Chipotle Chicken Sweet Potato Bowls with a Fire-Roasted Corn and Black Bean Salad

60 mins
Serves 4
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Directions

  1. 1Cut a flat edge on the sweet potato to make it easier to small dice.
  2. 2Dice the sweet potato into small pieces.
  3. 3Add the diced sweet potatoes to a large bowl.
  4. 4Mix in olive oil, garlic powder, onion powder, smoked paprika, salt, and pepper with the sweet potatoes.
  5. 5Spread the seasoned sweet potatoes out on a baking sheet.
  6. 6Bake the sweet potatoes in the oven at 400 degrees Fahrenheit for about 30 minutes until tender.
  7. 7Season boneless, skinless chicken thighs with chipotle or taco seasoning of choice and olive oil, then mix well.
  8. 8Drizzle corn on the cob with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
  9. 9Grill the seasoned chicken thighs at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
  10. 10Grill the seasoned corn on the cob at 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
  11. 11Sear the chicken for about 5 minutes per side until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees Fahrenheit.
  12. 12Grill the corn until it's nice and charred on all sides.
  13. 13Pull the chicken and corn off the heat and let everything rest for 10 minutes.
  14. 14Finely chop red onion for the salad.
  15. 15Finely chop bell pepper for the salad.
  16. 16Finely chop jalapeño for the salad.
  17. 17Cut the grilled corn off the cob.
  18. 18Add the cut corn, chopped bell pepper, chopped red onion, and chopped jalapeño to a bowl.
  19. 19Add black beans, salt, pepper, finely chopped cilantro, and lime juice to the bowl with the salad ingredients.
  20. 20Mix the salad ingredients well.
  21. 21For the sauce, combine Greek yogurt (or mayo), hot sauce, lemon or lime juice, and garlic powder in a small bowl.
  22. 22Whisk the sauce ingredients until smooth.
  23. 23Cut the rested grilled chicken into bite-sized pieces.
  24. 24Build the bowls by first adding a portion of roasted sweet potatoes to each container.
  25. 25Add a portion of cut chicken to each bowl, on top of the sweet potatoes.
  26. 26Top each bowl with a generous amount of the fire-roasted corn and black bean salad.
  27. 27Drizzle the spicy lime mayo sauce over the top of each bowl.

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs chicken thigh, boneless and skinless
  • 1 tbs Chipotle or taco seasoning of choice
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 3 medium sweet potatoes
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • 0.5 tsp garlic powder
  • 0.5 tsp onion powder
  • 0.5 tsp smoked paprika
  • 0.5 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp pepper
  • 4 ears of corn
  • 1 can unsalted black beans, rinsed
  • 1 bell pepper, small diced
  • 1 red onion, small diced
  • 1 jalapeño, small diced
  • 0.5 cup finely chopped cilantro
  • 2 tsp olive oil
  • salt
  • pepper
  • 2 limes
  • 1 cup Greek yogurt or mayo
  • 1 tbs hot sauce of choice (I use Valentina‘s)
  • 0.5 tsp garlic powder
  • 0.5 lime or lemon

Equipment

cutting boardknifelarge bowlbaking sheetoventimergrilltongslime squeezerwhiskfood scalemeal prep containers

Tips

  • The fire-roasted corn adds a lot of flavor.
  • You can use any store-bought or homemade taco seasoning for the chicken.