One-skillet meals are not only quick and easy to make, but they also allow you to bring out your best-cast iron pan and serve directly from it!
Less mess, zero fuss, and smiles all around the table. That's what a skillet meal means to us. Whether you are making a taco skillet, zucchini and beef, Tex-Mex turkey, or a more unique dish of chicken with balsamic pears, your skillet will be put to good use. Scrumptious skillet chicken pot pie that is topped with a Paleo crust and finished in the oven? We'll take it!
Lately, we have been on an asparagus kick. We've tossed the green (and white) spears in stir-fries, grilled it plain and simple with salt and pepper, eaten it raw in an asparagus Caesar salad, and blended it into a lovely, refreshing soup.
If you are new to asparagus eating, you'll find it most inviting when added to a recipe that you already trust. Sometimes the subtle addition of new ingredients eases you into trying more complex ways of eating a new-to-you fruit or vegetable. Asparagus is a nutrient-rich stalk that is an excellent source of fiber, folate, and vitamins A, C, E, and K.
Let food be your medicine, and indulge in a hearty skillet of chicken breasts, sweet potatoes, and asparagus today. Don't forget to add a small handful of your daily greens on top - green onions, rockets, watercress, or alfalfa sprouts.
Chicken Skillet With Asparagus And Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Serves: 4 Prep: 20 min Cook: 20 min
Ingredients
- 1 lb. chicken breasts, boneless and diced
- 1 lb. white or green asparagus, trimmed and sliced
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 2 sweet potatoes, peeled and diced
- 1 green onion, sliced
- ½ cup chicken stock
- 1 tbsp. chili powder
- ½ tsp. red chili flakes
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- Cooking fat
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preparation
- Melt cooking fat in a skillet over medium heat, and season the chicken to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Cook the chicken until no longer pink, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove the chicken and set aside.
- In the same skillet, heat the olive oil, add the garlic and diced sweet potatoes, then cook for 1 to 2 minutes while tossing.
- Pour-in the chicken stock, cover and cook until the sweet potatoes are soft, about 6 to 8 more minutes.
- Add the asparagus to the sweet potatoes and cook for 4 to 5 minutes longer. Bring the chicken back to the pan.
- Sprinkle the chili powder and chili flakes, adjust the seasoning and stir everything while cooking for another 1 to 2 minutes.
- Serve topped with sliced green onions.
Chicken Skillet With Asparagus And Sweet Potatoes Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 lb. chicken breasts boneless and diced
- 1 lb. white or green asparagus trimmed and sliced
- 2 garlic cloves minced
- 2 sweet potatoes peeled and diced
- 1 green onion sliced
- ½ cup chicken stock
- 1 tbsp. chili powder
- ½ tsp. red chili flakes
- 2 tbsp. olive oil
- Cooking fat
- Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
- Melt cooking fat in a skillet over medium heat, and season the chicken to taste with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.Cooking fat, Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper, 1 lb. chicken breasts
- Cook the chicken until no longer pink, 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove the chicken and set aside.
- In the same skillet, heat the olive oil, add the garlic and diced sweet potatoes, then cook for 1 to 2 minutes while tossing.2 garlic cloves, 2 tbsp. olive oil, 2 sweet potatoes
- Pour in the chicken stock, cover, and cook until the sweet potatoes are soft, about 6 to 8 more minutes.½ cup chicken stock
- Add the asparagus to the sweet potatoes and cook for 4 to 5 minutes longer. Bring the chicken back to the pan.1 lb. white or green asparagus
- Sprinkle the chili powder and chili flakes, adjust the seasoning and stir everything while cooking for another 1 to 2 minutes.1 tbsp. chili powder, ½ tsp. red chili flakes
- Serve topped with sliced green onions.1 green onion
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