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Chicken Thighs, Lemon, Onions, Turmeric, Sweet Potatoes

Flavorful, healthy, skinless chicken thighs, sparked with lots of onions, lemons, tumeric, served with sweet potatoes.
Prep Time20 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time1 hour
Course: Entree
Cuisine: American
Servings: 4
Author: Angela Roberts

Ingredients

  • 8 chicken thighs on bone skin removed
  • olive oil or avocado oil
  • 2 large onions medium sliced
  • 2 lemons sliced in medium slices
  • 1 tablespoon or more of turmeric
  • sea salt
  • black pepper
  • 3 sweet potatoes peeled, sliced in thick slices

Instructions

  • Preheat oven to 375.
  • Rub chicken thighs with olive oil.
  • Place sliced onions in shallow baking pan, covering the whole pan.
  • Place chicken over onions.
  • Place lemon slices in between all the chicken, first squeezing some of the juice over the chicken.
  • Sprinkle with salt, pepper, turmeric. Be generous with turmeric.
  • Bake in oven for 20 minutes. Turn over for 10-15 more minutes. You may want to turn over again for another five minutes so chicken is golden.
  • In another shallow baking dish, toss sweet potatoes in olive oil, salt, pepper and bake for 20-30 minutes until done.
  • Serve chicken over the sweet potatoes.

Notes

You can leave skin on chicken thighs if you're not counting calories.