BBQ Chicken & Roasted Sweet Potato Bowls are a hearty and healthy dinner recipe bursting with bold flavors and nutritious vegetables. This easy sheet pan dinner is perfect for meal prepping lunches for work or a quick weeknight meal. 
BBQ Chicken & Roasted Sweet Potato Bowls
Chicken bowls are perfect for those of you in a dinner rut. It happens to the best of us. I know I find myself there more often than not, making the same simple meals over and over. I crave something different, but don’t always feel overly ambitious to try anything new. These BBQ Chicken & Roasted Sweet Potato Bowls are the perfect departure from your normal dinner routine, but are beautifully simple and easy!
How to Make BBQ Chicken Bowls
Making these healthy bowls is super simple and only requires one sheet pan! To get started, toss the sweet potatoes and onions on a baking sheet and coat them with olive oil, garlic and chipotle powder. If you don’t have chipotle powder you can substitute chili powder or paprika depending on your spice preference.
After the potatoes and onions have baked for 20 minute, remove them from the oven and add the broccoli and chicken breasts to the pan. Brush the chicken with a little BBQ sauce and bake an additional 15 minutes until everything is cooked through.
Remove the chicken breasts from the pan and allow to cool for a few minutes before shredding them with two forks. Toss the shredded chicken with a little more BBQ sauce. Pile all of the goodness into a bowl and enjoy these delicious BBQ Chicken & Sweet Potato Bowls!
Easy Meal Prep Chicken Bowls
I love to meal prep and regularly use this Meal Planner Calendar to plan my dinners. These healthy bowls are one of my go-to’s for meal prep. Whether you make a whole batch to prep your dinners for the week or enjoy some of the leftovers packed for lunches to bring to work the next day, they hold up well being reheated. Toss them in your favorite meal prep containers and you have easy wholesome meals without all the hassle of cooking every day!
There really isn’t anything better than a delicious and simple meal that is easy to throw together like this BBQ Chicken & Roasted Sweet Potato Bowls. They are a healthy dinner idea full of veggies and lean protein for a meal you can feel great about!
BBQ Chicken & Roasted Sweet Potato Bowls
Ingredients
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 large yellow onion
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil divided
- 1/2 tsp. salt divided
- 1/2 tsp. garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp. chipotle powder or chili powder
- 1 head broccoli
- 1 lb. boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 c. BBQ sauce divided
- salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°.
- Peel and chop the sweet potatoes into 1/2" chunks. Chop onion into 1 inch pieces and add to a lined sheet pan along with the sweet potatoes. Toss the sweet potatoes and onions with 1 Tbsp. olive oil, 1/4 tsp. salt, garlic powder and chipotle powder and toss until well combined. Bake at 400° for 20 minutes.
- Toss the sweet potatoes and push to one side of the pan. Add the broccoli and toss with 1 Tbsp. olive oil and 1/4 tsp. salt. Add the chicken breasts and brush with 1/4 c. BBQ sauce. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes at 400° until the chicken is done.
- Remove the pan from the oven and shred the chicken breasts using two forks. Toss the chicken with the remaining BBQ sauce. Add to bowls along with the roasted vegetables and serve immediately.
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London || Gluten Free with L.B. says
March 5, 2017 at 12:40 pmThis combo looks so yummy! We eat sweet potatoes almost nightly… I love the idea of pairing BBQ chicken with it. Beautiful photography, too 🙂
Megan @ MegUnprocessed says
March 7, 2017 at 9:02 amThose veggies look great!
Vicky Nelson says
March 14, 2017 at 10:35 pmWill the chicken only be baked for 15 minutes or do you pre-cook it somehow?
Danielle Green says
March 15, 2017 at 3:29 amThe chicken breasts will bake for 15-20 minutes and it should be cooked through. If you are using thick chicken breasts, you would need to add the chicken earlier so it can bake longer.
Audrey jarvis says
March 29, 2017 at 9:35 pmHow many servings does this yield ?
Danielle Green says
March 29, 2017 at 9:37 pmThis makes 3 bowls.
Sofia says
March 30, 2017 at 12:09 amTried this tonight-so good! I used a thicker chicken breast so I had to bake it longer, but it was still just as tasty! I love the flavor combination and spices, thanks so much for the recipe!
Sofia says
March 30, 2017 at 12:11 amAlso, I used 1.8 pounds of chicken so I halved the recipe and used 3 sweet potatoes and used paprika and cumin in place of chipotle powder 🙂
Danielle Green says
March 30, 2017 at 8:14 amSo happy to hear you loved it Sofia!
katie says
April 5, 2017 at 1:21 pmSo, you continue baking the sweet potatoes after 20 mins with the chicken and broccoli?
Danielle Green says
April 5, 2017 at 1:22 pmYes!
Carly says
April 21, 2017 at 7:48 pmLoved this! The BBQ chicken and sweet potato were the perfect match! I would recommend leaving the chipotle powder and onion powder off and just using salt – but still good!
Teresa says
April 23, 2017 at 10:29 pmYour instructions on the recipe card need some re-writing. You say toss the vegetables and you don’t say to put the broccoli aside. Plus I have never had chicken fully cook in 20 minutes, it takes at least 45 minutes.
Danielle Green says
April 25, 2017 at 1:26 pmPerhaps you use very large chicken breasts? I know they can vary quite a bit and I typically use the smaller ones.
Brandi says
December 11, 2017 at 7:04 pmIt would’ve been nice if you could have clarified what Theresa said instead of skipping right over it. I’m confused about the tossing of the vegetables as well😔. You say to toss the vegetables while leaving the sweet potatoes on the foil covered pan.
Danielle Green says
December 12, 2017 at 10:54 amSorry, I wasn’t seeing where the confusion was coming from, but I have spotted it now. I have updated the recipe to be more clear.
Fatima says
June 11, 2017 at 3:12 amYea I was a bit confused too. Would probably help to rewrite it. Thanks
Michelle says
April 25, 2017 at 5:06 pmdo you recommend a different veggie besides broc? and if so, how would you adjust the recipe?
Danielle Green says
April 26, 2017 at 8:45 amReaders have commented that they have used asparagus and green beans, both of which sound like great options. For the asparagus, I would leave the time the same, but for the beans I would add them a bit later as they shouldn’t need quite as long.
Joanne |No Plate Like Home says
June 30, 2017 at 6:55 amThis recipe looks easy and delicious. I love sweet potatoes too and cook with olive oil in most of my recipes. It adds great flavor and is healthier than butter.
Haley says
September 16, 2017 at 1:34 amWe tried this recipe tonight and used zucchini instead of broccoli, and it was delicious! The chicken was cooked to perfection in the 15-minute time frame, but we also used chicken breast tenderloins which tend to be a little on the thinner side. Either way, we will definitely be making this meal again!
Danielle Green says
September 19, 2017 at 2:33 pmHappy to hear you enjoyed it!
Shelby says
September 17, 2017 at 11:31 pmHow much is considered one bowl?
Danielle Green says
September 19, 2017 at 2:36 pm1/3 of everything.
Brandon Martin says
October 1, 2017 at 9:05 pmHow well does this reheat?
Danielle Green says
October 2, 2017 at 9:25 amThe sweet potatoes will loose their crisp from roasting, but apart from that, the flavors are great reheated!
Niki at Toot's Mom is Tired says
December 12, 2017 at 3:52 pmThis sounds delicious! Adding it to my meal prep list. Thanks!
Rita says
December 22, 2017 at 9:43 pmThis is one of our rotation recipes. I love that it’s one pan! We’ve made it a handful of times now, always turns out delicious (: Thanks for posting!
Danielle Green says
December 23, 2017 at 12:53 amGlad to hear you enjoy it Rita!
Lauren says
March 30, 2018 at 9:09 pmI just came across this recipe and it looks delicious. I am just wondering about the sodium count, which seems high. Is there a way to lower it?
Danielle Green says
April 3, 2018 at 2:41 amIf you found a low sodium bbq sauce, that would do the trick.
Deedee says
August 7, 2018 at 10:59 amHi
Looking at your BBQ chicken and roasted sweet potato Bowl recipe….you tell us to toss sweet potatoes twice? What do you toss them with the 2nd time and do we remove the onions from the pan at that time??
Thank you!!
Danielle Green says
August 8, 2018 at 2:35 pmThe sweet potatoes are tossed a second time just so they cook evenly and don’t burn on the bottoms. They are just quickly tossed with a spoon, no need to add anything else!
Robby Marie says
October 14, 2018 at 2:49 pmAs a fitness guru who needs quick and healthy meals on the go, this is perfect. Thank you!
Katie says
December 16, 2018 at 12:18 pmThis looks amazing. Just wondering how long can you leave in the fridge…thinking about prepping this ahead of time and eat during the week.
Danielle Green says
December 18, 2018 at 10:17 pmIt’s good for a week!
Rachel says
January 10, 2019 at 6:19 pmAfter making this meal is it okay to put them in the freezer to save for the next week?
Danielle Green says
January 11, 2019 at 10:31 pmYour veggies may get a little mushy but otherwise fine!
Toni says
January 17, 2019 at 5:53 pmThis looks so good! Perfect family meal!
Coleen Koehl says
January 17, 2019 at 9:25 pmThanks so much for this delicious and healthy recipe! We love it!
Julie Evink says
January 17, 2019 at 9:27 pmThanks so much for having a video it was so helpful! We loved these!
Savannah says
January 20, 2019 at 5:30 pmWould I be able to make the sweet potatoes more sweet instead of spicy and if so, how would you suggest I go about that? I was thinking brown sugar but I’m not sure how to incorporate it.
Danielle Green says
January 22, 2019 at 12:49 pmI would add a drizzle of honey to the potatoes when you add the chicken to the sheet pan.
Malinda Linnebur says
January 24, 2019 at 2:16 pmI feel like I am always in a dinner rut, lol!! Thank you so much for the inspo and this looks insanely delicious!! Can’t wait to try this!
Melissa Howell says
February 7, 2019 at 10:09 pmI love sheet pan dinners! My family would go crazy for this! And I’ve got a sweet potato just waiting to be used!
Kels says
February 21, 2019 at 10:27 pmAre these able to be frozen ?
Danielle Green says
February 23, 2019 at 2:43 pmYes, but the sweet potatoes will be mushy as opposed to the nice texture you get from roasting them.