Apple Cider Glazed Chicken & Veggie Sheet Pan Meal
This is a healthy, flavorful, and easy chicken, sweet potato, broccoli recipe that is just fall on a sheet pan! It's a little sweet with apples, red onion and glazed with apple cider, and a little spicy if you choose to use red pepper flakes, and a whole lot of deliciousness!
Ingredients
Apple Cider (or Juice) Glaze
Chicken Rub
Instructions
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Step 1
Preheat your oven to 400 degrees.Add the diced sweet potato, diced apple (no need to peel), and red onion to a sheet pan and set aside. (We'll add the broccoli a little later)To make the apple cider glaze, whisk together the apple cider or juice, honey, mustard, red pepper flakes, and salt in a small mixing bowl. (Reserve 2-3 Tbsp to glaze the chicken later.) Pour the remaining glaze over the vegetables on the pan and toss to coat and sprinkle with seasoning salt. Bake the potatoes and vegetables for 20 minutes. -
Step 2
While the vegetables and potatoes are cooking, mix together the rub for the chicken by stirring together the brown sugar, chili powder, garlic powder, salt, pepper and olive oil in a small bowl. Coat each chicken breast with the rub.When the potatoes and vegetables have cooked for 20 minutes, remove from the oven and place the chicken in the center of the pan and add the broccoli to the other vegetables and potatoes. Pour the remaining apple cider glaze over the top of the chicken and broccoli and add a little seasoning salt to the broccoli, too. Cook all ingredients for about 30 minutes at 400 degrees.Chicken should be done around the 30 minute mark, but will take more or less time depending on the size and thickness of your chicken. Test with an instant read or meat thermometer – internal temp should be 165 degrees.Remove from oven and let cool for 5-10 minutes before serving.
Note
I found this delicious fall sheet pan meal from Delightfulemade and here are some more tips from the site about this recipe:
"Note about chicken breasts: sizes of chicken breasts vary widely! A thicker breast will take longer to cook, so be sure you are using an instant read meat thermometer to test doneness. Boneless, skinless thighs can be substituted for the chicken breasts. Maple syrup can be substituted for the honey."
