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Mexican-Style Spicy Sweet Potato and Chicken Bowl

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Photo by Philip Haynes

A one-pot evening meal with minimum fuss and maximum taste.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    Serves 2

Ingredients

2 sweet potatoes, peeled and chopped into chunks
Coconut oil, for greasing and frying
1 garlic clove, crushed
1 red onion, finely diced
200g skinless chicken breast, cut into chunks
1 teaspoons paprika, plus extra for sprinkling
200g canned chopped tomatoes
1 ripe avocado, pit removed and flesh cut into chunks
2 tablespoons sour cream
1 small handful of fresh cilantro
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F/Gas Mark 6.

    Step 2

    Massage the sweet potato chunks with a little coconut oil, season well and then place onto a foil-lined tray. Bake in the oven for about 35 minutes.

    Step 3

    Meanwhile, heat a small amount of coconut oil in a frying pan, add the garlic and red onion and fry gently until slightly softened. Add the chicken breast chunks, lightly season with paprika and a pinch of salt and pepper and brown the chicken for a few minutes.

    Step 4

    Add the chopped tomatoes, then leave to simmer for 20 minutes until thickened.

    Step 5

    Once the sweet potato is cooked, add to the pan and stir through.

    Step 6

    Plate up, add the avocado, sour cream and sprinkle with fresh cilantro and paprika and serve.

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From Clean Eating Alice | The Body Bible: Feel Fit and Fabulous from the Inside Out © 2017 by Alice Liveing. Reprinted by permission of Harper Thorsons, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. Buy the full book from HarperCollins or from Amazon.
TagsMexicanLatin AmericanSweet PotatoPotatoRoot VegetableVegetableChicken BreastChickenPoultryCanned TomatoTomatoAvocadoMainDinnerGluten FreeNut FreeFallWinterCookbooksHarper Collins

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