Chicken & Sweet Potato Sheet Pan Dinner - Cooking Classy (2025)

Published September 30, 2016. Updated June 18, 2024

Easy dinners like this were made for busy weeknight meals! This Chicken, Broccoli, and Sweet Potato Sheet Pan Dinner will quickly become a new fall fav! It’s so easy to make, clean up is a breeze and your whole family will love it!

Chicken Broccoli and Sweet Potato Sheet Pan Dinner

This is ahealthy dinner that you can feel great about eating and it has such a wonderful blend of flavors and textures. As soon as I took one bite I knew I’d be adding this one to the fall dinner rotation!

We eat a lot of chicken, so I love meals like this that are different and switch things up a little. It’s also great to take advantage of seasonal vegetables when you can! If you’re not in sweet potato season, swap them out for carrots.

And of course, what I really love here is the one pan. Dump it, toss it, bake it, serve it (and sit back and watch the satisfied eaters). Only one dish to clean in the end! We also like to serve these over rice for delicious fall color bowls.

And let me just add, serving it with a glass of good apple cider is a must (like the kind you get in the produce section in a gallon jug or better yet from a local farm).

How to Make This Sheet Pan Chicken Recipe! Watch the video!

Tips for a Sweet Potato Sheet Pan Dinner

The trick here is to roast the sweet potatoes for a bit first otherwise you’d end with really dry chicken or hard sweet potatoes and I hate both of those (I peel then dice the sweet potatoes into rounds between 1/2 and 3/4-inch pieces then dice those rounds into cubes). Remember that a large sweet potato may take a little longer to get tender, but I recommend slicing up even medium sweet potatoes if you can.

Sheet pan dinners can be just a little tricky, it’s best to find things that take the same amount of time to roast orgive the ones that need it a head start.

I also highly recommend a thermometer with this recipe and any other chicken recipe, it’s the best way to ensure it doesn’t get overcooked and become dry (just start testing the chicken during the last few minutes, check the pieces that look the biggest). I like boneless skinless chicken thighs for this if you can get them – bone-in works too, just use your thermometer.

Get creative with your seasonings. I like a tablespoon of lemon juice or vinegar for brightness, paprika for smoky flavor, mustard for tanginess, earthy oregano or cilantro, and of course several teaspoons of kosher salt!

Add this sheet pan mealto your dinner menu this week. It will make those hectic weeknights so much better when you have this quick and delicious meal to sit down to!

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