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.
Baked BBQ Chicken Dinner
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!
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.
Easy Meal Prep Chicken Bowls
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!
More easy meal prep chicken bowl recipes!
If you love a good chicken bowl as much as we do, be sure to check out some of out other favorite recipes!
- Cuban Chicken Rice Bowl
- Greek Chicken Pita Bowl
- Instant Pot Chicken Fajita Bowls
- Fruit & Goat Cheese Chicken Bowls
- Buffalo Chicken Quinoa Veggie Bowls
- Roasted Chicken Sausage & Veggie Penne Bowls
- Balsamic Chicken & Butternut Squash Bowls
BBQ Chicken & Roasted Sweet Potato Bowls
Equipment
Ingredients
Sweet Potatoes
- 2 medium sweet potatoes
- 1 large yellow onion
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt divided
- 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon chipotle powder or chili powder
Broccoli
- 1 medium head broccoli
- 1 Tablespoon olive oil
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
Chicken
- 1 pound boneless skinless chicken breasts
- 1/2 cup BBQ sauce divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F.
- 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 olive oil, salt, garlic powder and chipotle powder and toss until well combined. Bake at 400°F for 20 minutes.
- Toss the sweet potatoes and push to one side of the pan. Add the broccoli and toss with olive oil and salt. Add the chicken breasts and brush with 1/4 cup BBQ sauce. Bake an additional 15-20 minutes at 400°F 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. Divide the chicken and vegetables between three bowls and serve immediately.
Kels says
Are these able to be frozen ?
Danielle Green says
Yes, but the sweet potatoes will be mushy as opposed to the nice texture you get from roasting them.
Melissa Howell says
I love sheet pan dinners! My family would go crazy for this! And I’ve got a sweet potato just waiting to be used!
Melissa Howell says
I love sheet pan dinners! My family would go crazy for this! And I’ve got a sweet potato just waiting to be used!
Malinda Linnebur says
I 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!
Malinda Linnebur says
I 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!
Savannah says
Would 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
I would add a drizzle of honey to the potatoes when you add the chicken to the sheet pan.
Savannah says
Would 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.
Julie Evink says
Thanks so much for having a video it was so helpful! We loved these!
Coleen Koehl says
Thanks so much for this delicious and healthy recipe! We love it!
Toni says
This looks so good! Perfect family meal!
Julie Evink says
Thanks so much for having a video it was so helpful! We loved these!
Coleen Koehl says
Thanks so much for this delicious and healthy recipe! We love it!
Toni says
This looks so good! Perfect family meal!
Rachel says
After making this meal is it okay to put them in the freezer to save for the next week?
Danielle Green says
Your veggies may get a little mushy but otherwise fine!
Katie says
This 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
It’s good for a week!
Robby Marie says
As a fitness guru who needs quick and healthy meals on the go, this is perfect. Thank you!
Robby Marie says
As a fitness guru who needs quick and healthy meals on the go, this is perfect. Thank you!
Deedee says
Hi
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
The 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!
Lauren says
I 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
If you found a low sodium bbq sauce, that would do the trick.
Rita says
This 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
Glad to hear you enjoy it Rita!