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Sheet-pan hot honey chicken with roasted sweet potatoes, jalapeños, red onion, crumbled feta, and fresh cilantro.
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Sheet-Pan Hot Honey Chicken with Sweet Potatoes, Jalapeños & Feta

Ingredients

Chicken & vegetables

  • 1½ –2 lb boneless skinless chicken breasts, cut into 1-inch cubes
  • 2 large sweet potatoes peeled and cut into ¾-inch cubes
  • 2 jalapeños sliced into rounds
  • 1 medium red onion cut into chunks
  • 3 tbsp olive oil divided
  • 1½ tsp smoked paprika
  • 1½ tsp garlic powder
  • 1 tsp ground cumin
  • 1¼ tsp kosher salt
  • ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper

Hot honey glaze

  • ⅓ cup bottled hot honey plus more for finishing
  • 1½ tbsp butter melted
  • Juice of ½ lime

Finish

  • ½ cup crumbled feta
  • Remaining ½ lime
  • ¼ –½ cup chopped fresh cilantro

Instructions

Preheat the pan

  • Heat the oven to 425°F.
  • Put a large rimmed sheet pan in the oven while it preheats. Starting with a hot pan helps brown the sweet potatoes instead of steaming them.

Start the sweet potatoes

  • In a large bowl, toss the sweet potatoes and red onion with:
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • ¾ tsp smoked paprika
  • ¾ tsp garlic powder
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp kosher salt
  • ¼ tsp black pepper
  • Carefully remove the hot sheet pan and spread the vegetables out in a single layer.
  • Roast for 18–20 minutes, stirring once about halfway through.

Season the chicken

  • While the potatoes cook, toss the cubed chicken with:
  • 1 tbsp olive oil
  • Remaining ¾ tsp smoked paprika
  • Remaining ¾ tsp garlic powder
  • Remaining ½ tsp cumin
  • Remaining ¾ tsp kosher salt
  • Remaining ¼ tsp black pepper
  • Let it sit while the potatoes finish their initial roast.

Make the hot honey glaze

  • Mix together:
  • ⅓ cup bottled hot honey
  • 1½ tbsp melted butter
  • Juice of ½ lime
  • The butter helps the hot honey coat the chicken instead of just running onto the sheet pan, and the lime cuts through the sweetness.

Add the chicken and jalapeños

  • After the sweet potatoes have roasted for 18–20 minutes, remove the pan.
  • Stir the potatoes and onions, then add the seasoned chicken and sliced jalapeños.
  • Spread everything out. You want some breathing room between the chicken pieces so they roast rather than steam.
  • Return to the oven for 6–7 minutes.

Add the hot honey

  • Remove the pan and stir the chicken and vegetables.
  • Drizzle about ⅔ of the hot honey mixture over the chicken. Toss the chicken lightly to coat.
  • Return to the oven for another 4–6 minutes, until the chicken reaches 160–165°F internally.
  • Because the chicken is cubed breast meat, don't keep roasting it once it's done.

Caramelize

  • Turn the oven to broil.
  • Drizzle or brush a little more of the hot honey mixture over the chicken.
  • Broil for 1–2 minutes, watching it closely. You just want some browned, sticky edges on the chicken, jalapeños, and sweet potatoes.

Finish with feta

  • As soon as the pan comes out:
  • Squeeze the remaining ½ lime over everything. Drizzle with the remaining hot honey glaze and a little extra bottled hot honey if you want it sweeter/spicier.
  • Scatter ½ cup crumbled feta over the entire pan and finish with chopped cilantro.
  • The feta should go on after cooking so it stays creamy and salty against the sticky hot honey chicken.
  • Serve immediately.

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