this twice now and it’s FANTASTIC!! I’ll admit, this recipe is the first time I have ever truly ENJOYED broccoli! I also add red and yellow peppers for some extra colour.
I made a yogurt feta sauce to pair with it, and it was fantastic! This recipe is so versatile and I get to eat something delicious and healthy!
This was fabulous. It seems so simple but the flavors are amazing. Adding the avocado was a nice touch. Very filling.
I drizzled a little bit of honey on the sweet potatoes halfway through cooking time.
Super easy recipe with loads of flavor. Will definitely make again
This looks great and I’m really excited to try it this week! I was wondering what is in your magic green sauce that you added in the video? Thanks!
Awesome recipe! That looks so simple and so yummy!
What is the serving size? It looks like those bowls hold 4 cups in each? That is what amazon says. I am just starting this calorie counting, so it is VERY CONFUSING!
Any help would be much appreciated.
Hi, Michelle! It’s a little hard for us to say the exact serving size here since we don’t typically measure that out. We know this recipe as-is will make about 8 servings though. Hope this helps! Enjoy!
So excited to try the recipes
I’m just starting out with working out macros meals. These look delicious and healthy.
With something this yummy, there is no need for a nutrition label!
Delicious, nutritious blend and an excellent base to make modifications and play around with different flavors or just use up what you have in the fridge!
I didn’t have broccoli so I substituted diced carrot. For the “spicy seasoning mix” I used a homemade cajun seasoning from Gimme Some Oven blog and I sprinkled some on both the carrots and sweet potato. Whew! A little too much spice. I was sweating. I warmed the bowl up a bit with a nice drizzle of tahini, a good squeeze of half a lemon, and some diced up Honeycrisp Apple. VOILA! Fabulous! 100% will make again. The apple changed the dish.
I also added a base of white quinoa toasted in a small splash of olive oil with the addition of fresh oregano/thyme, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, and lemon juice. I think next time I’ll add the honeycrisp apples in here as well.
Thanks Lindsay for the great recipe! Looking forward to making this as a meal prep.
Wow, time flies! 38 now, huh?
Love this Spicy Chicken and Sweet Potato Meal Prep Magic, this one seems super delicious . Super excited to try this one, thanks for sharing this recipe with us.
Not a huge fan of spicy, but I really wanted to find a good sweet potato and chicken recipe. I’ve never been a huge fan of sweet potato either but i’m trying to eat a little more healthy. I switched up the spicy seasoning for garlic, Italian seasoning, and rosemary. Everything else I did exactly to the recipe. It was so delicious, that I wrote it down for future dinners. My husband was so impressed. Thank you for posting this delicious recipe. It will be a favorite for years to come.
This Spicy Chicken and Sweet Potato Meal Prep Magic seems so delicious and will love to try this. Will definitely gonna try this weekend .
love this “Spicy Chicken and Sweet Potato Meal Prep Magic” ,thanks for sharing this one with us.
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Christ, just give me the recipe!
Cook in 45 minutes, but you have an additional 45 minutes reading a life blog for twenty minute meal.
Feel free to click the “Jump to Recipe” button at the top of the post. It will take you directly to the recipe.
Hey! How do you make that “special green sauce” that’s mentioned in your video? It looks delicious! Can’t wait to make this meal!
Here’s the recipe!
My wife counts her macros, do you know exactly how much of each ingredient are used per serving?
Hi Troy. I apologize, we don’t have those measurements.
Stumbled across this resume a few years after the post but it’s solid and easy :). Personally I found 15 minutes a little too short for the chicken but otherwise it was excellent.
No one cares about your stupid stories just post the recipe and move on