Moroccan Chicken With Sweet Potato Mash

Submitted by English_Rose

"A quick and easy dish for a weeknight meal."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 lbs sweet potatoes, cubed
• 2 teaspoons ras el hanout spice mix (or a mix of ground cinnamon and cumin)
• 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 7⁄8 cup chicken broth
• 2 teaspoons clear honey
• 1⁄2 lemon, juice
• 2 ounces green olives, pitted
• 1 ounce cilantro, leaves chopped

directions

1. Boil the potatoes in salted water for 15 mins or until tender. Mix the ras el hanout with salt and pepper then sprinkle all over the chicken. Heat 1 tbs of the oil in a large frying pan, then brown the chicken for 3 mins on each side until golden.
2. Lift the chicken out of the pan. Add the onion and garlic and cook for 5 mins until softened. Add the chicken broth, honey, lemon juice and olives, return the chicken to the pan then simm er for 10 mins until the sauce is syrupy and the chicken is cooked.
3. Mash the potatoes with the remaining tbs of oil and season with salt and pepper.
4. Thickly slice each chicken breast and stir the cilantro through the sauce. Serve the chicken and sauce over the mash.